Nathan Andrews

Nathan Andrews is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at McMaster University, where he began working in January 2022. Prior to this position, he served as an Assistant/Associate Professor at the University of Northern British Columbia (2017-2021) and was a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow at Queen's University (2015-2017). He was also awarded a prestigious Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship in 2021 at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.

Dr. Andrews' research spans two primary areas. The first focuses on the global political economy/ecology of natural resource extraction and development, with publications appearing in high-ranking journals such as International Affairs, Resources Policy, World Development, Energy Research & Social Science, and Business & Society Review. His second research area revolves around the scholarship of teaching and learning, particularly critical pedagogies, epistemic hegemony, racism and whiteness in knowledge production and dissemination. With 70 peer-reviewed publications to his name (including 40 journal articles, 9 books, and 21 book chapters), his work has made significant contributions to understanding resource extraction in Africa, particularly Ghana, and the politics of knowledge production.

His recent publications demonstrate a strong focus on African political economy, resource governance, and decolonial approaches to International Relations. Dr. Andrews' work increasingly examines the intersections of race, knowledge production, and academic institutions, as evidenced by his current NFRF-Exploration Grant-funded project 'Hidden Figures' in the Social and Natural Sciences: Exploring Racism, Whiteness, and Epistemic Oppression in the Canadian Academy.

• Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship
• Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship

Dr. Andrews serves as Principal Investigator on the 'Hidden Figures' project, funded by an NFRF-Exploration Grant (2022-2024), which examines racism and epistemic oppression in Canadian academia. His extensive publication record, including numerous edited volumes, demonstrates his significant contributions to both scholarly research and academic discourse. His teaching activities include courses such as Research Design and Methods (POLSCI 796) and Globalization and the State (POLSCI 2H03).