Prof Kathryn Harrison says while Canada talks a mean game on climate, we have not delivered
Prof Kathryn Harrison points out that Canadian governments have announced many reduction targets since the late 1980s but have never done what is needed to meet them.
PhD alumna Sule Yaylaci awarded a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship to research Syrian Refugee crisis
Congratulations to UBC Political Science PhD alumna Sule Yaylaci, who won a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Identity and Conflict Lab in the University of Pennsylvania.
Prof. Fred Cutler launches Prograds, a web app for Graduate Student Progress
Associate Professor Fred Cutler has built and launched Prograds, a cloud application for departments, faculty, and students to keep graduate students on track.
Dr. Richard Price’s class Professional Skills in Political Science connects our students and alumni
Dr. Price’s returning course provides students with answers to how they can apply the skills they learned in Political Science and International Relations.
Prof. Yang-Yang Zhou awarded an NSF Research Grant
Prof. Yang-Yang Zhou and collaborator Prof. Margaret E. Peters (UCLA Political Science) have been awarded a research grant of $450,000 USD from the National Science Foundation for their book project, “Dignity and the Decision to Migrate, Where to Move, and When to Return.”
UBC Political Science professors weigh in on Canada’s looming federal election
Professors from UBC Political Science including Dr. Allen Tupper, Dr. Richard Johnston, Dr. Kathryn Harrison, and Dr. Maxime Héroux-Legault discussed B.C.’s role in the anticipated fall Canadian election.
Hosting Refugees Does Not Increase Conflict Risk—Instead, It May Reduce It, Prof. Yang-Yang Zhou research finds
In their American Political Science Review article, Prof. Yang-Yang Zhou and Andrew Shaver investigate a commonly held assumption within academic and policy circles: the presence of refugees in host countries increases the likelihood of domestic conflict.
Prof. Gerald Baier says chances are high Canada will have an October election
“It’s kind of the country’s worst-kept secret,” said Prof. Gerald Baier. “When you’re a minority government, the chance that you can turn that into a majority, even a squeaky majority, is almost too hard to resist.”
Professor Mark Warren’s co-founded Participedia Network expands to McMaster University for Phase Two
Professor Mark Warren co-founded Participedia, an open-access crowdsourcing platform to support the expansion and deepening of democracy.
“It’s a bit like a machine that has 11 steering wheels,” Prof. Kathryn Harrison talks Canada’s muddled response to climate change
Dr. Kathryn Harrison told CBC that at least part of the blame can be pinned on the complexity of Canada’s form of government.