2022
Lavigne, E., Cowley, S. & Sá, C. (2022). Recruiting Firms and Canadian University Presidents: Job Advertisements from 1987 to 2017. Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education Conference, Congress of the Social Science and the Humanities, May 12 to 20.
2021
Sá, C. (2021). Gender Gaps in Research Productivity and Recognition Among Elite Scientists in Canada, the United States and South Africa. Higher Education Research Colloquium Series, TU Dortmund. June 16, 2021.
2020
Sá, C. & Cowley, S. (2020). The Logic of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Academic Leadership and Organizational Change. Panel to be presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education Conference, Congress of the Social Science and the Humanities, Western University. Event cancelled.
2019
Sá, C., Kachynska, N., Cowley, S., Martinez, M. and Sabzalieva, E. (2019). Research Chair Programs and Scientific Productivity. Annual Conference of the Consortium of Higher Education Researchers, Kassel, Germany, August 28-30, 2019.
Sá, C., Cowley, S., Kachynska, N., Martinez, M. and Sabzalieva, E. (2019) Excellence in National Researcher Recruitment Programs. Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education Annual Conference, Social Sciences and Humanities Congress, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, June 2-4, 2019.
Sá, C., Cowley, S., Kachynska, N., Martinez, M. and Kim, C. (2019) Sociological Perspectives on National and International Higher Education. Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education Annual Conference, Social Sciences and Humanities Congress, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, June 2-4, 2019.
Sabzalieva, E., Sá, C., Martinez, M. and Kachynska, N. (2019). Science Diplomacy through Research Collaboration: Policy Processes in Comparative Perspective. International Public Policy Association Conference, Montreal, Canada, June 26-28, 2019.
Sá, C., Sabzalieva, E. and Martinez, M. (2019). Moving beyond ‘North’ and ‘South’ in international research collaboration. Comparative and International Education Society, San Francisco, California, April 14-18, 2019.
2018
Sá, C., Sabzalieva, E., Crase, B. and Martinez, M. (2018). How and Why International Research Collaboration Becomes Policy: A Cross-National Study. Annual Conference of the Consortium of Higher Education Researchers, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, Aug 30-Sep 1, 2018.
Klassen, M (2018). The Politics of Professional Accreditation: A Neopluralist Analysis of Outcomes-Based Accreditation in Canada and the United Kingdom. 2018 European Conference on Educational Research, Free University of Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy, Sept 4-7, 2018
Klassen, M. and Sá, C (2018). “Do Global Norms Matter? The New Logics of Engineering Accreditation in Canadian Universities”. Annual Conference of the Consortium of Higher Education Researchers, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, Aug 30-Sep 1, 2018.
Veletanlić, E. & Sá, C. (2018). Is Industry-Oriented Research Crowding Out Fundamental Science in Canada? 2018 European Consortium of Political Research (ECPR) Annual Conference. Universität Hamburg, Germany, Aug-22-25, 2018.
Sabzalieva, E. (2018). Conceptualizing major institutional change in higher education. 2018 European Consortium of Political Research (ECPR) Annual Conference. Universität Hamburg, Germany, Aug-22-25, 2018.
Crase, B., Sá, C., Sabzalieva, E. and Martinez, M. (2018). Understanding policy rationales for collaboration in academic science. Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education Annual Conference, Social Sciences and Humanities Congress, University of Regina, Toronto, Ontario, May 27-May 29, 2018.
Lavigne, R. and Sá, C. (2018). The Changing Roles and Qualifications of Canadian University Provosts. Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education Annual Conference, Social Sciences and Humanities Congress, University of Regina, Toronto, Ontario, May 27-May 29, 2018.
Hiratsuka, H. and Sá, C. (2018). A systematic analysis of scientific misconduct in Canada. Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education Annual Conference, Social Sciences and Humanities Congress, University of Regina, Toronto, Ontario, May 27-May 29, 2018.
