Political Science
Master of Arts
Department of Political Science
The Department of Political Science at UBC is a vibrant and diverse community of scholars, students, and alumni. We are committed to research and teaching excellence. Our faculty members are leaders and innovators in the key subfields of our discipline: International Relations, Comparative Politics, Political Theory, Canadian Politics, and US Politics.
Our Graduate Program is one of the best in North America. We bring together innovative students and faculty who are thought leaders in the Political Science community. We are a hub for ground-breaking research, and we are focused on providing high quality graduate education with an emphasis on scholarship and the preparation of future professionals and academics. We are proud to see many of our PhDs in faculty positions and in successful careers throughout the world. We value collaboration and collegiality, and we strive to create an atmosphere of trust, respect, and professional courtesy to ensure a diverse intellectual community.
Graduate Degree Programs
Research Supervisors
| Name | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Afsahi, Afsoun | Democratic theory and practice, Gender in politics, Challenges, opportunities, and best methods of inclusion, Representation of marginalized communities in democratic decision-making processes |
| Arneil, Barbara | Identity politics, history of political thought |
| Baier, Gerald | Canadian politics, federalism, constitutional law, courts, federal-provincial relations, Constitution, federalism and public law in Canada |
| Baum, Bruce | Political Culture, Society and Ideology; critical social theory; feminist theory; critical hermeneutics; issues of cross-cultural interpretation; American political thought and cultural politics; political theories of Mill and Marx; philosophy of political inquiry; liberal and democratic theory |
| Bloemraad, Irene | consequences of migration on politics and understandings of membershi; immigrants become incorporated into political communities; intersection of migration studies and political sociology |
| Borwein, Sophie | intersection of political economy, political behaviour, and public policy |
| Byers, Michael | 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 |
| Cameron, Maxwell | Political science; Political Regimes (Democracy, Monarchy, Federalism, Parliamentarism, etc.); Social Organization and Political Systems; Comparative Politics; Democratization; Latin America; Practical wisdom |
| Chowdhury, Arjun | Failed states, intervention, civil war, autocrats, revolution. |
| Coleman, Katharina Pichler | International organizations, international relations, international security/peace operations, interntional rules, noms and legitimacy, sun-Saharan Africa |
| Coulthard, Glen | First Nations politics – national; political theory |
| Cutler, Frederick | Social movements and democracy; public opinion; Political Methodology; Canadian Politics; Elections; Electoral Systems; Federalism; Academic Publishing Systems |
| Dauvergne, Peter | Social sciences; international relations; global environmental politics; sustainability governance; global South; Developing countries; transnational corporations; technology; consumption; Plastic Pollution; social movements; environmentalism; activism; deforestation |
| Doberstein, Carey | Political science and policy administration; Agencies and arms-length bodies in Canada; Public servant behavior in Canada; How citizens engage with government as part of local consultations and public engagement; Homelessness (politics, governance, policy); Local government or governance |
| Ellermann, Antje | Political science; Migrations, Populations, Cultural Exchanges; Migratory Flows; Public Policies; Identity and Transnationality; Role of Governments and Institutions; Comparative Public Policy; Migration and Citizenship |
| Givens, Terri Elizabeth | |
| Harrison, Kathryn | Canadian politics, environmental politics, environmental policy, climate change, global warming, climate change policy, Canadian public policy |
| Hopkins, Vincent | Political science; Democratic theory and practice; Federalism and Local Politics; Migration Policy and Politics; Public Management; public opinion |
| Huebner, Kurt | European integration; euro and global currency regimes; international trade and fdi; sustainability and innovation policies; global macroeconomics;European politics, Money and currency regimes, politics and economics of European integration as well as on contradictions and complementarities of sustainability and international competitiveness |
| Hummel, Calla | 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 |
| Jacobs, Alan Michael | Political science; Social Organization and Political Systems; economic inequality; Political economy; public opinion; Public Policy; Research Methodology |
| Janara, Laura | Language and symbolism especially in gendered and familial thinking, politcal theory |
| Jeong, Gyung-Ho | Political science; Social Organization and Political Systems; Congress; Foreign Policy; Immigration Policy; Legislative Politics; Public Choice; Trade Policy; US politics |
| Jurkevics, Anna | critical theory, democratic theory, and the history of German political thought |
| Kam, Christopher | Nature and evolution of parliamentary democracy, historical development of institutions |
| la Selva, Samuel | Political theory, legal philosophy |
| Li, Xiaojun | international and comparative political economy with a focus on China; Does Conditionality Still Work? China |
| Lightfoot, Sheryl | Indigenous policy and policy administration; Indigenous politics; global and comparative Indigenous politics; international relations; Human Rights; non-state actors |
| Ostwald, Kai | comparative politics; ethnic politics, public policy, and the politics of development |
| Price, Richard | Political science; International Cooperation; Ethics and World Politics; Global Norms; international relations; International Relations Theory; Moral Psychology |
| Quirk, Paul | United States Politics, US Politics, American Politics, Congress, Presidency, US elections, US politics |
| Sultan, Nazmul | Political science; history of political thought; empire and anticolonial thought; popular sovereignty; modern conceptions of the global |
| Sundstrom, Lisa | nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), global activism, human rights, Democratization, authoritarianism, civil society, Russian/ post-Communist politics, Western aid, and NGOs in global politics |
| Tiberghien, Yves | Political science; global politics |
| Weaver, Michael | Politics of violence; Ethnic politics and media; Causes and consequences of ethnic violence; Lynching; Legitimacy of state and non-state violence |
| Wright, Matthew | Political science; American politics; Comparitive politics; immigration; Immigration Policy; migration; National identity; Political behaviour; Political psychology; public opinion |
