Creso Sá

PhD (Pennsylvania State University)
Associate Professor and Program Coordinator, Higher Education

Email: c.sa@utoronto.ca
Tel: 416-978-1206

Research Interests

My broad scholarly interests are public policy analysis and organizational studies in higher education. For more details on my research activities please visit my research group's website.

Current Funded Projects

- SSHRC Major Research Grant (2011-2014): The Science-Policy Interface in Brazil.

- SSHRC Major Research Grant (2008-2012): Institutional Changes in Academic Science in Canada.

Recently Completed Funded Projects

- University of Toronto Connaught Matching Grant Award (2008-2011): University research and technology transfer.

- SSHRC Major Research Grant (2008-2011) (with Ben Levin): Knowledge Mobilization Strategies of Faculties of Education.

- University of Toronto New Staff Connaught Award (2007-2009): Research universities, innovation, and economic development

Graduate Courses

TPS 1807 - System-wide Planning for Postsecondary Education

TPS 1809 - Administration of Colleges and Universities

TPS 1820 - Research Universities in Contemporary Society

TPS 1803 - Recurring Issues in Postsecondary Education

TPS 1820 - Research Policy

TPS 1820 - Logics and Strategies of Case Study Research (offered in Winter 2012).

Selected Publications

Tapping the Riches of Science: Universities and the Promise of Economic Growth. Harvard University Press.

Sá, C. (in press). Globalization, business, and the research enterprise. In Powers, J. and St. John, E (eds.), Higher Education, Commercialization, and University-Business Relationships in Comparative Context. New York: AMS Press.

Sá, C. & Lee, H. (in press). Science, business, and innovation: Understanding networks in technology-based incubators. R&D Management.

Sá, C. & Tamtik, M. (2011). Structural genomics and the organization of open science. Genomics, Society and Policy, 7(1), 20-34.

Sá, C. (2011). Redefining university roles in regional economies: A case study of university-industry relations and academic organization in nanotechnology. Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 61(2), 193-208.

Sá, C. & Litwin, J. (2011). University-industry research collaborations in Canada: The role of federal policy instruments. Science and Public Policy, 38(6), 425-435.

Sá, C. & Gaviria, P. (2011). How do professional mutual recognition agreements affect higher education? Examining regional policy in North America. Higher Education Policy, 24, 307-330.

See full list in my research group's website.