UBC Political Science student James Achuli recounts his story from child soldier in South Sudan to college in Canada
“I never thought in my life that I would actually go to college and get a college degree because you know, coming from my background, it was just something that we never thought would happen,” James Achuli said. He now studies international relations and political science at UBC, and has plans to write an autobiography in order to inspire others.
POLI 2022-23 Winter Courses Now Available on Our App!
Our POLI Courses App for Winter 2022/2023 is now live! Use it to select courses for the new year, see previous syllabuses, and search by keyword or by instructor. Students can pop out straight to the SSC site to get enrolled.
Congratulations to our 2022 Award Winners!
UBC Political Science would like to congratulate our award winners in undergraduate, graduate and International Relations programs who were recognized at a special ceremony on May 26, 2022 in the Buchanan Penthouse.
Pandemic and Putin turn UBC Political Science student into war correspondent
UBC Political Science student Anastasiia Lapatina has spent the last four months covering Russia’s invasion of her homeland, Ukraine, while studying political science full-time.
Honours student Alexa Traboulay explores the intersecting effects of social media echo chambers and partisanship in shaping attitudes toward immigration
Fourth-year Honours student Alexa Traboulay undergraduate thesis examines the ways in which partisanship mediates the relationship between participation in social media echo chambers and extreme attitudes towards immigration.
Vaishnavi Panchanadam examines how Women, Peace, and Security norms are implemented at a domestic level
Vaishnavi Panchanadam research project, supervised by Dr. Lisa Sundstrom, examines the impacts of domestic civil society mobilization on the endorsement and implementation of Women, Peace, and Security norms.
Alumnus Nojang Khatami hired to tenure-track position at Fordham University
Congratulations to PhD alumnus Nojang Khatami who has secured a tenure-track Assistant Professor position at Fordham University beginning in September 2023.
Apply for 2022W Undergraduate Political Science Programs
Second-year undergraduate students may now apply for 2022W Political Science programs. The application form is now live and will close on Friday, May 13 at 4:30 pm (PDT).
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.
UBC Journal of Political Studies Call for Papers
The UBC Journal of Political Studies (JPS) is seeking paper submissions for our 2022 edition. The JPS is one of the longest-running and most highly regarded undergraduate research journals in the country, and is entirely student-run. The deadline to submit is January 15.