Allen Sens
Education
Ph.D., Queen's, 1993
M.A., UBC, 1988
B.A. UBC, 1986
About
Allen G. Sens (Ph.D, Queen’s) specializes in international relations, with a research and teaching focus on international security. He has a particular interest in armed conflict and conflict management, especially peace operations, nuclear weapons and arms control, European security, and Canadian foreign and defence policy. Dr. Sens was recently the principal investigator for a SSHRC Partnership Development Grant on knowledge mobilization through radio podcasting, and a SSHRC Connections Grant to establish a new social sciences and humanities podcast series highlighting new academic voices. He is co-coordinator of TEDx UBC. Dr. Sens was a recipient of the UBC Killam Teaching Prize in 2003 and a recipient of the Canadian Political Science Association Prize for Teaching Excellence in 2018.
Dr. Sens’ teaching is dedicated to the undergraduate program in Political Science. He does not supervise graduate students.
Office Hours Term 1:
Tuesdays 2:15 – 3:15 and Thursdays 2:15 – 3:15.
Office Hours Term 2:
Mondays 10:30 – 11:30 and Tuesdays 10:30 – 11:30
Course Webpages: All course webpages are on the UBC Connect system.