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Canadian political scientist (born 1943)

Janice Stein CM OOnt FRSC Stein in 2015 Born 1943 (age 82–83) Education McGill University (BA, PhD) Yale University (MA) Academic work Institutions University of Toronto

**Janice Gross Stein** [CM](/source/Order_of_Canada) [OOnt](/source/Order_of_Ontario) [FRSC](/source/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society_of_Canada) (born 1943) is a Canadian political scientist and international relations expert. Stein is a specialist in [Middle East](/source/Middle_East) area studies, [negotiation theory](/source/Negotiation_theory), foreign policy decision-making, and international conflict management.

She is the founding director of the [Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy](/source/Munk_School_of_Global_Affairs_and_Public_Policy) at the [University of Toronto](/source/University_of_Toronto),[1] where she is a professor.

## Life and career

Stein holds degrees from [McGill University](/source/McGill_University) (undergraduate and doctoral), and [Yale University](/source/Yale_University) (master's). She has been a professor at the [University of Toronto](/source/University_of_Toronto) since 1982, and was named a University Professor in 1996.[2]

Stein is a specialist in [Middle East](/source/Middle_East) area studies; negotiation theory; foreign policy decision-making; and international conflict management, on which she has lectured at the Centre for National Security Studies in [Ottawa](/source/Ottawa) and at the [NATO Defense College](/source/NATO_Defense_College) in [Rome](/source/Rome).[3]

Stein is the founder and former director of the [Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy](/source/Munk_School_of_Global_Affairs_and_Public_Policy) at the [University of Toronto](/source/University_of_Toronto) and Associate Chair and Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management and Negotiation within the University of Toronto's [political science](/source/Political_science) department. Stein has been considered the central figure in making the Munk School a go-to-place for international affairs in [Toronto](/source/Toronto). She has also been referred to as an academic entrepreneur.[4]

Following the end of her directorship at the Munk School, Stein became the senior presidential advisor on international initiatives to the former University of Toronto President, [Meric Gertler](/source/Meric_Gertler).[5]

Stein is a fellow of the [Royal Society of Canada](/source/Royal_Society_of_Canada) and an Honorary Foreign Member of the [American Academy of Arts and Sciences](/source/American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences). Other organizational affiliations and memberships include:

- [National Academy of Sciences](/source/National_Academy_of_Sciences)' [Workshop on Middle East Negotiations](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Workshop_on_Middle_East_Negotiations&action=edit&redlink=1) and the [Committee on International Conflict Resolution](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Committee_on_International_Conflict_Resolution&action=edit&redlink=1)

- [Advisory Group on Cross-Cultural Negotiation](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Advisory_Group_on_Cross-Cultural_Negotiation&action=edit&redlink=1)

- [United States Institute of Peace](/source/United_States_Institute_of_Peace)'s [Advisory Committee for Peacemaking in the 21st Century](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Advisory_Committee_for_Peacemaking_in_the_21st_Century&action=edit&redlink=1)

- [American Association for the Advancement of Science](/source/American_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science)'s [Advisory Committee on Conflict Management in the Gulf](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Advisory_Committee_on_Conflict_Management_in_the_Gulf&action=edit&redlink=1)

- [American Academy of Arts and Sciences](/source/American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences)' [Committee on Security](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Committee_on_Security&action=edit&redlink=1)

- Chair, International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development [\[1\]](https://web.archive.org/web/20070927230100/http://www.dd-rd.ca/site/who_we_are/index.php?subsection=board&lang=en)

- Board Member, [Canadian International Council](/source/Canadian_International_Council)

### Honours

Stein was selected to give the 2001 [Massey Lecture](/source/Massey_Lecture).[6] She was awarded the [Molson Prize](/source/Molson_Prize) by the [Canada Council](/source/Canada_Council) for an outstanding contribution by a social scientist to public debate, was awarded a [Trudeau Fellow](/source/Pierre_Elliott_Trudeau_Foundation)[6] in 2003.

She is also the winner of the Mershon Prize for outstanding contribution to public education on issues of national security.

