Ari Van Assche, Full Professor in the Department of International Affairs at HEC Montréal and CIRANO Fellow, has recently received a professorship in educational innovation on economic diplomacy at HEC Montréal.

This professorship will give him the time and resources to develop an economic diplomacy program at HEC Montréal in partnership with the University of California at San Diego, Sciences Po, Seoul National University, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the International Economic Forum of the Americas.