1. John Gerard Ruggie was the Berthold Beitz Research Professor in Human Rights and International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University and an affiliated professor in international legal studies at Harvard Law School.
14 Facts About John Ruggie
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John Ruggie was an influential scholar in the field of international relations, as well as an influential policy-maker in the United Nations.
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John Ruggie was born in Graz, Austria in 1944 and raised in Toronto, Canada.
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John Ruggie had a BA in politics and history from McMaster University in Canada.
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John Ruggie moved to the United States to attend graduate school, earning a PhD in political science from the University of California, Berkeley.
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John Ruggie taught at Columbia University, becoming Dean of the School of International and Public Affairs.
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John Ruggie taught at the University of California's Berkeley and San Diego campuses and directed the UC system-wide Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation.
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From 1997 to 2001, John Ruggie served as United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Strategic Planning, a post created specifically for him by then Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
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John Ruggie was one of the architects of the United Nations Global Compact as well as of the Millennium Development Goals, the precursor of the Sustainable Development Goals.
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John Ruggie had a Doctor of Laws from McMaster; and a Doctor of Letters from the University of Waterloo.
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John Ruggie received the International Studies Association's Distinguished Scholar Award and the American Political Science Association's Hubert Humphrey Award for outstanding public service by a political scientist; the AS.
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John Ruggie chaired the Board of the nonprofit organization Shift, the leading center of expertise in business and human rights, working with businesses, governments, workers organization, financial institutions and civil society to implement the UN Guiding Principles.
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John Ruggie was on the Board of the Arabesque Group, an ESG data provider and asset manager, as well as on Unilever's Sustainability Advisory Council.
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John Ruggie was previously the Chair of the Institute for Human Rights and Business from 2012 to 2016, and served as its Patron until his death in 2021.