Who I Am

I am a full Professor of Political Science at Simon Fraser University. For the first part of my career, my research was focused on international trade and investment, and how Latin American and other countries in the South could move towards long-term economic development. The conclusions of that first decade are embodied in my 2007 book, An East Asian Model for Latin American Success. My current research agenda is industrial, energy, and technology policies, in terms of how a developing country state can promote new, higher value-added, employment creating sectors. I have or am in the midst of completing studies on wireless, biofuels, and wine industries. All of these studies are taken from an international comparative policy perspective with multiple international collaborators from the social and natural sciences, featuring Latin American cases in the sample. I expect governance and corruption questions to be a big part of my research agenda in the coming years.

How to Contact Me

Anil Hira
Dept. of Political Science
Simon Fraser University
8888 University Drive
Burnaby, BC V5A1S6
CANADA
e-mail: ahira@sfu.ca

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