Robert Wolfe
PhD, Political Studies (Queen's)
Professor
Originally from Toronto, Ontario, he has a B.A. in History from York University (1974), an M.A. in Canadian Studies from Carleton University (1976) and a doctorate in Political Studies from Queen's University (1995). From 1976 to 1995 he was a foreign service officer with the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, serving abroad in Dhaka, Bangladesh (1977-79) and in the Canadian Delegation to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris (1981-85). In Ottawa he worked in the National Security Section, the U.S. Trade and Economic Relations Division, as Executive Assistant to the Ambassador for Multilateral Trade Negotiations and Prime Minister's Personal Representative, Economic Summit, and in the International Economic Relations Division.
Wolfe joined the faculty of the School of Policy Studies in July 1995. He teaches policy analysis and trade policy. He is the coordinator of Canadian participation in the Canada-UK Colloquium, a Senior Fellow of the Centre for International Relations, and is cross-appointed to the Department of Political Studies. Outside Queen's he is a member of the Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network and the Economic Negotiation Network.