Prof. Max Cameron: Should university admissions be decided by a lottery among qualified applicants?
In an op-ed for the Vancouver Sun, Professor Max Cameron discusses the idea that university admissions be decided through a lottery of qualified applicants.
COVID-19 and UN Peacekeeping: Professor Katharina Coleman on posing existing global governance questions with new urgency
Professor Coleman argues that the pandemic has highlighted tensions in UN peacekeeping, posing existing global governance questions with renewed urgency.
Prof. Paul Quirk speaks to the National Post about the support for Donald Trump in Canada
“Coming out to a protest march in Trump regalia is a way of thumbing one’s nose at all of the major Canadian political parties.”
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.
Scope Conditions podcast Episode 7: How Strong Legislatures Emerge with Ken Opalo
Ken Opalo talks with Alan Jacobs and Yang Yang Zhou about how strong legislatures emerge and what causes strong legislatures to emerge. Opalo’s latest book centres on the comparison of Kenya and Zambia — two countries that democratized in the early 1990s, shifting from single-party to multi-party rule.
New PoliSci podcast showcases cutting-edge research in comparative politics
Political Science professors Alan Jacobs and Yang-Yang Zhou launched Scope Conditions, a new podcast featuring the cutting-edge research being done in comparative politics, which provides a virtual platform for academics to share their recent advances in the field.
Prof. Antje Ellermann steps up as head of the newly announced UBC Centre for Migration Studies
UBC Political Science Professor Antje Ellermann is the head of the newly announced UBC Centre for Migration Studies that will support innovative migration research, knowledge mobilization and teaching and learning at UBC and internationally.
Prof. Emeritus Richard Johnston spoke to CBC about the possibility of the US creating an agency like Elections Canada
Richard Johnston, professor emeritus at UBC Political Science, said creating a national agency like Elections Canada to oversee the administration of U.S. presidential elections would ensure uniform voting rules across the country.