Veronica Kitchen

Associate Professor of Political Science University of Waterloo and Balsillie School of International Affairs

  • Waterloo ON

Associate Prof of Political Science, University of Waterloo & Balsillie School of International Affairs

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Biography

Veronica M. Kitchen is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Waterloo and the Balsillie School of International Affairs. Her research on security governance across the global/local divide combines a self-consciously critical approach that acknowledges the contingency of knowledge and the importance of reflexivity with a commitment to translating that perspective into policy relevant analysis. She researches co-operation in national security policing, integration in counter-terrorism bureaucracies, and North American security governance (with Kim Rygiel at the Balsillie School). Kitchen is co-lead (with Jenny Mathers) of a project on heroism in world politics, within which her interest is in portrayals of heroic military masculinity in popular culture. Kitchen also conducts research and outreach activities on the use of simulation in teaching world politics.

Kitchen provides frequent media commentary on subjects related to national security, counter-terrorism and international security. She is an executive member of the Canadian Network on Terrorism, Security, and Society (TSAS). She has also recently been chair of the Professional Development Committee of the ISA-Canada, and co-lead of the conflict and security research cluster at the Balsillie School of International Affairs.

Industry Expertise

Security
Defense
Public Policy
Political Organization
Government Administration
Government Relations

Areas of Expertise

International Security
Counter-Terrorism
National Security
Foreign Policy
Canada-United States relations
international relations
mega-event security
Critical Security Studies
Gender and security

Accomplishments

Ontario Early Researcher Award

Five-year grant funding the training of highly qualified personnel (2011-2016)

Distinguished Service Award

University of Waterloo Faculty of Arts Award for Distinguished Service to the faculty (2015)

Study of Terrorism, Security and Society Award

2013-01-01

Research Network on the Study of Terrorism, Security and Society Award

Education

Brown University

Ph.D.

Political Science

2006

University of Toronto

B.A.

International Relations

2001

Affiliations

  • Women In International Security
  • International Studies Association
  • Canadian Network on Terrorism, Security, and Society
  • Canadian Political Science Association

Languages

  • English
  • French
  • German

Media Appearances

Justin Trudeau makes first visit to Washington

TRT World  online

2017-02-13

According to Veronica Kitchen, an associate professor of political science at the University of Waterloo, security issues will also figure prominently during Trump and Trudeau’s meeting.

“Canada does a lot of information sharing with the United States, so all of these things leave Canada vulnerable to American policy,” Kitchen said.

“Obviously cooperation is easier to manage in Canada when American policy and Canadian policy are basically going in the same direction,” she said.

But Canada must also be careful about “holding too much moral high ground,” Kitchen added, and about how it criticises its largest trading partner. “You don’t want anything to damage that trade relationship because it’s so encompassing.”

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Hunt Continues for Berlin Suspect

CTV News Channel  tv

2016-12-21

University of Waterloo's Veronica Kitchen discusses the effort to track down the perpetrator of the attacks on the Christmas Market in Berlin.

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Security in Public Spaces

CBC News  tv

2016-12-20

Security expert Veronica Kitchen says Canada isn't immune to violent attacks but the risk is low. As well, it's important to remember our own personal responsibility to remain safe when we go to large public spaces because you don't know what kind of threat is looming.

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Articles

The Ethics of Mega-Event Security When the World Comes toVisit

Unsettled Balance: Ethics, Security, and Canada’s International Relations

2015

In 2010, Canada welcomed the world to two mega-events that garnered global attention: first the Vancouver Olympic Games in February and March and then the G8 and G20 Summits in Huntsville and Toronto in June. The Vancouver Olympics required the largest domestic ...

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Privatizing Security, Securitizing Policing: The Case of the G20 in Toronto, Canada

International Political Sociology

2014

Allegations of police brutality, unlawful detention, and other breaches of civil liberties during the G20 in Toronto in June 2010 provide an important case through which to understand the changing nature of security and policing, raising questions about the political implications ...

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Counter‐Terrorism and Institutional Design

International Studies Review

2014

These books address the question of the development of counter-terrorism institutions from opposite scales. 9/11 and the Design of Counterterrorism Institutions is a microlevel investigation of counter-terrorism policy in Northern Europe in the first weeks after 9/11. ...

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