Andrew Heffernan

About

Andrew Heffernan is the Peacock Postdoctoral Fellow at Queen's University, a Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), and Senior Programs Manager at the Centre for Information Integrity at the University of Ottawa. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Ottawa, where he teaches courses on global governance, environmental politics, and information integrity. His research and policy work focus on climate governance, information integrity, and the intersections of environmental change, food systems, and insecurity, with a particular emphasis on African contexts. Andrew has also served as Rapporteur for the Forum on Information and Democracy (FID) and held research roles with the Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy (IFSD) and Nexus PFM, reflecting his commitment to bridging academic research with applied policy and governance practice.

Research Interests

• Information Integrity
• Global Environmental Governance
• African Politics

Recent Publications

• Heffernan, Andrew The Global Politics of Local Conservation: Climate Change and Resource Governance in Namibia. Palgrave MacMillan. May 2023.
• Heffernan, Andrew “A Call for Wildlife Conservation Policy Evolution: Climate Change and Community-Based Natural Resource Management” Climate and Development. 2025.
• Heffernan, Andrew “The Resilience Case for Canadian Transport Electrification” Canada’s National Observer. 2026.
• Heffernan, Andrew “Climate Disinformation Has a Market Incentive Problem” Centre for International Governance Innovation. 2026.
• Heffernan, Andrew “Strengthening Information Integrity on Environmental Issues Beyond Climate Change” Forum on Information and Democracy. 2025.

Online

• Twitter/X: https://x.com/heff_andrew
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-heffernan-4a574880/