Rick Stapenhurst
Rick Stapenhurst is Adjunct Research Professor at the Sprott School of Business and professeur associe in political science at Laval University. Previously, he was an Associate Professor at McGill University, where he was coordinator of parliamentary programs at the School of Continuing Studies and a lecturer at the Desautels Faculty of Business Administration.
Previously, Rick worked at the World Bank (from 1995-2010) as a Senior Public Sector Specialist concentrating on anti-corruption, good governance and parliamentary development. This work involved extensive travel throughout Africa and Asia where he worked with legislators, government officials, civil society representatives and journalists in more than 60 countries.
Before joining the World Bank, Rick worked at the Canadian International Development Agency, most recently as the Director of the Multilateral Development Banks unit and before that as head of aid for Canada’s development assistance program at the Canadian Embassy in Addis Ababa. He developed and oversaw the implementation of Canadian development assistance projects in Ethiopia, Sudan and Djibouti.
Rick has written extensively on issues related to anti-corruption and parliamentary strengthening; his most recent books include the Enhanced Parliamentary Oversight: Promoting Good Governance in Smaller States (lead editor; Routledge, 2024),Legislative Decline in the 21st. Century (co-editor, Routledge, 2020), Anti-Corruption Evidence: The Role of Parliaments in Curbing Corruption (lead editor; Springer, 2020), Le Contrôle Parliamementaire des Finances Publique dans la Francophonie (co-author; Laval University Press, 2019) and Benchmarking and Self-Assessment for Democratic Parliaments (co-editor,World Bank, 2016). Rick has also written numerous articles and working papers that have been published in both the business and in peer-reviewed academic journals and is on the Editorial Board of The Journal of Legislative Studies.
Rick completed his Doctorate in Business and Commerce (from Australian National University) in 2011 and Master degrees in Business Administration (York University) and Development Studies (Carleton University). The thesis for his PhD Legislative Oversight and Curbing Corruption: Presidentialism and Parliamentarianism Revisited”.