Mark Warren named winner of Killam Research Prize!
A big congratulations to UBC Political Science Professor Mark Warren for winning the Killam Research Prize for his exceptional work done in democratic theory!
Gyung-Ho Jeong named winner of Duncan Black Prize for 2017
Congratulations to Associate Professor Gyung-Ho Jeong! He has won the Duncan Black Prize for the Best Paper published in Public Choice (2017) by a “senior” scholar for his article “The Supermajority Core of the US Senate and the Failure to Join the League of Nations.”
Yves Tiberghien named Chevalier de l’Ordre du Mérite by the President of France
Congratulations to Dr. Yves Tiberghien on being named Chevalier de l’Ordre du Mérite by the President of France!
Welcome Anna Jurkevics, Assistant Professor
Our Department is pleased to introduce Assistant Professor Anna Jurkevics (PhD Yale, 2017). Anna’s research is in the fields of critical theory, democratic theory, and the history of German political thought.
Arjun Chowdhury talks new book “The Myth of the International Order”
Arjun Chowdhury’s new book, The Myth of International Order: Why Weak States Persist and Alternatives to the State Fade Away, demands that we rethink foundational concepts of international politics.
Five Faculty Have Won 2017 American Political Science Association Awards
Congratulations to Cesi Cruz, Peter Dauvergne, Alan Jacobs, Richard Johnston, and Kai Ostwald on their 2017 APSA Awards!
Professor Cesi Cruz recieves Best Conference Paper Award from APSA
A paper by Professor Cesi Cruz, with two co-authors, entitled “Village Social Network Structures and Electoral Competition,” has won APSA’s Political Network Section’s Best Conference Paper Award!
Professor Richard Johnston receives Mildred A. Schwartz Lifetime Achievement Award
Professor Richard Johnston has been named the winner of the Mildred A. Schwartz Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian Politics Section of American Political Science Association (APSA). The Mildred A. Schwartz Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes scholarship and leadership in bringing the study of Canadian Politics to the international political science community.
Paul Quirk’s chapter on “Donald Trump and the Question of Fitness.”
Paul Quirk, Professor and Phil Lind Chair in US Politics and Representation, is one of many notable scholars who have contributed to a new book, The Elections of 2016, edited by Michael Nelson. This volume was published only five months after the US Presidential election, bringing much needed analysis and insight.
In memoriam of Mark Zacher
Mark Zacher, with a freshly minted PhD from Columbia University, joined the Department of Political Science in 1966. He was hired to teach the gentler face of Janus, dealing with cooperation through international institutions and regimes