Event Category Archives: Featured Research

Dr. Shoufu Yin “Toward a Minimalist Approach to Democracy: Ideas Excavated from the First Large-scale Referendum in World History (China, 1156CE)”

Our first Political Theory Colloquium features Dr. Shoufu Yin (UBC Department of History) presenting a talk, “Toward a Minimalist Approach to Democracy: Ideas Excavated from the First Large-scale Referendum in World History (China, 1156CE)”

Dr. Lisa Sundstrom “Unpacking ‘Traditional Values’ in Russia’s Conservative Turn: Gender, Sexuality, and the Soviet Legacy”

Prof. Lisa Sundstrom argues for analytically separating the intersecting structures of gender and sexuality in Russia, differentiating the degree of sexism and LGBTQ-phobia, and taking seriously the Soviet legacy.

Canadian and European Perspectives on Green Bonds and Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance: Opportunities and Challenges

This webinar analyzes the state of green bond markets. Are green bonds a public relations tool or are they superior to classical bonds? 

How Ancestral Voyaging Mobilizes Knowledge of Biodiversity & Climate Change

The future of the ocean is essential to the planet’s future and human life. Climate change intersects profoundly with biodiversity, food security for billions of humans, culture, and economy and peace. The sea-voyaging people of the Pacific have developed intimate and profound knowledge of the Ocean over millennia. The extreme biodiversity of the western Pacific makes its health key to revival of planetary biodiversity.

French-German Relations: an Anchor of Stability in Times of Fragmentation and Uncertainty? 60th anniversary of the Elysée-Treaty

The Élysée Treaty, signed by President Charles de Gaulle and Chancellor Konrad Adenauer on 22 January 1963 at the Elysée Palace in Paris, marked a watershed in European history. The conference will evaluate the relevance of the Treaty in times of political-economic turbulences and war.