Christian Leuprecht

Christian Leuprecht is the Class of 1965 Professor in Leadership at Queen's University, cross-appointed between the Department of Political Studies and the School of Policy Studies. He holds additional roles as Eisenhower Fellow at the NATO Defence College and Adjunct Research Professor at Charles Sturt University and Flinders University. His research focuses on security, defense, political demography, and federalism, with recent work addressing transnational crime, cybersecurity, and intelligence accountability. Leuprecht has authored 12 books and numerous articles, including groundbreaking studies on NATO's Enhanced Forward Presence and RCMP governance reforms. He received the Cowan Prize for Excellence in Research and is a member of the Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars.

Leuprecht earned a PhD from Queen's University (2003), MA/BA from the University of Toronto (1998-1999), and a D.É.A. from Université Pierre-Mendès France (1997). He has held visiting positions at Yale, Flinders University, and multiple European institutions. His leadership roles include serving on NSERC's governing council (2015-2018) and as past-president of the International Sociological Association’s Research Committee 01 on Armed Forces and Conflict Resolution.

His current projects at the Comparative National Security and Defence Lab explore social network analysis for counterterrorism, data analytics in security policy, and border integrity strategies. Leuprecht frequently testifies before parliamentary committees and advises governments on defense, policing, and cybersecurity. He leads editorial boards for journals like Armed Forces & Society and contributes regularly to Canadian national media on security issues.