Leadership
Erin Mooney - Interim Director
A Trinity College alumna, and internationally respected human rights and humanitarian affairs expert, Mooney brings more than 30 years of experience working at the intersection of scholarship, public policy and international practice.
Mooney's distinguished career has spanned more than 30 countries across Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the Americas and Europe. She has served in senior leadership roles with the United Nations, leading international research institutions and as a consultant to governments and non-governmental organizations. Recognized globally for her work in human rights, forced migration, humanitarian response and peacebuilding, she has authored more than 90 publications that have informed policy and practice around the world. She has served in senior management roles related to forced migration research and policy development at the Brookings Institution, the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and the City University of New York’s Ralph Bunche Institute of International Studies. She was recently appointed by the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation as a mentor to doctoral researchers.
Mooney’s connection to Trinity is longstanding. An honours graduate in International Relations and History, she taught in Trinity's International Relations Program from 2008 to 2010 and has remained actively engaged with the College throughout her career. Since 2024, she has served as a Senior Fellow of the Bill Graham Centre and has been a regular guest lecturer in its programming.