Professor Kai Ostwald appointed Director of the Institute of Asian Research at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
Professor Kai Ostwald’s work is broadly focused on development, public policy, and ethnic politics, with a strong focus on Southeast Asia, particularly Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Myanmar.
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.
Incoming Political Science Professor Afsoun Afsahi explores when and how people are able to talk about conflicting values
Dr. Afsoun Afsahi completed her PhD at UBC and rejoins the department as an Assistant Professor. We couldn’t be happier to welcome her back as a member of faculty.
Wishing a Happy Retirement to Professor Brian Job
The Department of Political Science wishes a happy retirement to a cherished colleague and renowned mentor of students who has been a cornerstone of UBC Political Science’s International Relations faculty for over three decades.
UBC President Santa Ono’s Statement on the Missing Children of the Kamloops Indian Residential School
Universities, including UBC, bear part of the responsibility for this history, not only for having trained many of the policy makers and administrators who operated the residential school system, and doing so little to address the exclusion from higher education that the schools so effectively created, but also for tacitly accepting the silence surrounding it.
Congratulations to our 2021 Graduates
As if completing your degree wasn’t high enough of an achievement, you have persevered through the most extraordinary added challenges of the global pandemic. You are sure to be the most resilient generation of young leaders going forward, we can’t wait to hear of where your talents take you next.
Dr. Nazmul Sultan will join UBC Political Science in 2022
Dr. Nazmul S. Sultan received his PhD from the University of Chicago and is currently a Junior Research Fellow at Christ’s College, University of Cambridge.
Congratulations to Political Science student Lindsey Palmer for receiving the 2021 Outstanding Leader in the UBC Community award!
UBC Political Science student Lindsey Palmer was recently recognized for her dedication to building community and shaping healthy campus cultures at UBC.
Equity and Diversity Committee Statement Condemning Anti-Asian Racism and Violence
The study and teaching of Political Science demand awareness and attentiveness to this history and how the politics of our time continue to reflect systemic bigotry and discrimination against Asian people. We stand in solidarity with our students, staff, and faculty of Asian descent and with the Asian and Asian Canadian community.
Applications now open for the 2021 Virtual Institute for Future Legislators
If you have political aspirations, but want to know more about what being a legislator means and how to be most effective in that role, apply to UBC’s Institute for Future Legislators (IFL).