Economics
Bowles, Paul Cluster Member
Paul Bowles is Past-President of the Canadian Society for the Study of International Development and is also a Honourary Professor at Hebei University, China, and an Adjunct Professor of the Autonomous University of Zacatecas, Mexico. He specializes in Globalization, Regionalism, Economic Growth and Development in the Asia-Pacific region, and is also interested in the History of Economic Thought, Currency Issues, and China's Political Economy. Currently he is researching China's exchange rate and currency policies. Media Experience: Dr. Bowles has participated in media outreach in Canada and Australia.
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- Globalization
- Regionalism
- Currency Issues
- China’s Political Economy
Brawley, Mark Cluster Member
Mark Brawley specializes in international political economy (IPE), but he is also interested in trade and international financial relations. Moreover, his interests in IPE often make connections between issues in political economic and international security. He is currently researching linkages between trade liberalization and domestic adjustment during globalization. His sixth book, Political Economy and Grand Strategy: A Neoclassical Realist View, was published by Routledge in 2009.
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Huebner, Kurt Cluster Member
Kurt Huebner is Chair for German and European Studies and Director of the Institute for European Studies, at the University of British Columbia. His research includes global and European currency regimes, international regimes of foreign direct investment, and the relations between innovation and sustainability. His latest research focuses on the economic and socio-political foundations of technical innovations in a transatlantic perspective, and the ongoing processes of currency competition and currency cooperation (Euro-Dollar-Yuan). Currently, Dr. Huebner is directing a project on EU-Canada as Global Economic Policy Actor, and recently he was part of a consortium on EU-North America-Asia relations.
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- International Political Economy
- European Integration
- Trade and Currency Regimes
- Comparative Political Economy
- Labour Market and Innovation
Kranakis, Eda Cluster Member
Eda Kranakis’ areas of research include: History of Technology, History of European Integration, Export Processing Zones and Intellectual Property. Her current research projects explore aspects of the role of technology in European integration and globalization, focusing on the history of aviation and European airspace as well as on the history of the globalization of production.
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- History of Technology
- History of European Integration
- Export Processing Zones
- Intellectual Property
Leblond, Patrick Cluster Member
Owing to his training and experience in business, economics and international relations, Patrick Leblond’s expertise concerns questions relating to global economic governance and international and comparative political economy, more specifically those that deal with international finance and money, international economic integration as well as business-government relations. His regional expertise focuses on Europe and North America.
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- International political economy
- Global economic governance
- International business
- International finance and money
- European and North American economic integration
Marier, Patrik Cluster Member
Patrik Marier’s research focuses broadly on the impact of changing demographic structures on reforms to the welfare state in comparative contexts. His earlier work examined the politics of pension reform in a number of countries including Sweden, Canada, Mexico and the United States. Dr. Marier’s current research looks more broadly at the impact of aging populations on a number of public policy fields including education, health care, and labour policy across comparative cases. With Dolores Pushkar (Department of Psychology, Concordia), Dr. Marier has facilitated the organization of the Concordia Ageing Research Network which has brought a number of Concordia scholars together to examine the comparative impact of ageing from a multidisciplinary perspective. Media Experience: Dr. Marier has a great deal of experience responding to TV, Radio and Print Media inquiries.
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- Comparative Public Policy
- Comparative Welfare State
- Pensions
- Ageing
- Public Administration
O’Mahony, Angela Cluster Member
Angela O'Mahony's research focuses on international political economy and how increasing international economic ties interact with domestic interests and institutions to shape economic decision-making. While many scholars believe that international economic integration has resulted in an environment in which countries can no longer assert control over their domestic ties with the international system, her research argues that international economic integration may alter the tools available to governments preserving their ability to control the domestic economy.
