Iryna Khovrenkov PhD, MA, BA

Iryna Khovrenkov is an Associate Professor at the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Regina campus. She is a quantitative researcher with wide-ranging empirical interests. Iryna's scholarly work focuses on two distinct research streams. The first examines philanthropy and grantmaking, nonprofit finance, and government policies that shape Canada’s third sector. As part of the second research stream, Iryna explores how governments integrate the well-being framework into their decision-making processes.

Iryna has received and collaborated on multiple research grants from Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) to support her work in both research streams. Her publications appear in leading journals focused on nonprofit studies and public policy, contributing to academic and policy conversations across Canada and internationally. 

Iryna regularly teaches the following courses:

• JSGS 802 Public Finance
• JSGS 805 Economics for Public Policy Analysis
• JSGS 811 Foundations of the Non-profit Sector

Designations

• PhD, McMaster University
• MA, University of Alberta
• BA (Honours), University of Alberta

Iryna Khovrenkov is currently accepting applications for new PhD and MPP students for September 2026 in the following research areas: philanthropy and grantmaking, institutional dynamics of the nonprofit sector, wellbeing as a lens in government decision-making and tax policy along with broader public finance issues.