My latest article, with Heather Dicks and Lisa Kaida, is out now in the Canadian Journal of Development Studies. This research stems from mine and Lisa’s recent SSHRC Insight Development Grant on aid and remittances. Check it out here: Swiss, L., Dicks, H., & Kaida, L. (2026). Immigrant remittances and foreign aid: working together in … Read more
I was pleased to accept an invitation from the Editors of Contexts to contribute to this special section on the Canada-USA relationship along with David Tindall (UBC) and Pallavi Bannerjee (Calgary). While not a cheery topic given the events of 2025 to this point, it is encouraging to see the ASA’s magazine providing a Canadian … Read more
My latest article has appeared in Third World Quarterly. Co-authored with my former graduate student, Princess Ilonze, the article is titled “Taking foreign aid and decoupling seriously: a framework for research” and is available at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01436597.2021.1898279
The latest article from my Developing Conformity research project has been published in The Sociological Quarterly. Co-authored with Dr. Qian Wei, the article examines the relationship of bilateral foreign aid flows to human rights decoupling in aid-receiving countries. ABSTRACT Despite extensive literature examining human rights decoupling between treaty commitments and practices, little research has addressed … Read more
Andrew Dawson (York University, Glendon Campus) and I have published the latest article from the Developing Conformity project in the British Journal of Sociology. The article is available to all via open access. This article uses a World Society theory framework to test the effects of foreign aid on both the diffusion of rule of law reforms … Read more