Stein has been awarded honorary degrees by [Johns Hopkins University](/source/Johns_Hopkins_University), the [University of Alberta](/source/University_of_Alberta), the [University of Cape Breton](/source/University_of_Cape_Breton), [McMaster University](/source/McMaster_University), and [Hebrew University](/source/Hebrew_University).[6][7]

In 2006, she was made a Member of the [Order of Canada](/source/Order_of_Canada).[8] The following year, she was awarded the [Order of Ontario](/source/Order_of_Ontario).[9]

## Publications and commentary

Stein was a long-time member of the foreign affairs panel on the [TVOntario](/source/TVOntario) television programs *[Studio 2](/source/Studio_2)* and *[Diplomatic Immunity](/source/Diplomatic_Immunity_(Canadian_TV_series))*, and continues as a regular guest on *[The Agenda](/source/The_Agenda)*. She has also appeared on [CBC Television](/source/CBC_Television)'s *[The National](/source/CBC_News%3A_The_National)* numerous times.

Stein has authored more than 80 books, book chapters and articles on intelligence, international security, negotiation processes, peace-making, and public policy.

### Books

- Stein, Janice Gross (2002). *The Cult of Efficiency*. Toronto, ON: [House of Anansi Press](/source/House_of_Anansi_Press). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-88-784678-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-88-784678-6).

Coauthored books:

- *Choosing to Cooperate: How States Avoid Loss*, with [Louis Pauly](/source/Louis_Pauly)

- *We All Lost the Cold War*, with [Richard Ned Lebow](/source/Richard_Ned_Lebow)

- *Powder Keg in the Middle East: The Struggle for Gulf Security*, with [Geoffrey Kemp](/source/Geoffrey_Kemp)

- *Citizen Engagement in Conflict Resolution: Lessons for Canada in International Experience*, with David Cameron and [Richard Simeon](/source/Richard_Simeon)

- *Networks of Knowledge*, with Joy Fitzgibbon and Richard Stren

- *The Unexpected War: Canada in Kandahar* with [Eugene Lang](/source/Eugene_Lang_(author))

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Critchley_1-0)** Critchley, Barry (November 16, 2017). ["'We have built our own nightmare': Why many aren't ready for the next industrial revolution"](https://financialpost.com/news/fp-street/we-have-built-our-own-nightmare-why-many-arent-ready-for-the-next-industrial-revolution). *[Financial Post](/source/Financial_Post)*. Retrieved October 6, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["University of Toronto Mississauga page"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030918/http://www.greatpast.utoronto.ca/GreatMinds/ShowBannerUTM.asp?ID=57). Archived from [the original](http://www.greatpast.utoronto.ca/GreatMinds/ShowBannerUTM.asp?ID=57) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-02-14.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Professor Janice Gross Stein U of T citation"](https://web.archive.org/web/20191216072652/http://www.provost.utoronto.ca/Awards/uprofessors/current/Professor_Janice_Gross_Stein.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.provost.utoronto.ca/Awards/uprofessors/current/Professor_Janice_Gross_Stein.html) on 2019-12-16. Retrieved 2009-04-25.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Church, Elizabeth (14 May 2010). ["Munk School's Janice Stein talks about leaving her post"](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/munk-schools-janice-stein-talks-about-leaving-her-post/article1211219/). *The Globe and Mail*. Retrieved 2016-07-02.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Janice Stein named senior advisor on international initiatives"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160829042134/http://news.artsci.utoronto.ca/all-news/janice-stein-new-role-expert-middle-east-munk-school-global-affairs/). 2015-03-11. Archived from [the original](http://news.artsci.utoronto.ca/all-news/janice-stein-new-role-expert-middle-east-munk-school-global-affairs/) on 2016-08-29. Retrieved 2016-07-02.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Stein_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Stein_6-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Stein_6-2) Munk School. ["Janice Stein"](https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/profile/stein-janice/).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Six influential leaders, artists receive Johns Hopkins honorary degrees"](https://hub.jhu.edu/2024/05/23/commencement-2024-honorary-degrees/). *The Hub - [Johns Hopkins University](/source/Johns_Hopkins_University)*. 2024-05-23. Retrieved 2024-10-30.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Order of Canada citation"](http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=4828).{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Order of Ontario Recipients Announced"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080513214020/http://www.citizenship.gov.on.ca/english/news/2007/n20071219.shtml). Archived from [the original](http://www.citizenship.gov.on.ca/english/news/2007/n20071219.shtml) on 2008-05-13.

## External links

- [Janice Stein: Brief Biography (Munk Centre for International Studies)](http://munkschool.utoronto.ca/profile/stein-janice/)

- [Audio interview (with Eugene Lang) re: The Unexpected War](http://www.thecommentary.ca/ontheline/20071115a.html)

- [Thinking Live with Janice Stein - interview with Timothy Snyder 20260307](https://snyder.substack.com/p/thinking-live-on-iran-with-janice)

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