Op-Ed: renewable energy rapidly grows in the Indo-Pacific, write Prof. Yves Tiberghien and PhD Candidate Sun Park
In this op-ed, Prof. Yves Tiberghien and PhD Candidate Sun Park discuss the development and implementation of renewable energy in the Indo-Pacific.
Visiting Prof. Swaran Singh highlights Xi Jinping’s distinct plans for China’s future in Op-Ed
Commenting on China’s role in international politics and the country’s ambitious modernization goals, Prof. Singh writes that “this is bound to make the Chinese modernization all the more closely intertwined with the rest of the world.”
Sessional Call for Applicants (2022W2 and 2023S)
The Department of Political Science invites applications to teach in Winter Session Term 2 (Jan-April 2023) and Summer Sessions (May-June, July-August 2023).
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.
Alumnus Jan Lüdert talks about his role as Head of Programs at DWIH New York
UBC Political Science alumnus Dr. Jan Lüdert began his position as Head of Programs at the DWIH New York in April 2022. In a short interview, he talks about his work at DWIH New York.
The return of oligarchy? Threats to representative democracy in Latin America
Maxwell Cameron discusses the classical theory of oligarchy, examines the use of the concept in contemporary theories of comparative politics and describes oligarchic modes of rule in Latin America’s hierarchical market economies.
Dr. Alan Jacobs selected as new Department Head
We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Alan Jacobs has been selected as the next Head of the Department of Political Science. Dr. Jacobs will serve as Department Head starting on July 1, 2022 for a three-year term.
Adoption of effective climate policies has proved politically challenging: Prof. Kathryn Harrison writes
Professor Kathryn Harrison writes on how Canadians have been slow to trust climate policies like carbon pricing, vehicle mandates, and clean energy regulations will work. Her modest proposal: “Let’s stop asking the optimism question and instead focus on what we, as citizens, are going to do about climate change.”
Prof. Paul Quirk says California’s decision to vote down universal healthcare about state issue rather than national trends
“Establishing universal health care at the state level was a bridge too far, even for many California liberals,” Prof. Paul Quirk said. “The state already has some of the most severe fiscal challenges in the country, dealing with homelessness, opioids, fires, floods, COVID-19, job losses, crime.”
Honours graduates co-publish new paper on the missing global governance capacity around AI acceleration with Prof. Yves Tiberghien
A new working paper presented by Professor Yves Tiberghien and Honours graduates Danielle Luo and Panthea Pourmalek evaluates pathways to acknowledge the governance gap surrounding digital and AI acceleration.