Peter Loewen

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Peter Loewen is the Harold Tanner dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University and a professor in the university’s Department of Government.

Peter’s work centres around how politicians can make better decisions, how citizens can make better choices and how governments can address the disruption of technology and harness its opportunities.

Before joining Cornell, Peter was a professor in the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy and the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto, as well as the director of the Munk School.

Prior to that, he was a fellow at the Centre for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. He has also held visiting positions at Princeton University and the University of Melbourne. His research has been funded by SSHRC, the European Research Council, the Government of Ontario and other organizations.

Peter has published in leading journals of political science, economics, psychology, biology and general science, as well as popular press work in The Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, The Globe and Mail, the National Post, and the Ottawa Citizen. He regularly engages in public debate and acts as a consultant to several public and private organizations.

Peter holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and economics from Mount Allison University and a doctorate in political science from Université de Montréal. He also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in political science at the University of British Columbia.

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