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- International and comparative political economy
Ross, George Cluster Member
George Ross is ad personam Jean Monnet Chair at the Université de Montréal, iserves as Morris Hillquit Professor emeritus at Brandeis University, and is a faculty associate of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard. His research interests include the political economy of the European Union, EU elites and institutions, European politics and industrial relations, globalization, and social structures. He recently co-edited What`s Left of the Left, a book on European elites and the crisis of European integration, published by Duke University Press in 2009. Media Experience: Dr. Ross has a great deal of international media experience in TV, Radio and Print formats.
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- EU elites and institutions
- European political economy
- European social policy
- Comparative politics
Schure, Paul Cluster Member
Paul Schure works on financial intermediation, banking, venture capital, microeconomics, firm behaviour, industrial organisation, and European economics. Before joining the University of Victoria, he worked as a consultant in the Chief Economist's Department at the European Investment Bank in Luxembourg. Dr. Schure was secretary/treasurer of the European Community Studies Association-Canada (ECSA-C) between 2004 and 2010 and he is co-organizer for the ECSA-C biennial conferences of 2008 and 2010.
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- Microeconomics
- Industrial Organization
- Firm behaviour
- Financial Intermediation
- Banking
- Venture Capital
Verdun, Amy Cluster Member
Amy Verdun is Professor of Political Science, Jean Monnet Chair and Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at the University of Victoria, in Victoria BC, Canada where she has been since 1997. Her recent research focuses on an evaluation of ten years economic and monetary integration in Europe, including research on the EU Stability and Growth Pact, innovative governance in the European Union, delegation and power in EU institutions, European Neighbourhood policies and the relations between the EU and its Eastern Neighbours, lessons from Europe for Canada, globalization, Europe's common agricultural policy, development and European integration, foreign policy and European integration, and comparative regional integration (including Europe-Asia comparisons. Media Experience: Dr. Verdun has a great deal of experience responding to TV, Radio and Print Media inquiries.
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- Comparative politics
- International relations
- European integration and governance
- International political economy
Duyulmus, Cem Utku
Cem Utku Duyulmus has specialized on Comparative Politics and International Relations in the course of doctoral reearch, and is also interested in European Integration and Social Policy and Welfare State. Currently, his research focuses on the comparative analysis of social policies in Western and Eastern European countries, and the transformation of the welfare state in Turkey compared to Eastern and Southern European countries with a focus on social security systems, flexecurity and activation policies. Media Experience: Mr. Utku Duyulmus welcomes inquiries in TV, Radio and Print media formats.
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- Comparative Politics,
- International Relations,
- European Integration,
- Social Policy and Welfare State
Hering, Martin
Martin Hering is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and in the Department of Health, Aging and Society at McMaster University. His major fields of interest are European and comparative politics, comparative public policy, the development of welfare states, and European integration.
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Paudyn, Bartholomew
Bartholomew Paudyn is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Political Science at Carleton University. His primary research interests lie in the field of EMU governance, and specifically the asymmetric application of Europe’s fiscal framework, the Stability and Growth Pact.
Mr. Paudyn is currently problematizing and dissecting the EMU through a “governmentality” approach in order to understand how risk and uncertainty come to operate as dominant modes of regulation. Employing a critical genealogy, he ascertains what kind of economy of power Europe is implicated in and how this affects its spatial and temporal constitution.
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Pauly, Louis W.
Before entering the academy, Louis W. Pauly held management positions in the Royal Bank of Canada and served on the staff of the International Monetary Fund. He is currently a Full Professor of Political Science, Canada Research Chair in Globalization and Governance, and Director at the Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto. With Emanuel Adler, Dr. Pauly edits International Organization, a top-ranked scholarly journal in the field of international relations. Among his current research projects, one focuses on the restructuring and adaptation of international financial institutions, another on the politics of technological innovation in Asia, and another on crisis management in integrating financial markets.
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Weiner, Elaine
Elaine Weiner is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at McGill University. Her major fields of interest lie in the intersection of gender, culture, and Central and East European societies. Dr. Weiner is currently researching the adoption and implementation of equal opportunity legislation in East Central Europe from the standpoints of both its institutional and individual stakeholders, with a particular focus on the Czech case.
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