Sá, C., & Holt, C. (2018). What do Entrepreneurship Students Want? Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship 2018 Conference. Dalhousie Univeristy, Halifax, May 3-5, 2018.
Sabzalieva, E. (2018). Mapping change in former Soviet higher education systems: A view from the Russophone space. Comparative and International Education Society Annual Conference, México City, México, 26-29 March 2018
Sabzalieva, E. and Jafar, H. (2018) Living with, through, and beyond globalized change in higher education: Faculty perceptions of internationalization in post-conflict Iraq and Tajikistan. Comparative and International Education Society Annual Conference, México City, México, 26-29 March 2018
Sá, C. (2018). A Canadian Perspective. World Class Universities and the Discipline of Education International Seminar. Zhejihang University, Hangzhou, China. March 19, 2018.
Sá, C. (2018). What do Entrepreneurship Students Want? Panel on Talent and Entrepreneurship in Postsecondary Education Institutions and Beyond. Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development 2018 Policy Research Symposium. Toronto, February 20, 2018.
2017
Veletanlić, E. & Sá, C. (2017). Federal Funding Programs for University-Industry Partnerships in Canada: From Theory to Practice. Paper presented at the 2017 Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER) Annual Conference. University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, Aug-28-30, 2017.
Sabzalieva, E. (2017). Connecting history with contemporary identity in higher education. Tradition and Change in a Contemporary World. University of Central Asia/Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 24-25 July 2017
Sá, C. et al. (2017). Understanding the Ecology of Entrepreneurship Learning in Higher Education. Symposium presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education Annual Conference, Social Sciences and Humanities Congress, Ryerson University, Toronto, May 28-June 30, 2017.
Sabzalieva, E. & Tamtik, M. (2017). Emerging global players? Building international legitimacy in universities in Estonia and Kazakhstan. Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education Annual Conference, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, 29 May-1 June 2017.
Holt, C. & Sá, C. (2017). The Institutionalization of Entrepreneurship Education in Ontario. Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship 2017 Conference. Université Laval, Québec City, May 11-13, 2017.
Sabzalieva, E. (2017). From Soviet to European to global? Future directions for higher education in Central Eurasia. Panel held at the European Society for Central Asian Studies/Central Eurasian Studies Society Joint Conference, American University of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 28-30 June 2017.
Sabzalieva, E. (2017). Conceptualising change in post-Soviet higher education. Panel held at European Society for Central Asian Studies/Central Eurasian Studies Society Joint Conference, American University of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 28-30 June 2017.
Sabzalieva, E. & Tamtik, M. (2017). Global players on their own terms: (Re)building images of higher education in Estonia and Kazakhstan. Comparative and International Education Society Annual Conference, Atlanta, USA, 5-9 March 2017.
Sabzalieva, E. (2017). Making the invisible visible: Mapping a postmodern approach to higher education reform in Tajikistan, Central Asia. Comparative and International Education Society Annual Conference, Atlanta, USA, 5-9 March 2017.
2016
Heslin, D. (2016). Building regional innovation partnerships that work. Canadian Science Policy Conference, Ottawa, November 8-10, 2016.
Sá, C. & Sabzalieva, E. (2016). The politics of the international brain race. Paper presented at the 2016 Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER) Annual Conference, University of Cambridge, UK, September 5-7, 2016.
Gurrisi, M. (2016). The Critical-Democratic University Space: Citizenship and Student Engagement. Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education Annual Conference, Social Sciences and Humanities Congress, University of Calgary, May 29-31, 2016.
Sabzalieva, E. (2016). Engaging with tradition? Connecting universities’ founding missions to their current levels of engagement with their local communities: a comparative study of England and Ontario, Canada. Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education Annual Conference, Social Sciences and Humanities Congress, University of Calgary, May 29-31, 2016.
Soliman, H. (2016). The role of health services in dealing with mental health issues in higher education. Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education Annual Conference, Social Sciences and Humanities Congress, University of Calgary, May 29-31, 2016.
