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Creso delivered a keynote address, “Geopolitics and Graduate Student Mobility”, at the 5th International Conference on Graduate Education. The presentation discussed a study of Chinese STEM students. The conference was organized by Beijing Institute of Technology, Peking University, Beijing Normal…

On October 2, 2026, Scott Clerk successfully defended his thesis titled “The Impact of Power and Positioning Differences on the Internationalization Strategies of Latin American Flagship Universities.” Based on a comparative case study of four flagship universities, the thesis examines…

On September 9, 2026, Aly Burtch defended her thesis titled “Beyond Knowledge: How Scientific Literacy and Motivated Reasoning Shape Undergraduate Science and Engineering Students’ Perspectives on Socioscientific Issues.” The thesis examines the development of scientific literacy among undergraduate science and…

Creso’s new article in Policy Options, Canada’s sovereignty needs more than guns and steel, argues that the next era of strategic rivalry will be decided by who controls the foundational technologies that will govern the economy and national security. Check…

On April 13, 2026 Emina Veletanlić succesfully defended her thesis titled “High-Risk High-Reward (HRHR) Science: Origins, Interpretations, and Impacts on Research Practices”. The thesis examines two major questions centered on ‘risky’ research: (1) how and why the idea of HRHR…

Creso delivered a plenary address, “Between Global Ambitions and Domestic Constraints: Canadian Research Universities in the 2020s”, at the 4th Shanghai Forum for Education Excellence/10th International Conference on World-Class Universities. The conference was organized by Shanghai Jiao Tong University on…