Dr Gerard McCann is a Senior Lecturer in International Studies at St Mary’s University College, QUB. He is Head of International Programmes with specific responsibility for Erasmus+ and SEDIM. He is Chair of the Research Committee of the Global Learning Programme (NI) and is on the Steering Committee of the Development Studies Association, Ireland (DSAI). Dr McCann is also Chair of the Board of Trustees of Africa House (NI), a new African diaspora charity. He has been a guest lecturer to a number of European universities and is a visiting professor to the Jagellonian University in Krakow and the European University in Rome. He has written extensively on international relations, economic development and deved. Recent books include: From the Local to the Global (2015, co-edited with Stephen McCloskey), Ireland’s Economic History (2011) and Lustration (2016). He is on the editorial board of Policy and Practice.
