Jennifer Gagnon awarded a Killam Teaching Prize
UBC Political Science is delighted and proud that Sessional Instructor Jennifer Gagnon has been awarded a Killam Teaching Prize for this year.
Watch: Dr. Amitav Acharya’s Mark Zacher Distinguished Speaker Lecture
This year’s Mark Zacher Distinguished Speaker Lecture was hosted online. Dr. Amitav Acharya was the 2021 Mark Zacher Distinguished Visitor, who presented a talk titled, “What Can the Past Tell Us About the Future of the World Order.”
“Mobilizing in Uncertainty”: Alumna Anastasia Shesterinina explores conflict mobilization decisions in her new book
PhD alum Anastasia Shesterinina investigates mobilization decisions in her new book Mobilizing in Uncertainty: Collective Identities and War in Abkhazia.
UBC Political Science alumna Dr. Afsoun Afsahi returns to department as Professor
We are thrilled to announce that UBC Political Science alumna Dr. Afsoun Afsahi will be returning the department as our Assistant Professor position in Political Theory.
Alumna Edana Beauvais hired as an assistant professor at SFU
UBC Political Science graduate Edana Beauvais was recently welcomed as a new assistant professor at the Department of Political Science at Simon Fraser University. Her research focuses on racial & settler-colonial politics, gender & politics, and political communication & democratic innovation.
Grace Lore on her journey from UBC Political Science to the BC Legislature
UBC Political Science alumna Grace Lore plans to leverage her expertise and passion for gender equity and intersectional feminism to tackle her mandate as a BC NDP MLA and the parliamentary secretary on gender equity.
PhD grad Yana Gorokhovskaia: It may seem Putin controls the Russian state personally. The reality is more dangerous
PhD Grad Yana Gorokhovskaia writes for the Guardian on Kremlin-critic Alexei Navalny’s recent poisoning and what it reveals about power structures in Russia.
UBC Political Science alumnus nominated for Precedent Setter 2020 Award
Aaron Bains has two careers. By day, the 30-year-old is an associate at Aird & Berlis LLP. The rest of the time — including mornings, nights and weekends — he is a crusader for those in need.
Former UBC Political Science MA student Rumana Monzur gives talk at Get Inspired Event on October 19, 2019.
On October 19, 2019, former UBC Political Science MA student Rumana Monzur took the stage at the Get Inspired Talks event in the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre. Her goal was to describe one of humanity’s pressing problems, offer a novel solution to this problem and inspire the audience to take up her call to action.
Congratulations to Augustín Goenaga – Fellowship, Royal Swedish Academy of Letters
Augustín Goenaga (PhD 2015) has been awarded a fellowship from the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, providing him with another 3-5 years of funding at Lund University, allowing him to devote 80 per cent of his time to his research.