UBC is a global centre for research and teaching, and our Department is known for our particular research strengths and areas of excellence which cut across Political Science’s major subfields, and other disciplines:
- indigenous politics
- critical political theory and identity politics
- democratic theory and practise
- political behaviour, parties and elections
- comparative public policy and institutions
- migration, social diversity, and identity
- environmental politics
- international norms, institutions and governance, and human security
- quantitative methods
- regional area strengths including: Asian politics, the politics of the Americas, European politics, U.S. politics, and Canadian politics
