Lauchlan T. Munro is Professor in the School of International Development and Global Studies at the University of Ottawa. Before joining uOttawa in July 2012, Lauchlan worked as Vice-President Corporate Strategy and Regional Management at Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) from 2008 to 2012. From 2004 to 2009, he served as Director of Policy and Planning and Chief of Staff to the IDRC President. Prior to joining IDRC, Lauchlan worked for UNICEF from 1989 to 2003 in DR Congo, Uganda, Zimbabwe and at New York HQ. From 1985 to 1987, he was a member of the Royal Bhutanese Civil Service. He has taught project management at Fordham University, sociology and public economics at the University of Manchester, and economics at Sherubtse College. He twice served as Director of his School (2012-16 and 2018). His textbook (co-edited with Mahmoud Masaeli), Canada and the Challenges of International Development and Globalization (University of Ottawa Press, 2018), was shortlisted for the PROSE Award for the best social science textbook published in North America in 2018.
Topics of interest:
- National development planning
- Poverty, human rights and social protection
- The economics of risk and uncertainty
- Public sector management, especially aid effectiveness and project management
- Children and development policy (health, education, social protection)
Geographic interests: Canada, Bhutan, Zimbabwe.