Sá, C. & Sabzalieva, E. (2016). International student mobility and public policy: lessons for the Canadian provinces. Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education Annual Conference, Social Sciences and Humanities Congress, University of Calgary, May 29-31, 2016.
Lemay, M. A. (2016). The role of expectations in shaping research policy: A historic case study of Genome Canada. Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education Annual Conference, Social Sciences and Humanities Congress, University of Calgary, May 29-31, 2016.
2015
Sá, C. (2015).Science, Technology, Globalization & Universities: Brazil in Global Perspective. International Seminar on Higher Education in Developing Countries. Brazilian Academy of Science, Rio de Janeiro, September 21-22, 2015.
Kretz, A. & Sá, C. (2015). What do future entrepreneurs study? Entrepreneurial aspirations and choice of academic major. Paper presented at the 2015 Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER) Annual Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, September 7-9, 2015.
Sá, C. (2015). The Entrepreneurship Movement and the University. Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education Annual Conference, Social Sciences and Humanities Congress, University of Ottawa, May 31-June 2, 2015.
Sá, C. & Hamlin, D. (2015). Research use: The role of capacity, relationships, and leadership. Paper presented at the American Education Research Association Conference, April 16-20, Chicago, Illinois.
Flessa, J. & Hamlin, D. (2015). Parental involvement policy in Canada: An analysis of 12,000 parental involvement programs. Paper presented at the 2015 Comparative and International Education Society Conference, March 8-13, Washington, D.C.
Grieco, J. (2015). Fostering international collaboration through study abroad scholarships: Lessons from Brazil’s Science without Borders program. Paper presented at the 2015 Comparative and International Education Society Conference, March 8-13, Washington, D.C.
2014
Sá, C. & Hamlin, D. (2014). Research use and higher education policymaking. Paper presented at the Annual Association for the Study of Higher Education Conference, November 20-22, Washington D.C.
Kretz, A. & Sá, C. (2014). Economic relevance in practice: An investigation of the scope and structure of entrepreneurship education. Paper presented at the 2014 RESUP International Conference, Lyon, France, December 11-13, 2014.
Kretz, A. & Sá, C. (2014). Entrepreneurship, Startups, and Students: How New Forms of Entrepreneurial Learning and Practice Redraw University Boundaries. Paper presented at the 2014 Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER) Annual Conference, Rome, Italy, September 8-10, 2014.
Deering, D. (2014). Responsibility Centre Budgeting and Management: Hastening the demise of collegial governance? Paper presented at the 2014 Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education Conference, Brock University, St. Catharines, Canada, May 25-27, 2014.
Deering, D. & Field, C, (2014). An Alternative Explanation for Isomorphism: A resource dependence approach to academic drift. Paper presented at the 2014 Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education Conference, Brock University, St. Catharines, Canada, May 25-27, 2014.
Kretz, A., Sigurdson, K. & Sá, C. (2014). The impact of university technology transfer indicators on science policy-making in Canada and the European Union. Paper presented at the 2014 Comparative and International Education Society Conference, Toronto, Canada, March 10-15, 2014.
Deering, D. & Field, C, (2014). Academic drift of university ranking: Looking for alternatives.Paper presented at the 2014 Comparative and International Education Society Conference, Toronto, Canada, March 10-15, 2014.
2013
Austin, I. & Deering, D. (2013). Misapplication or Other Intentions? Small Universities Implementation of Responsibility Centre Budgeting and Responsibility Centre Management. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), St. Louis MO, November 13-14.
Sá, C. & Kretz, A. (2013). Beyond research commercialization: Public policy and university entrepreneurship. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), St. Louis MO, November 13-14.
Sá, C., Sigurdson, K., Lemay, M. & Kretz, A. (2013). The Use of Performance Indicators in Canadian University Technology Transfer. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), St. Louis MO, November 13-14.
Sigurdson, S. & Field, C. (2013). Benefits for Mentors: A Case Study of Formal Mentoring for General Staff in a University. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), St. Louis MO, November 13-14.
