Photos from our Graduate Research Conference
UBC Political Science would like to congratulate our Graduate Students, who put together a wonderful conference in May. We would particularly like to thank Conference Chair Katelynn Kowalchuk and Keynote Speaker UBC Professor Genevieve Bates.
Photos from Our Expert Panel on Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
In March UBC Political Science hosted an event bringing together experts on Russian and Ukrainian politics and foreign policy, military strategy and the NATO alliance, and international law and tribunals to discuss why President Vladimir Putin decided to invade Ukraine.
Professors Genevieve Bates and Lisa Sundstrom answer questions about international court intervention in Ukraine and Russian anti-war protests
Can Putin be put on trial? What can literature teach us about Ukraine? What does this conflict mean for multicultural states? Could Russia’s anti-war protests take down Putin? Political Science Professors Genevieve Bates and Lisa Sundstrom weigh in on these questions with other Professors from Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies.
Prof. Genevieve Bates: The ICC Doesn’t Look So Interventionist After All
At present, all this is uncharted territory, and it remains to be seen how domestic proceedings in Colombia unfold. What we do know, however, is that the ICC’s decision to withdraw from Colombia suggests it is not the interventionist institution some have accused it of being.
New faculty member Dr. Genevieve Bates investigates how International Criminal Courts influences peace negotiations
UBC Political Science is excited to welcome Dr. Genevieve Bates to our department as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Bates joins us from the University of Chicago, where she was a PhD candidate in comparative politics and international relations and worked with the Transitional Justice and Democratic Stability Lab.
Genevieve Bates joining our department as Assistant Professor in International Relations
Genevieve Bates’ research specializes in transitional justice and the international and domestic politics of accountability for human rights violations.