Daryl Copeland

Daryl Copeland is an Ottawa-based analyst, author, educator, and consultant specializing in diplomacy, international policy, global issues, and public management. He was educated while backpacking on six continents, and also at the University of Western Ontario and the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University. He is now visiting professor at the University of East Anglia's London Academy of Diplomacy, and research associate at Ottawa University's Centre for International Policy Studies. From 2009-11 he served as Adjunct Professor and Senior Fellow at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs, and in 2009 was named as a Research Fellow at the Center on Public Diplomacy, University of Southern California. He is a member of the editorial board of the journal Place Branding and Public Diplomacy and serves as a subject matter expert/peer reviewer for the University of Toronto Press, The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, International Journal, and Canadian Foreign Policy.

From 1981–2009, Daryl Copeland served as a Canadian diplomat and executive with postings in Thailand, Ethiopia, New Zealand, and Malaysia. Among his positions at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in Ottawa, he worked as: Senior Intelligence Analyst, South and Southeast Asia; Deputy Director for International Communications; Director for Southeast Asia; Senior Advisor, Public Diplomacy; Director of Strategic Communications Services, and; Senior Advisor, Strategic Policy and Planning. In 2000, he received the Canadian Foreign Service Officer Award for his "tireless dedication and unyielding commitment to advancing the interests of the diplomatic profession."

His website and blog features international policy content and resources; his first book, Guerrilla Diplomacy: Rethinking International Relations was released in 2009 by Lynne Rienner Publishers.