Thomas F. Banchoff

Thomas F. Banchoff is Vice President for Global Engagement and Professor of Government and Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He founded and directs the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs.

His scholarship examines ethical and religious dimensions of global politics, including:

• Religious pluralism and human rights
• Ethics in biotechnology policy
• Transatlantic relations and European integration
• Jesuit intellectual traditions

Notable publications include 'The Jesuits and Globalization' (2016), 'Embryo Politics' (2011), and 'Democracy and the New Religious Pluralism' (2007). His work received the DAAD Award for German Studies and Humboldt Fellowship for international research collaborations.