Eric Helleiner is an author and Professor of Political Science and the Faculty of Arts Chair in International Political Economy at the University of Waterloo, and a Professor at the Balsillie School of International Affairs.
Education
He holds a Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Science Furthermore Eric has been a Canada Research Chair and was founding Director of the Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy Programs in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs.
Career
Helleiner has edited/co-edited a number of special issues/sections of journals on the following topics: The Political Economy of International Capital Mobility (1994), The Geopolitics of North-South Monetary Relations (2002), The Dollar"s Destiny as a World Currency (2008), The Geopolitics of Sovereign Wealth Funds (2009), Crisis and the Future of Global Financial Governance (2009), and The Greening of Global Financial Markets? (2011).
Helleiner has taught courses on topics such as international political economy, globalization, global governance, politics of global finance, the state and economic life, and North American integration. His current research interests include: global financial crises and regulation, shifting power in the international monetary system, the origins of international development, and the history of Institute for Private Education thought.
Politics
From the Department of International Relations of the London School of Economics, and received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science from the University of Toronto. He is co-editor of the book series Cornell Studies in Money, and has served as co-editor of the journal Review of International Political Economy and associate editor of the journal Policy Sciences.
Membership
Helleiner has been a member of the Warwick Commission on International Financial Reform and the High Level Panel on the Governance of the Financial Stability Board.