Arjun Chowdhury selected to receive Robert L. Jervis-Paul W. Schroeder Best Book Award
Professor Arjun Chowdhury has been selected to receive the Robert L. Jervis-Paul W. Schroeder Best Book Award from APSA’s International History and Politics section for his book The Myth of International Order (Oxford University Press, 2018).
Celebrating Barbara Arneil for her dedicated service as Department Head
On June 11, 2019 the Political Science Department Faculty, Staff, and Emeriti celebrated Professor Arneil’s 3 years of dedicated service as Department Head at Cecil Green Park House.
Sam LaSelva wins the CPSA Don Smiley Prize
Professor Sam LaSelva has been awarded the Don Smiley Prize by the CPSA for his book Canada and the Ethics of Constitutionalism: Identity, Destiny, and Constitutional Faith, MQUP 2018
Faculty of Arts – 2018/19 Dean of Arts Award recipient Dr. Richard Johnston
Congratulations to UBC Political Science Professor Dr. Richard Johnston as recipient to the 2018-19 Dean of Arts Award!
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.
Congratulations Michael Weaver, Assistant Professor
We are pleased to announce that Michael Weaver will begin his position as Assistant Professor in ethnic politics and media 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.
Welcome Carey Doberstein, Assistant Professor
Our Department is pleased to welcome Carey Doberstein as Assistant Professor in Canadian Politics. He will be joining our Department on July 1st, 2019, as one of four new faculty members in Political Science.
Professor Richard Price Appointed as New Political Science Department Head
It is my pleasure to confirm that the Provost has granted approval to appoint Dr Price as the next Head of the Department of Political Science. I am pleased also to advise that Dr Price has agreed to undertake
the role of Head from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2022.
Boyer Prize Awarded to Miriam Matejova, Stefan Parker and Peter Dauvergne
On March 8th, 2019, the Australian Institute of International Affairs awarded Miriam Matejova, Stefan Parker and Peter Dauvergne the Boyer Prize for 2018, for their article, “The politics of repressing environmentalists as agents of foreign influence” (Australian Journal of International Affairs, Volume 72, Issue 2, 2018).