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Dr. Shibao Guo is Professor at the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, Canada. He is also Honorary Professor of the University of Nottingham. Currently he is a visiting professor at the Department of Education, University of Oxford. Over the past twenty years as a transnational academic and scholar, Dr. Guo has developed research expertise in the areas of transnational migration, diaspora studies, internationalization of higher education, international student mobility, and comparative and international education. His research has been funded by a number of organizations, including the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada; Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada; Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada; International Organization for Migration; and Education International. Dr. Guo has over 200 publications, including books, journal articles, and book chapters. His latest book is: Reimagining Chinese Diasporas in a Transnational World (Routledge, 2024). He is former president of the Comparative and International Education Society of Canada and Canadian Ethnic Studies Association. Currently he is co-editor of Canadian Ethnic Studies. He edits two book series for Brill Publishers: Transnational Migration and Education, and Spotlight on China. In 2024 Dr. Guo was named among the world’s top 2% most-cited scientist in the Stanford/Elsevier rankings.