Geoff Dancy

Geoff Dancy is a scholar of international relations and comparative politics who specializes in the empirical study of human rights. His research focuses on the impact of transitional justice efforts, the effects of International Criminal Court interventions, the nature of human rights discourse, and the application of philosophical pragmatism. From 2010 to 2020, Dancy directed the Transitional Justice Research Collaborative, a group focused on collecting data and developing theory about human rights prosecutions, truth commissions, and other mechanisms of justice promoted by the global community. He is currently a primary investigator on a project supported by Global Affairs Canada, called Transitional Justice Evaluation Tools (TJET), which is focused on developing index measures of accountability for human rights violations. His work has featured in venues such as International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, American Journal of International Law, Journal of Conflict Resolution, and Comparative Political Studies.