Bringing international experts to Queen鈥檚

Bringing international experts to Queen鈥檚

By Sarah Linders

March 26, 2018

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The Principal鈥檚 Development Fund (PDF) is open for applications, with some changes over last year.

The Fund supports Queen鈥檚 faculty by providing funding for international academic opportunities. The three categories in previous years have been restructured into two. Applicants can request up to $3,000 to assist in travel expenses for either category.

[Dr. Shoshana Zuboff gives a lecture on surveillance capitalism (Photo: Surveillance Studies Centre)]
Dr. Shoshana Zuboff gives a public lecture on surveillance capitalism. (Photo: Surveillance Studies Centre)

Category one supports faculty in bringing renown international scholars from around the world, including from the Matariki Network of Universities (MNU), to visit Queen鈥檚.

Category two supports faculty to travel internationally to share their research and collaborate with MNU institutions. The MNU includes University of Western Australia (Australia), T眉bingen University (Germany), University of Otago (New Zealand), Uppsala University (Sweden), Durham University (United Kingdom), and Dartmouth College (United States).

David Lyon (Sociology and Surveillance Studies Centre) has taken advantage of the PDF to bring acclaimed and innovative international scholars to campus. He recently invited Shoshana Zuboff, professor emerita of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, to Queen鈥檚 to collaborate with a multidisciplinary project on big data surveillance.

鈥淒r. Zuboff has been an important pioneer in surveillance studies. She spoke about surveillance capitalism 鈥 how it works today, at the heart of the wealthiest corporations on earth,鈥 says Dr. Lyon. 鈥淪he gave a seminar at the Smith School of Business, and she has a wonderful pedagogical style. She also gave an undergraduate lecture, a public lecture, and private sessions with graduate students. It was very stimulating and worthwhile 鈥 she鈥檚 a thoughtful, provocative, wise, and incredible scholar who speaks from the heart, and I felt gratified that we chose her to come to Queen鈥檚.鈥

[Margaret Murphy with the Health Quality Research Collaborative (Photo: Lenora Duhn)]
Margaret Murphy (seated), the Principal鈥檚 Development Fund visiting scholar from Ireland, pictured with the Queen鈥檚 Health Quality (HQ) program leads, and members of the HQ Research Collaborative at the inaugural Queen鈥檚 Health Quality Research Forum.

Elizabeth VanDenKerkhof (Nursing) and Lenora Duhn (Nursing), members of the Health Quality (HQ) Research Collaborative team at Queen鈥檚, together with other faculty members and local practice partners, applied for PDF funding to bring Margaret Murphy, External Lead, Patients for Patient Safety with the World Health Organization to Queen鈥檚. Dr. VanDenKerkhof and other HQ faculty were inspired to invite Mrs. Murphy to Queen鈥檚 after hearing her speak at the Bader International Study Centre (BISC) in England during a HQ program elective.

During her visit to Queen鈥檚, Mrs. Murphy was the keynote speaker for the inaugural Queen鈥檚 HQ Research Forum, and participated in meetings, luncheons, teaching rounds, and a number of presentations for researchers, educators, administrators, local patient advisors, students, and the public.

鈥淭he opportunity to provide a new, expert perspective and different way of thinking was a huge gift to the students, faculty, and clinicians,鈥 says Dr. Duhn. 鈥淢rs. Murphy left her mark on all of us, and emphasized some key points as educators/researchers/practitioners about leading with 鈥榟ead, heart, and hand鈥 when working in health care.鈥

Will Kymlicka (Philosophy) and Alice Hovorka (Geography and Planning) used the PDF to invite Helena Pedersen, senior lecturer at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and expert in critical animal studies, to campus last fall.

[Dr. Pedersen gives a lecture on human-animal relations in research (Photo: Animals in Philosophy, Politics, Law, and Ethics)]
Dr. Helena Pedersen deliver a public lecture entitled 鈥淧osthumanist Education: Rethinking Human-Animal Relations in Teaching and Learning鈥 (Photo: Animals in Philosophy, Politics, Law, and Ethics)

鈥淲e were delighted with the flexibility that the Fund offered us, not only to hold a public lecture and class visits, but also to organize a workshop with Dr. Pedersen about how to integrate animal studies more fully into the curriculum,鈥 says Dr. Kymlicka. 鈥淢any of us at Queen鈥檚 are exploring how we can incorporate the importance of human-animal relations into our teaching. Dr. Pedersen鈥檚 visit was a great opportunity to share experiences and insights, and also discuss future possibilities with one of the world鈥檚 leading scholars in this exciting new field.鈥

Category one applications are due by April 23, 2018, and category two applications are accepted on a rolling basis. You can find more details about the .