Lemay, A. (2013). Commercialization of Publicly Funded Science Policies: Constraining the System of Scientific Knowledge and Impeding Innovation. Paper presented at the Changing Political Economy of Research Innovation: Public Policy, Commercialization & Neoliberal Technoscience conference, December 9-10, York University.
Tamtik, M. (2013). Transformations of Institutional Identities: Mutual Learning Initiatives in the EU’s Research Policy. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER), Lausanne, Switzerland, September 9-11.
Sá, C. & Kretz, A. Open Science Strategies in Research Policy. Paper presented at the 26th Annual Conference of the Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER), Lausanne, Switzerland, September 9-11.
Deering, D. (2013). Governance and Responsibility Centre Budgeting and Responsibility Centre Management in the Higher Education Context. Paper presented at the Annual European Association for Institutional Research (EAIR) Conference, Rotterdam, Netherlands, August 28-31, 2013
Deering, D. (2013). A Call for a New Governance Paradigm: Polycentric Governance and Responsibility Centre Budgeting and Responsibility Centre Management. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (CSSHE), Victoria BC, June 3-5.
Tamtik, M. (2013). Shaking the Iceberg: Mutual Learning Initiatives in the European Research Policy. Paper presented at the Mapping the Global Dimension of Policy conference, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, January 28-29, 2013
2012
Sá, C., Kretz, A. & Sigurdson, K. (2012). Canada-U.S. Ties and University Technology Transfer. Paper presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 14-17.
Lemay, A. & Sá, C. (2012). The Uptake of University Research in Public Policy: The View of “Users” in a Public Health Unit. Paper presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 14-17.
Sá, C., Kretz, A. & Sigurdson, K. (2012). The Institutionalization of University Technology Transfer in Canada. Paper presented at the 25th Annual Conference of the Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER), Belgrade, Serbia, September 10-12.
Tamtik, M. & Sá, C. (2012). Policy Learning and Enhancing EU’s Research Policies: Expectations and Implications. Paper presented at the conference of the European Community Studies Association – Canada (ECSA-C), Ottawa, ON, April 27-28, 2012.
Sá, C., Tamtik, M. & Kretz, A. (2012). The Role of Research Funding Agencies: Expertise and Evidence in Program Design. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 22-27, 2012
Tamtik, M. & Sá, C. (2012). Policy Learning in the European Union‘s Research Policy. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Education Research Association (AERA), Vancouver, BC, April 13-17, 2012.
Lemay, M. A. (2012). Using complexity theory to make sense of social phenomena in higher education. Paper presented at the OISE Dean’s Graduate Student Research Conference: Engaged Inquiries, Toronto, March 22-23, 2012.
Sá, C., Tamtik, M. & Kretz, A. (2012). Evidence and expertise in policy making for university research. Paper presented at the York University Workshop on Policy Formation in Post-Secondary Education: Issues and Prospects in Turbulent Times, Toronto, March 15-17, 2012.
2011
Tamtik, M., & Sá, C., (2011). Examining the Role of Experts in the European Union’s Research Policy: Inducing Uniformity or Diversity? Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), Charlotte, North Carolina, November 16- 19, 2011.
Tamtik, M., & Sá, C., (2011). Expertise in the EU‘s Open Method of Coordination: mutual learning in research policy? Paper presented at the 24th Annual Conference of the Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER), Reykjavík, Iceland, June 23 – 25, 2011.
Tamtik, M., & Sá, C. (2011). Conformity or Creativity – the strategic responses of Canadian social science Faculties to research planning. Paper presented at the 55th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, Montreal, Canada, May 1-5, 2011.
Sá, C. (2011). University industry collaboration. Panel on Cluster Strategies – Transforming Regional Economies through Higher Education. Critical Issues in Higher Education Conference, SUNY Buffalo, September 22-23, 2011.
2010
Gaviria, P. & Sá, C. (2010). Regionalization and higher education in North America. Paper presented at the 23th Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (CSSHE). Montreal, Canada, May 31-June 1, 2010.
