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Hevina Dashwood is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at Brock University. Her research focuses on private global governance and corporate social responsibility (CSR), particularly in the context of global norms dissemination. She authored the book 'Rise of Global Corporate Social Responsibility: Mining and the Spread of Global Norms' published by Cambridge University Press in 2012. Dashwood has published extensively on CSR adoption among global mining companies and their participation in multi-stakeholder partnerships for global governance initiatives. Her current research examines the local adoption of global standards aimed at improving governance in the natural resource sector, particularly within resource-rich countries. She is the Principal Investigator of a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council-funded research project on the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), collaborating with academics from Canada, Nigeria, and Ghana to explore the implementation of EITI in these countries and its developmental benefits for local mining communities.
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