Office Location
MW 224
Phone Number
416-208-4756
Email Address
Area Group(s)
- Comparative Politics
- Public Policy
- Canadian Government
Education
- B.A. (Hons.), University of Alberta
- M.A., University of Alberta
- Ph.D., University of British Columbia
Grace Skogstad
Professor Emeritus
Biography
Research interests and publications focus on comparative public policy, and, in particular, agricultural, biofuels, food and plant biotechnology policies; the role of international institutions in regulating transatlantic trade disputes; Canadian federalism and intergovernmental relations; policy networks and governance; and internationalization and governance. She is the author of The Politics of Canadian Agricultural Policy (1987) and Internationalization and Canadian Agriculture: Policy and Governing Paradigms (2008); the editor of Policy Paradigms, Transnationalism and Domestic Politics (2011); and co-editor of Agricultural Trade: Domestic and International Tensions (1990); Policy Communities and Public Policy in Canada (1990); Canadian Federalism: Performance, Effectiveness and Legitimacy (2002, 2007, 2012); The Common Agricultural Policy: Continuity and Change (2009); and The Global Promise of Federalism (2013). In addition, she has published over seventy journal articles and book chapters.
Research Interests
- Comparative Public Policy
- Agricultural, Food and Plant Biotechnology Policies
- Role of International Institutions in Regulating Transatlantic Trade Disputes
- Canadian Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations
- Policy Networks and Governance
- Internationalization and Governance