Jeremy Wildeman
Profile
Biography
Research Interests
- Housing Justice and Systemic Inequality
- International Aid, Conflict, and Human Security
- Canadian Foreign Policy and National Identity
- The Transformation of the Global Order
- Settler Colonialism and Imperialism as Analytical Bridges
- Crisis, Representation, and Democracy
B.A. (Saskatchewan/Rostock), M.A. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Exeter)
Jeremy Wildeman, Ph.D., is a political economist whose research provides a critical, human-rights-centred analysis of power across domestic and international spheres. His work investigates how structures such as financialisation, imperialism, settler colonialism, and shifting global orders create systemic inequality, from housing precarity in Canada to conflict and aid politics in the Middle East.
His current research leadership includes serving as Principal Investigator on an SSHRC-RGDI-funded study on the right to housing for people with disabilities, and as Co-Investigator on two major SSHRC Partnership Grant projects ‘New Housing Alternatives’ (where he previously co-led the Housing Precarity research cluster) and ‘A Safe and Affordable Place to Call Home’.
His scholarship connects these themes, like in his award-winning co-edited book, Canada as a Settler Colony on the Question of Palestine, which critiques Canada’s foreign policy through the lens of its own colonial foundations. He extends this analysis to the transformation of the Liberal International Order and its impact on the architecture of human rights norms and international law.
As a scholar-practitioner, Jeremy actively bridges research, public discourse, and applied work. He translates complex analysis into public understanding as a frequent media analyst (i.e., CTV, CBC, Al-Jazeera) and Adjunct Professor. This engagement is rooted in his deep commitment to practice, having founded and led charitable organisations and research units dedicated to evidence-driven policy advocacy and humanitarian programming centred on local empowerment and the elevation of marginalised voices.