Michael W. Doyle
is a Professor of International Affairs, Law and Political Science at Columbia University. He was instrumental in developing a 213-article treaty, the Model International Mobility Convention, that seeks to fill in gaps in the current legal architecture when it comes to mobility. From 2001 to 2003, Professor Doyle served as Assistant Secretary-General and Special Adviser to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan. His responsibilities in the Secretary-General’s Executive Office included strategic planning (the “Millennium Development Goals”), outreach to the international corporate sector (the “Global Compact”), and relations with Washington. From 2006 to 2013 he served as an individual member, and the chair of the U.N. Democracy Fund. He chaired the board of the International Peace Institute from 2016-2018.