David J Hornsby ( He/Him )

Professor of International Affairs & Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President (Academic)

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David J. Hornsby is a Professor of International Affairs and the Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President (Academic). Professor Hornsby’s responsibilities include oversight of teaching and learning, academic programs, and quality assurance for the entire university.

Prior to arriving at NPSIA, Professor Hornsby held academic appointments at University College London where he served as the Head of the Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy (STEaPP) Department and at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburg, South Africa where he was the Assistant Dean of Humanities (Teaching and Learning).

Professor Hornsby holds a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge, UK and is a former Fulbright Scholar at The Fletcher School, Tufts University. He maintains a strong interdisciplinary research record having published in both the biological and social sciences and is an award-winning lecturer.

Professor Hornsby currently sits on the Boards of Digital Policy Studies, the Center for Engaged Learning Open Book Series and co-edits the Palgrave book series – Political Pedagogies.

Overall Research Focus/Expertise

Politics of science in international governance, Canadian foreign policy in Sub-Saharan Africa, South African foreign policy, middle power cooperation, & pedagogy and philosophy of higher education.

Recent Publications

Midzain-Gobin, L., Smith., H.A., Black, D.R., and Hornsby, D.J. (2026) The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Understandings of Canada in the World. Palgrave MacMillan Publishers.

Wuetherick, B., Germain-Rutherford, A., Graham, D., Baker, N., Hornsby, D.J., and Turner, N. (eds), (2024) Online Learning, Open Education and Equity in the Age of COVID. Palgrave MacMillan Publishers.

Smith, H.A., Boyer, M.A., and Hornsby, D.J. (eds), (2024) Oxford Handbook of International Studies Pedagogy, (Oxford: Oxford University Press).

Turner, N., Baker, N., Hornsby, D.J., Germain-Rutherford, A., Graham, D., and Wuetherick, B. (eds), (2024) Online, Open and Equitable Education: Lessons from Teaching and Learning during the Global Pandemic. CEL Open Access Book Series. Elon: North Carolina. https://doi.org/10.36284/celelon.oa7 .

Smith, H.A. and Hornsby, D.J. (eds.) (2021) Teaching International Relations in a Time of Disruption. Political Pedagogies Series. Palgrave MacMillan Publishers. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-56421-6