“Greening the Grey Zone: Global Wildlife Crime Enforcement and Sustainable Development.” Presented to the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Academic Council on the United Nations System, the Institute for Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands, June 13, 2015. “Codifying Ecocide or Promoting Environmental Justice: Towards a More Effective Contribution from Global Governance.” Presented to the 2015 Annual Conference of the Canadian Political Science Association, University of Ottawa, June 2, 2015. “From Predator to Wisdom: INTERPOL Projects, International Wildlife Trade, and Sustainable Development.” Paper written for the CITES as a Tool for Sustainable Development Experts Seminar of the International Symposium: Biodiversity, Sustainable Development and the Law, Cambridge University, February 20-22, 2015. Not presented due to unexpected funding issues. “Ecocide, Transnational Environmental Crime, and Global Governance.” Presented to The Hague Roundtable Program, The Road to Lima: Climate Governance, Adaptation and Technological Responses, Hague Institute for Global Justice, Netherlands, November 6, 2014. “Ecocide as a Global Governance Issue: Between Transnational Environmental Crime and Environmental Justice.” Presented to the World Congress of the International Political Science Association, Montreal, July 20-24, 2014. “A Mid-Range Theoretical Framework: The Internet in International Relations.” With Ehsan Torkamanzechi. Presented to the World Congress of the International Political Science Association, Montreal, July 20-24, 2014. “Natural Resources, Atrocity, and Transitional Justice.” Presented to the Fulbright Symposium on Sustainability and Human Rights, Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability and Loyola Sustainability Research Centre and Fulbright Canada, November 21-22, 2013. “The Legitimacy Barometer and the Global Governance of Biodiversity Conservation.” Presented to the Annual Symposium of the Quebec Centre for Biodiversity Science, UQAM Coeur des Sciences, Montreal, December 12-15, 2012. “Bionvasion Policy Integration in North America and Europe.” Presented to the International Political Science Association World Congress, Madrid, Spain, July 4-8, 2012. “Policy Context: Invasive Alien Species and Canada-United States Relations.” Presented to the “Uninvited Guests: Invasive Species in North America” symposium, Canada Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C., May 8, 2012.
Invited workshop participant, “Transformative Sustainability”, Earth Systems Governance Project/Future Earth, Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, November 22-23, 2016. Invited panellist, Roundtable on “Educating for Intellectual Respect, Social Diversity and Inclusion”, at the Assaulting Cultural Heritage: ISIS’s Fight to Destroy Diversity in Iraq and Syria Conference, MIGS and Concordia University, September 26, 2016. Invited participant, “Experts Dialogue on Coping with Violent Conflict and State Fragility”, The Stimson Center, UAE Mission to the UN, Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy & Development (Abuja), and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, held at the United Nations Secretariat, New York City, June 16, 2016. Invited participant, Inception and Planning Workshop UNEP MOOC Development on Nutrients and Wastewater Management, Nairobi, Kenya, May 28, 2016. Invited speech, “Innovative MOOC Approaches”, Green Room Event, "Sustainability Innovations and Solutions: Environmental Education for Sustainable Development Goals", Global Universities Partnership on Environment and Sustainability and UNEP, at the 2nd United Nations Environmental Assembly, Nairobi, Kenya, May 26, 2016. Workshop participant, “Technical Meeting on Marine Biodiversity Monitoring in conjunction with SBSTTA 20.” Convened by the CBD Secretariat in collaboration with CSIRO, GOOS, and MBON, at the ICAO Secretariat, April 24, 2016. Invited speeches: “Reducing the Plastic Heritage of Humankind: the Global Fight Against Marine Debris”; and “From Colonial Parks to INTERPOL: Countering Transnational Environmental Crime.” University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Earth Day Conference, April 20 and 21, 2016. Invited workshop participant, “Roundtable on the Bio-Bridge Initiative: Designing an Effective Mechanism for Technical and Scientific Cooperation under the Convention on Biological Diversity.” CBD Secretariat, Montreal, April 5, 2016. Invited contributor, Final High Level Intergovernmental and Stakeholder Advisory Group (HLG) review and preparatory meeting for the underlying regional assessment (Global Environmental Outlook) and summary of key finding and policy messages to be delivered to UNEA 2, United Nations Environmental Program North American Regional Office, Washington, D.C., 21-22 March 2016. Invited speech, “Environmental Crime and International Human Rights.” International Human Rights Conference, College of Law, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Feb. 26, 2016.