Bentley Allan, PhD, is Associate Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University and the Vice President of Future Economy at the Transition Accelerator, a Canadian non-profit. Dr. Allan is an award-winning scholar who has written on the dynamics of international order, science and politics, climate policy, and the political economy of decarbonization. He provides regular advice to government and industry on geopolitics, industrial strategy, and policy.
He has co-led the development of three sector strategies and roadmaps in collaboration with industry partners. He is the co-coordinator of the Centre for Industrial Policy which advances research and action to strengthen and mobilize Canada’s expertise in modern industrial policy, enabling strategic collaboration between government, industry, Indigenous communities, labour, and financial institutions in pursuit of good jobs and a competitive economy.