Scott McKnight

After receiving his PhD in political science from the University of Toronto, Scott McKnight completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Innovation Policy Lab and became a Research Associate. His studies focus on the comparative political economy of oil, in particular on relations between national oil companies and their home-states. For his doctoral dissertation, which was supervised by Dan Breznitz, he conducted fieldwork in Brazil, China, Ecuador and Mexico.

After graduating with an undergraduate degree in Public Affairs and Policy Management (BPAPM) at Carleton University in Ottawa, he completed a Master’s in International Relations (in Chinese) at Renmin University of China (Beijing), where he also spent two years as a lecturer. He is fluent in five languages. He is also the founder and contributor to oilandpolitics.com, a website providing analysis on various current and historical issues on the political economy of oil.