Samuel MacIsaac
PhD (International Economic Policy)
| Degrees: | B.Soc.Sc (Ottawa), M.Sc. (Montréal) |
| Email: | Samuel.Macisaac@Carleton.ca |
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Sam is a PhD Candidate at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA). Prior to joining the PhD program, he worked as an Economist for Statistics Canada. He was until recently the Managing Editor of the Canadian Foreign Policy Journal and completed a short contract for Global Affairs Canada relating to remittance policy in late 2019. He was awarded several scholarships – most notably SSHRC’s Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS award (2017-2020), TD’s graduate fellowship for diaspora and migration studies (2019-2020), and the Ontario Graduate Scholarship (awarded but declined in 2017 and accepted for 2020-2021). Sam has recently published in Conflict, Security and Development, Diaspora Studies, Canadian Foreign Policy Journal, Journal of International Trade Law and Policy, and several book chapters.
Dissertation title – Show Me the Money: Four Essays on Remittance Behaviour, Transfer Costs, Modality, and “Informal” Finance Gaps
Sam’s dissertation studies the interdisciplinary nexus between migration policy, international development, and microeconomic decision-making. His research focuses on migrants’ decisions to opt for formal versus informal remittance methods to transfer funds internationally. Concurrently with his dissertation work, he recently conducted research focused on Canadian immigration trends, remittances and diaspora, forced migration in conflict zones, and the effects of trade on skill acquisition.
Q&A with the Faculty of Public Affairs.
Sam is supervised by Professor Dane Rowlands