Dr. Conrad King

BA (Toronto), BEd (SFU), MA (UBC), PhD (UBC)
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Dr. C King
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. 

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)