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Day 1 January 26
12:00 REGISTRATION
12:45 OPENING REMARKS, WELCOME
Title: “Transnationalism and Policy Paradigms”
02:15 COFFEE
02:30-3:45 CONCURRENT SESSIONS
A . EDUCATION/HUMAN CAPITAL/LABOUR Chair: Andrea Rowe
CIBC Hall
Scott Smith (McMaster University)
Title: "Cross-border education, knowledge regimes, and the politics of deradicalization in Qatar"
Mikhail Bullard (Queen’s University)
Title: “Brain drain as the 'new normal'?: Mapping the evolution of discourse around ‘brain drain’ and its implications for the policy responses of developing states”
Nick Bernards (McMaster University)
Title: “Global Production and Labour Governance in Africa: An Outline and Research Agenda”
Discussant: Charlotte Yates, Labour Studies (and Dean of Social Sciences)
B . ENVIRONMENT/ CLIMATE I Chair: Ata Ul-Munim
Rooms 311/313
Caitlyn MacMaster (McMaster University)
Title: “Climate Change and Human Security: Mass migration, violent conflict, and the role of globalization and policy in managing and mitigating security risks”
Aviva Silburt (Carleton University)
Title: “A Realist Perspective on Climate Change: The Canadian Context”
Sébastien Jodoin (Yale University)
Title: “Transnational Policy Learning for Climate-Compatible Development: Evidence from REDD+ Readiness Processes in Sub-Saharan Africa”
Discussant: Katherine Boothe, Political Science
03:45 COFFEE
04:00-5:15 CONCURRENT SESSIONS
C. REGULATION/ FINANCE/ TRADE Chair: Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn
CIBC Hall
Michael Olender (Carleton University)
Title: “Assessing the alignment of Government of Canada policy positions with the Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development”
Veronica Rubio Vega (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Title: “Post-2007 financial governance and capital controls: Reassessing policy toolkits”
Xanthi Andrianou, Olga Zvonareva, and Floor Hageman (Maastricht University);Noelle Hajjar, Karolina Kowalewski, and Katia Wong (McMaster University)
Title: “Title: Food Safety Modernization Act: Impacts and Implications within the Globalization”
Discussant: Tony Porter, Political Science
D. NGOS/PUBLIC OPINION/NEW INDICATORS Chair: Scott Smith
Rooms 311/313
Jisu Hong, Ali Enver, and Jared Paty (McMaster University); Tigist Mangistu, Dang Phamhai, and Natasja Roels (Maastricht University)
Title: “Globalization and NGO policies: A case study of Club 25 International”
Adam Malloy (The Balsillie School of International Affairs)
Title: “Alternative Measures of Development: Politicizing Bhutan’s “Gross National Happiness”
Discussant: Michelle Dion, Political Science
05:15-7:00 RECEPTION
Day 2 January 27
08:45 OPENING REMARKS Katie Boothe
09:00-10:30 PLENARY 2 SPEAKERS
Thaddeus Hwong (York University)
Title: “Money Can't Buy You Happiness, but Taxation Can Give You a Chance”
Phil Triadafilopoulos (University of Toronto)
Title: “Becoming Multicultural: Postwar Norms and the Transformation of Membership Policy in Canada and Germany”
10:30 COFFEE
10:45-12:00 CONCURRENT SESSIONS
E. ENVIRONMENT/ CLIMATE II/ ENERGY Chair: Kaelan Moat
Rooms 311/313
Graeme Ball (McMaster University)
Title: “Global Environmental Governance: Constrained Coalition-Building”
Olabanji Akinola (University of Guelph)
Title: “Tackling energy poverty and underdevelopment in Nigeria: the role(s) of international development policies and institutions”
Discussant: Todd Alway, Political Science
F. INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS Chair: Stephanie Tombari
CIBC Hall
Adam Taylor Kingsmith (McMaster University)
Title: “Tripping Over TRIPs: Patents, Restrictions and the Stagnation of Global Health Policy in the Developing World”
Caitlyn MacMaster (McMaster University) with J. Salituri, A. Chiu, B. van Lanschot, and M. Ling
Title: “A Critical Assessment of the United Nations Millennium Declaration”
Discussant: Robert O’Brien, Political Science (Chair of the Department)
12:00-01:00 LUNCH
01:00-02:30 PLENARY 3 SPEAKER
Daniel Beland (University of Saskatchewan)
Title: “Ideas, Public Policies, and Transnational Actors”
02:30 COFFEE
02:45-04:00 CONCURRENT SESSIONS
G. CITIZENSHIP/ MIGRATION/BORDERS/SECURITIZATION I Chair: Jessica Merolli
CIBC Hall
Jodi Read (University of Manitoba)
Title: “Enemies at the Border: Dehumanization in the U.S./Mexico Borderlands”
Meagan Kinsella (McMaster University)
Title: “Victim in the Making: The Enactment of Human Trafficking as a Securitized Issue in Southeast Asia”
Discussant: Andrew Lui, Political Science
H. PRIVATIZATION Chair: Steve Haarink
Rooms 311/313
Heather Whiteside (Simon Fraser University)
Title: “Grounding neoliberalism: subnational restructuring and the routinization of accumulation by dispossession within Canada’s public health care system”
Dilara Baysal (McMaster University)
Title: “A Critical Review of State-Market Conceptualizations in the Analysis of Neoliberal Transition in Turkey: Privatization Literature as an exemplar”
Discussant: Peter Graefe, Political Science
04:00 COFFEE
04:15-05:35 CONCURRENT SESSIONS
I. CITIZENSHIP/ MIGRATION/BORDERS/SECURITIZATION II Chair: Philippe Frowd
CIBC Hall
Jason Boose (University of Windsor)
Title: “Ideas, Normative Beliefs, and the Internationalization of Public Policy: A Comparative Analysis of How Precaution Guides Anti-Terrorism Policy”
Usma Qureshi (McMaster University) and Asma Bala (Waterloo University)
Title “From Globalized to Localized “Others”: Quebec's Niqab War and the Exclusion of Muslim Canadians”
Jessica Merolli (McMaster University)
Title: “(Re)defining the Ideal Citizen: Sites of Resistance in the Development of Citizenship Tests”
Discussant: Karen Bird, Political Science
J. TECHNOLOGY/SCIENCE Chair: Liam Stockdale
Rooms 311/313
Rafi A. Chaudhury (McMaster University)
Title: “The Role of the State in Developing Nationally Interoperable Health Information Technology Infrastructure – Evidence from Four Countries”
Ata-Ul Munim (McMaster University)
Title: “Globalization, Innovation Systems, and Agricultural Biotechnology – Changing Paradigms of Governance”
Andrea Smith (McMaster University)
Title: “Canada, chrysotile, and the Rotterdam Convention: A case study in the scientization of politics”
Discussant: Derek Hrynyshyn, Labour Studies
