Dr. Ronald Watts
Fellow
Current Employer
Queen's University
Election Year
1997
Academy
Académie des sciences sociales
Discipline
Political Science
Department
Institute of Intergovernmental Relations
Keywords
Comparative and Canadian Federalism
R.L. Watts is Canada's leading expert on comparative federalism. His "New Federations: Experiments in the Commonwealth" is a classic in the field. It has been followed by distinguished monographs, articles and chapters in collections on federalism in diverse settings.
He is regularly invited to lecture, be a resident scholar, present papers and design colloquia in numerous countries on five continents. He is the Past President of the International Association of Centres for the Study of Federalism.
Watts has also published significant work on post secondary education.
He is regularly invited to lecture, be a resident scholar, present papers and design colloquia in numerous countries on five continents. He is the Past President of the International Association of Centres for the Study of Federalism.
Watts has also published significant work on post secondary education.
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