Sá, C. (2010). Industry-Funded Research in Canadian Universities. OCUFA Conference ‘Financing Higher Education in the Current Economic Climate’, Panel on the Private and Public Funding of University Research. Toronto, January 22-23, 2010.
Sá, C., & Gaviria, P. (2010). Effects of regional policy reforms on Higher Education: North America since NAFTA. Paper presented at the 23th Annual Conference of the Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER) ― Effects of Higher Education Reforms. Oslo, Norway, June 10-12, 2010.
Sá, C., Tamtik, M., & Li, S. (2010). Science policy and research planning in Canadian universities: Examining organizational responses to institutional processes. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), Indianapolis, Indiana, November 17-20, 2010.
Tu, Y. & Sá, C., (2010). Universities and student interactions with civil society. Paper presented at the 32nd EAIR Forum ―Linking Society and Universities: New Missions for Universities. Valencia, Spain, September 1-4, 2010. Winner of the Forum‘s ―Best Paper Award.
2009
Haberman, J., Li, S. & Sá, C. (2009). Knowledge mobilization in faculties of education. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education, Carleton University (CSSE), Ottawa, 23 – 26 May 2009.
Mascarenhas, S., Levin, B. & Sá, C. (2009). What do secondary leaders know about practices in improving student success and how do they know it? Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE), Carleton University, Ottawa, 23 – 26 May 2009.
Qi, J., Faubert, B., Edelstein, H., Sá, C. (2009). Analyzing organizational strategies for knowledge mobilization. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE), Carleton University, Ottawa, 23 – 26 May 2009.
Sá, C. (2009). Interdisciplinary Institutions: Incentives and Disincentives for Collaboration. Workshop ‘Institution Building for Climate Change Solutions: Strategies for Universities’, York University, March 16, 2009.
Sá, C. (2009). American Universities, Innovation, and the Promise Economic Growth. Policy Issues in Post-Secondary Education Series, Green College, University of British Columbia, March 19, 2009.
Sá, C. (2009). Entrepreneurial behaviors and the research cultures and practices of academic departments in Canadian universities. Paper presented at the 22th Annual Conference of the Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER) ―Public Vices, Private Benefits? – Assessing The Role of Markets in Higher Education Porto, Portugal, September 10-12, 2009.
Sá, C., & Li, S. & Faubert, B. (2009). Strategies of schools of education to disseminate research: Preliminary findings from an international study. Paper presented at Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), Vancouver, British Columbia, November, 2009.
Sá, C., Tu, Y., & Li, S. (2009). Research productivity and technology transfer activities of foreign-born faculty in Canadian universities. Paper presented at Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), Vancouver, British Columbia, November, 2009.
Thompson, K., Levin, B. & Sá, C. (2009). Research use and its impact in secondary education. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE), Carleton University, Ottawa, 23 – 26 May 2009.
2008
Oleksiyenko, A. & Sá, C. (2008). Academic roles and strategies in global health: Comparing Canadian and US universities. Paper presented at Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), Jacksonville, Florida, November 5-8, 2008.
Sá, C. & Litwin, J. (2008). Research strategy in American universities: Academic plans, research markets, and disjointed strategies. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (CSSHE), Vancouver, BC, June 1-3, 2008.
Sá, C. & Oleksiyenko, A. (2008). Excellence beyond borders: Organized research units and international collaboration in the health sciences. Paper presented at the 21th Annual Conference of the Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER) ―Excellence and Diversity in Higher Education. Meanings, Goals, and Instruments. University of Pavia, Italy, September 11-13, 2008.
2007
Sá, C. (2007). Research and innovation: Approaches for collaborative science in American universities. Paper presented at the 20th Annual Conference of the Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER) ― The Research Mission of The University, University College Dublin, Ireland, August 30 – September 1.
Sá, C. (2007). Re-designing the disciplinary-departmental nexus: Organizational strategies for collaborative research in American universities. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (CSSHE), Saskatoon, SK, May 28-30.
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