Colin John McInnes FRSA FAcSS FLSW (born 18 June 1960) is pro vice chancellor (research, knowledge exchange and innovation) at Aberystwyth University and holds a personal professorial chair in the Department of International Politics there, where his research focuses on global health politics.
In 2014 he was appointed by the secretary of state for international development as a non-executive director of the UK National Commission (UKNC) for UNESCO, with special responsibility for the social and human sciences, and represents the UK on UNESCO’s Social and Human Sciences Commission.
[1] He was previously a lecturer in the Department of War Studies, The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst; visiting research fellow at King's College London; and special adviser to the House of Commons Defence Committee.
He was also chair of the British International Studies Association; a member of the ESRC's strategic research board and international advisory committee; member of WHO's expert group on Global Health Diplomacy; and director of the UK Research Councils' Security Research Forum.
From 2007 to 2018 he held the UNESCO Chair in HIV/AIDS, reflecting his research interests at that time.