Political science

This class comprises research and experimental development in political science.
Parent Category
Sub-Categories
Canadian politics and government
Indigenous politics
Political theory
Comparative politics
International relations
Political methodology
Political areas studies
Specialized politics
Political behaviour and election studies
Social movements and democracy
Politics of outer space
Political science, n.e.c.
 
 
 
 

UBC Researchers conducting research in Political science

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Byers, Michael

Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

International relations; Public international law (except international trade law); international law; international relations; Outer Space; Arctic; Law of the Sea; Laws of War; International Human Rights; International Environmental Law

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Cameron, Maxwell

Department of Political Science, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Political science; Political Regimes (Democracy, Monarchy, Federalism, Parliamentarism, etc.); Social Organization and Political Systems; Comparative Politics; Democratization; Latin America; Practical wisdom

Cutler, Frederick

Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Social movements and democracy; public opinion; Political Methodology; Canadian Politics; Elections; Electoral Systems; Federalism; Academic Publishing Systems

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Ellermann, Antje

Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Political science; Migrations, Populations, Cultural Exchanges; Migratory Flows; Public Policies; Identity and Transnationality; Role of Governments and Institutions; Comparative Public Policy; Migration and Citizenship

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Hopkins, Vincent

Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Political science; Democratic theory and practice; Federalism and Local Politics; Migration Policy and Politics; Public Management; public opinion

Hummel, Calla

Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Comparative politics; Why and how communities with little political power organize and negotiate with their governments; Civil society; LGBTQ+ policy; Labor politics; Health Policy; Latin American politics

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Jacobs, Alan Michael

Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Political science; Social Organization and Political Systems; economic inequality; Political economy; public opinion; Public Policy; Research Methodology

Jeong, Gyung-Ho

Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Political science; Social Organization and Political Systems; Congress; Foreign Policy; Immigration Policy; Legislative Politics; Public Choice; Trade Policy; US politics

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Lightfoot, Sheryl

Department of Political Science, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Indigenous policy and policy administration; Indigenous politics; global and comparative Indigenous politics; international relations; Human Rights; non-state actors

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Price, Richard

Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Political science; International Cooperation; Ethics and World Politics; Global Norms; international relations; International Relations Theory; Moral Psychology

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Sultan, Nazmul

Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Political science; history of political thought; empire and anticolonial thought; popular sovereignty; modern conceptions of the global

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Tiberghien, Yves

Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Political science; global politics

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Wright, Matthew

Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Political science; American politics; Comparitive politics; immigration; Immigration Policy; migration; National identity; Political behaviour; Political psychology; public opinion
 

Student & Alumni Stories in Political science

Oluwaseun Ajaja

Alumni

LLM - Master of Laws (LLM)

Deliberative democracy and problems of democratic governance in Nigeria

Nojang Khatami

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (PhD)

The Feeling of Cohesion: Understanding and Cultivating Empathy in a Multicultural Society

Alicia Luedke

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (PhD)

Women, Peace and Security: Armed Groups and Sexual Violence in the Twenty-First Century

Henrik Jacobsen

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (PhD)

Administering shared waters: Transborder governance in North America

Antonin Lacelle-Webster

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (PhD)

Democratic theory and citizen participation

Sarah Lachance

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (PhD)

Ambiguity in Electoral Campaigns and its Implications for Democracy

Denali YoungWolfe

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (PhD)

Âhkameyihtamowin: We Rise, Mapping Indigenous Assurgency Across Turtle Island

Joshua Fawcett-Weiner

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (PhD)

Normative Change and the Legitimate Use of Force in International Relations

Katelynn Kowalchuk

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (PhD)

Mental healthcare governance in Canada: Contemporary and historical catalysts for evolution and stagnation

Romina Tantalean-Castaneda

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice (PhD)

Working collaboratively with an Indigenous women's grassroots federation of the Peruvian Amazon, my research focuses on the Rights of Mother Nature from a strongly pluralist paradigm, while centering Indigenous women's leadership, knowledge, and voices

V. Pauahi Souza

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice (PhD)

Cultural historical trauma: the impact of displacement, racism, and the idea of paradise as a social determinant of health

Addye Susnick

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (PhD)

Trans Joy and Trans-Formative Justice: Imagining and Enacting Radical Futures
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Martina Zago

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (PhD)

Standards of civilization: art, law, and empire, 1798-1945

Carly Hamdon

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology (PhD)

The way masculinity contours mens' relationships to the environment

Leah Shipton

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (PhD)

The governing dynamics of global health multistakeholder partnerships
 

Program Specializations in Political science

Political Science
 
 
 
French Name
Sciences politiques
French Description
Cette classe comprend la recherche et le développement expérimental en sciences politiques.
 
 

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