Dr. Conrad King
BA (Toronto), BEd (SFU), MA (UBC), PhD (UBC)Image
Email:
conrad.king@kpu.ca
Surrey Office: Fir 244
Surrey Campus: 604-599-3021
Langley Office: West L2105
Dr. King cares deeply about education - not only as an educator, but also as a political scientist. He has taught at different levels in a number of different countries. These experiences have inspired him to research and write about the politics and policy of education, primarily in Europe and Canada.
Courses taught
- POLI 1110: Ideology and Politics
- POLI 1120: Canadian Government and Politics
- POLI 1145: Comparing Countries: Introduction to Comparative Politics
- POLI 2122: Political Leadership: The Prime Ministers of Canada
- POLI 2131: Politics of the European Union
- POLI 2200: Classic Thinkers: History of Political Thought
- POLI 3131: The Politics of Continental Integration
- POLI 3500: Public Debates in Politics
- POLI 4210: Democracy: Classic and Contemporary Debates
Areas of Interest
Comparative Politics, Canadian Politics, the European Union, Theories of the State, Education Politics and Policymaking
Scholarly Work
- Publications (Refereed)
- ‘Global Knowledge Flows, Institutional Hierarchies, and the Roles of Nation States’ in Reimagining Border in Cross-border Education (2022). With Kurt Hübner.
- ‘Populism: ‘The Will of the People’? in Political Ideologies and Worldviews: an Introduction. Ed. Valérie Vézina (2021).
- ‘Discursive Power and the Internationalization of Universities in British Columbia and Ontario’ in Canadian Journal of Higher Education. Vol 50(4): 100-115. (2020)
- ‘Internationalisation of higher education in a Canadian context: Responses to the Bologna Process from Canadian universities’ in Twenty Years of the Bologna Process (Routledge: 2020, reprint)
- ‘Internationalisation of higher education in a Canadian context: Responses to the Bologna Process from Canadian universities’ in European Journal of Higher Education 9 (1): 58-72 (2019)
- ‘Mental Models and the Europe 2020 Strategy: Neo-schumpeterian Ideas in Innovation and Education’ in Review of Russian and European Affairs 7 (2): 1-12. (2013)
- ‘Higher Education in Kaliningrad’ in Adapting to European Integration? Kaliningrad, Russia and the European Union, eds. S. Gänzle, G. Müntel and E. Vinokurov. (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2009). Co-authored with Stefan Gänzle and Stefan Meister.
- ‘The Bologna Process and Its Impact on Higher Education at Russia’s Margins: The Case of Kaliningrad’ in Higher Education 57 (4): 533-47 (April 2009). Co-authored with Stefan Gänzle and Stefan Meister.
- Publications (Non-Refereed)
- ‘Book review: Democracy across Borders: From Dêmos to Dêmoi by James Bohman’ in German Politics and Society 30 (3): 115-18 (Autumn 2012)
- ‘The Europe 2020 Strategy and its implications for Canada’ in Policy Notes (Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue, September 2012).
- ‘The Bologna Process: Bridge or Fortress? A Review of the Debate from a North American perspective’ in The Canada-EU Bridge Project. (Toronto: CCGES/York University, 2006).
- ‘Europe-Canada Mobility Project: 2003-2006’ (Report for Human Resources Development Canada. Published by Department of Education, Simon Fraser University, 2006)