Prof. Yang-Yang Zhou examines the effects of sports and nationalism on attitudes towards refugees
How can major national sports team victories affect attitudes towards refugees? Prof. Yang-Yang Zhou investigates this question in her new research article, “Team and Nation: Sports, Nationalism, and Attitudes Toward Refugees,”
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.
UBC Migration Research Cluster Awarded 2020-21 Funding
For the third consecutive year, the UBC Migration research excellence cluster has been awarded a grant in the university’s Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters (GCRC) competition. UBC Migration is funded to continue its work into the year 2021.
Welcome Yang-Yang Zhou, Assistant Professor
Our Department is pleased to welcome Yang-Yang Zhou (PhD Princeton) as Assistant Professor in comparative politics. She will be joining our Department on July 1st, 2019, as one of four new faculty members in Political Science.
Welcome Matthew Wright, Assistant Professor
Our Department is pleased to welcome Matthew Wright (PhD Berkeley) as Assistant Professor in Political Behaviour. He will be joining our Department on July 1st, 2019, as one of four new faculty members in Political Science.
PhD Student Miriam Matejova Publishes New Book of Stories on Canadian Immigrant Women
In Wherever I Find Myself, the third anthology in the Canadian women series, edited by Matejova, over twenty Canadian immigrant women from a variety of ethnicities and intersecting identities share their diverse and personal stories. The stories touch on much more than the discussion of diversity in Canada, and rather detail the “emotionally complex journey” of immigrant women, including battling feelings of loneliness and isolation.
Statements in response to the U.S. executive order
The University of British Columbia is deeply concerned about a new executive order signed by President Trump on Friday preventing individuals from seven countries from entering the U.S. for 90 days. We are especially concerned about the effect of the executive order on some UBC students, faculty and staff, as well as other scholars in Canada, the U.S., and around the world.