Bio
Andrew Heffernan is a CIGI fellow. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Ottawa, where he is an adjunct professor teaching on global governance, environmental politics and information integrity. His research and policy work focus on climate governance, climate disinformation and the intersections of environmental change, food systems and insecurity, particularly in African contexts. He is a senior programs manager at the Centre for Information Integrity and a former post-doctoral fellow with the Digital Policy Hub at CIGI. Andrew has also served as rapporteur for the Forum on Information and Democracy and held research roles with the Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy and Nexus PFM, bridging academic research with applied policy and governance practice.