A multi-award-winning scholar, Dr. Caroline Shenaz Hossein is Canada Research Chair in Africana Development and Feminist Political Economy (2022-2027) and Associate Professor of Global Development & Political Economy. She also founded the Diverse Solidarity Economies (DISE) Collective, which involves a wide range of feminist scholars concerned with building a human economy. In 2024, Hossein was named one of Canada’s most accomplished Black Women by #100ABCWomen, a national honour, and elected to the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.

A highly sought-after speaker, Hossein has given keynote and public lectures in Belgium, Canada, Sweden, India, Ireland, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Norway, Scotland, Sweden, Thailand, UK and the United States. She is the author of 7 books and over 50 scholarly journal and book chapter publications.

Prior to joining the academy, Dr. Hossein spent nine years employed by several global non-profits and then, for eight years, owned her own small firm, providing consulting services to clients like the World Bank Group, UNDP, USAID, Women for Women International, IRC and IDB.