Ron Levi

Ron Levi is the George Ignatieff Chair of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Toronto, where he is Associate Professor of Criminology and Sociolegal Studies, and is cross-appointed to the Departments of Political Science and Sociology.

Ron Levi is Director of Academic Programs for the Munk School of Global Affairs, and Director of the School's Trudeau Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies. He is also Graduate Coordinator at the Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies. Levi is a Fellow in the Successful Societies program of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, and Canada's Priority Leader for Justice, Policing & Security with the Metropolis Project.

Levi's research focuses on global justice institutions, human rights regimes, and law and internationalization. His current research includes: (1) research on the fields of international criminal law, human rights, and international development, with an emphasis on legal and institutional responses to human rights violations and atrocities; (2) the provision of criminal justice and urban security within the social and political rationalities of modern states (such as neoliberalism); and (3) immigration and experiences of law, crime, citizenship, and the state, and their effects for social inclusion and well-being.

Levi attended law school at McGill University, where he was trained in both civil law and common law. After completing his master's degree in law at the University of Toronto, he pursued graduate study in sociology at Northwestern University and completed his doctoral dissertation in law at the University of Toronto, where he was awarded the Alan Marks medal.

Levi teaches courses on international law, criminal law, and law and society. He was awarded the UTSU/APUS Undergraduate Teaching Award for Teaching Excellence at the University of Toronto.