MY RESEARCH
My current research focuses on outbound student mobility public policies in Canada and Europe. I am especially interested in the intersection between higher education, public policy, political philosophy, and policy rhetoric.
For over a decade, in Canada, the predominant political, policy, and advocacy discourses concerning international student mobility have focused on incoming international students: attracting, training, and retaining them. My current research seeks to redress this rhetorical imbalance. From a social constructivist perspective, my research analyses study and work abroad public policies and discourses at the governmental level in order to understand their philosophical underpinnings.
Set within the context of comparative international higher education and public policy scholarship, my research also explores how European countries frame their policies and discourse on international student mobility to include the outward movement of students.
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On a larger scale, I am also interested in questions of internationalization that affect public policy such as the hiring of foreign academics, foreign credential recognition, and the development and evolution of international education as a public policy at the jurisdictional level.
See below for my research contributions.
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Scroll down if you'd like to see or hear me discussing my research to date.
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Publications
Conference Presentations
Refereed Conference Presentations
Barbaric, D. (2021, July). Assessing interest group advocacy for study abroad public policies in a comparative perspective. Forthcoming paper to be presented at the 26th International Political Science Association (IPSA) World Congress of Political Science, Lisbon, Portugal.
Barbaric, D. (2020, March). Is study abroad a public policy issue? Voices from Canada. Paper presentation at the 64th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), Miami, FL. – Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic.
Barbaric, D. (2019, June). Using pluralist theory to examine international student mobility public policy-making. Forthcoming paper presentation at the 4th edition of the International Conference on Public Policy (ICPP4), Montreal, Canada.
Select Invited Technical Presentations
Service to Scholarly Community
Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (CSSHE)
2018
Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (CSSHE)
2017
Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)
2016
“Internationalization Explored”
45th Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (CSSHE)
Ottawa, Canada
2015
“Leadership and Administration”
45th Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (CSSHE)
Ottawa, Canada
2015
“Policy and Reform in Higher Education”
59th Annual Meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES)
Washington, DC, USA
2015
Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (CSSHE)
2014
Memberships
Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (CSSHE)
Comparative and International Education Society (CIES)
International Public Policy Association (IPPA)
International Public Policy Association Early Career Network (ECN)
Women in Public Policy International Network (WiPP)
Invited Presentations
Guest Lecturer
“The Politics of Higher Education Public Policymaking”
Graduate course: Special Topics in Higher Education: Politics of Higher Education
Instructor: Dr. Eric Lavigne
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
University of Toronto, Canada
February 2020
Guest Lecturer
“Outbound Student Mobility Public Policies and Public Policymaking”
Graduate course: International Academic Relations
Instructor: Dr. Ruth Hayhoe
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
University of Toronto, Canada
November 2019
Guest Seminar
“Internationalization as Student Mobility or Outbound Student Mobility as Public Policy”
Graduate course: Internationalization of Higher Education: Semantics, Polemics and Politics Of Policy Making
Instructor: Dr. Roopa Desai Trilokekar
York University, Toronto, Canada
November 2018
Guest Lecturer
“Outbound Student Mobility Public Policies in a Comparative Perspective: Building the Evidence Base”
Graduate course: International Academic Relations
Instructor: Dr. Ruth Hayhoe
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
University of Toronto, Canada
November 2017
VIDEO PRESENTATION
Barbaric, D. (2017, May). La défense et illustration de la mobilité internationale étudiante sortante au Québec et au Canada. Paper presentation at the 85th Annual Conference of the Association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS), Montreal, Canada.
PODCASTS
INTERVIEW
Boston College Center for International Higher Education (CIHE) (Producer). (2016, November 9). International faculty in higher education. Comparative perspectives on recruitment, integration, and impact [Audio podcast] (Podcast File #25).
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Interview with Dr. Maria Yudkevich, Diane Barbaric, and Dr. Aliya Kuzhabekova.
SEMINAR
Barbaric, D. (2016, April). Canada's incomplete conception of international student mobility: Are we missing the boat?. Seminar at the Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE), University College London Institute of Education (IOE), London, UK.