Political science and policy administration

This group comprises research and experimental development in political science and policy administration.
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Graduate Degree Programs in Political science and policy administration

Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership and Policy (EdD)

The Ed.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy provides advanced preparation for education practitioners with leadership and policy responsibilities in both formal and nonformal settings. These settings include, among many others, the post-secondary sector, business and health organizations, unions...

Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (PhD)

The Department of Political Science offers Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degree programs that are structured around five substantive fields: Canadian politics, international relations, comparative politics, political theory, and U.S. Politics. We offer in the range of 25 graduate seminar...

Master of Arts in Political Science (MA)

The Department of Political Science offers Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degree programs that are structured around five substantive fields: Canadian politics, international relations, comparative politics, political theory, and U.S. Politics. We offer in the range of 25 graduate seminar...

Master of Education in Adult Learning and Education (MEd)

The mission of the Adult Learning and Education graduate program at UBC is to contribute to the creation, elaboration, exchange and application of knowledge concerning the education and learning of adults in diverse contexts. This includes the development of scholars and reflective practitioners...

Master of Food and Resource Economics (MFRE)

The Master of Food and Resource Economics (MFRE) program is a unique, one-year, course-based masters degree which integrates Economics, Policy, and Business concepts to provide data-driven solutions that meet the challenges and opportunities in the food, agriculture, and environmental sector. This...

Master of Health Leadership and Policy in Clinical Education (MHLP)

TRANSFORM THE FUTURE OF HEALTH CARE LEADERSHIP Transform your career with the Master of Health Leadership and Policy (MHLP) in Clinical Education. This prestigious professional degree is designed for clinicians aiming to expand their expertise in the dynamic fields of practice trend analysis and...

Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA)

UBC’s professional Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) program equips future policy makers with a profound understanding of policy-making processes through a solid foundation of rigorous knowledge acquisition, policy analysis, career development, and experiential learning. With a...
 

UBC Researchers conducting research in Political science and policy administration

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Brunner, Lisa

Faculty of Arts

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Higher education; Public policy; international migration; Higher Education; immigration; settler colonialism

Byers, Michael

Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

International relations; Public international law (except international trade law); international law; international relations; Outer Space; Arctic; Law of the Sea; Laws of War; International Human Rights; International Environmental Law

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Cameron, Maxwell

Department of Political Science, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Political science; Political Regimes (Democracy, Monarchy, Federalism, Parliamentarism, etc.); Social Organization and Political Systems; Comparative Politics; Democratization; Latin America; Practical wisdom

Caragata, Lea

School of Social Work, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Social oppression and marginalization; Counselling, welfare and community services; Social policy; welfare systems; Poverty; labour markets; lone mothers; social policy; youth provisioning

Cookson, Tara

School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Public policy; Development; Social protection; Care work; Gender equality

Cutler, Frederick

Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Social movements and democracy; public opinion; Political Methodology; Canadian Politics; Elections; Electoral Systems; Federalism; Academic Publishing Systems

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Doberstein, Carey

Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Political science and policy administration; Agencies and arms-length bodies in Canada; Public servant behavior in Canada; How citizens engage with government as part of local consultations and public engagement; Homelessness (politics, governance, policy); Local government or governance

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Ellermann, Antje

Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Political science; Migrations, Populations, Cultural Exchanges; Migratory Flows; Public Policies; Identity and Transnationality; Role of Governments and Institutions; Comparative Public Policy; Migration and Citizenship

Ellis, Jason

Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Canadian history; Specialized studies in education; Educational policy; Education policy; history of education

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Hopewell, Kristen

School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Public policy; International Political Economy; international relations; international trade; Trade Policy; Global Governance; industrial policy; Development; emerging powers; China; India; Brazil; World Trade Organization (WTO); US-China relations

Hopkins, Vincent

Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Political science; Democratic theory and practice; Federalism and Local Politics; Migration Policy and Politics; Public Management; public opinion

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Jacobs, Alan Michael

Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Political science; Social Organization and Political Systems; economic inequality; Political economy; public opinion; Public Policy; Research Methodology

Jeong, Gyung-Ho

Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Political science; Social Organization and Political Systems; Congress; Foreign Policy; Immigration Policy; Legislative Politics; Public Choice; Trade Policy; US politics

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Kandlikar, Milind

School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Climate change impacts and adaptation; Product life cycle; Environmental policy; Research, science and technology policy; Environmental impacts; Air Quality and Climate Change; Technological Risk; Technology and Development

Khanna, Tarun

School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Economics; Renewable energy systems (except smart systems engineering); Environmental policy; energy economics; Evidence synthesis; policy evaluation; electricity markets; energy in development; decarbonization of the energy sector

Kunz, Nadja

School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Mining engineering; Public administration; Public policy; Public security policy; Decision Analysis; Environmental engineering; Hydrology; Risk management; Systems engineering; water resources management

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Macfarlane, Allison

School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Research, science and technology policy; science and technology policy; energy policy, regulation; nuclear energy, nuclear waste management

Metcalfe, Amy

Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Educational policy; Higher education; Specialized studies in education; Higher Education Studies; Internationalization; Migration Studies; Academic Labour and Mobility; Higher Education Policy; Visual Research Methods; Campus Environments; Science and Knowledge

Morgan, Steven

School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Health policy; Economics of health care; Health services and systems; Access to medicines; Health care policy; Pharmacare; Pharmaceutical pricing; Prescribing appropriateness; Comparative policy analysis

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Price, Richard

Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Political science; International Cooperation; Ethics and World Politics; Global Norms; international relations; International Relations Theory; Moral Psychology

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Quayle, Moura

School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Economics and business administration; Public administration; Public policy; Knowledge Exchange and Strategic Design; Policies and Public Services; Social Policies

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Ramana, M. V.

School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Public administration; Public policy; Public security policy; arms control; Energy transitions; degrowth; nuclear disarmament; nuclear energy; nuclear policy; political economy of energy; risk of nuclear accidents

Ramankutty, Navin

School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Natural environment sciences; Public administration; Public policy; Public security policy; Agriculture; Climate Changes and Impacts; Climate impacts; Environment and Society; Global food security; Land use change; Sustainable agriculture

Rocha Perkerwicz, Samuel

Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Educational policy; Specialized studies in education; Philosophical Traditions in Education; philosophy of education

Ruitenberg, Claudia

Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

History and philosophy of education; Political science and policy administration; Environmental education and extension; Environmental philosophy and education; philosophy of education; Political education

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Stack, Michelle

Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Adult and continuing education, and community education; Educational policy; Media studies (except social media and digital media); Community Engaged Research; Knowledge translation; Cooperatives and Social Solidarity Economies; University Rankings and Equity; Disability studies; anti-racism; media education

Stein, Sharon Rebekah

Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Higher education; Educational policy; Specialized studies in education; Educational theory; Global education; Higher Education; International and comparative education; International education; Pedagogy and education; Post-colonial studies; Race/ethnicity; Social and Cultural Foundations of Education; Social justice; sustainability; climate change

Sultan, Nazmul

Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Political science; history of political thought; empire and anticolonial thought; popular sovereignty; modern conceptions of the global

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Taylor, Alison

Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Adult and continuing education, and community education; Educational administration, management and leadership; Educational policy; Higher education; Specialized studies in education; Education, Knowledge and Skills; Educational Context; Political Contexts; Social Contexts; Social Policies

Tiberghien, Yves

Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Political science; global politics

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Walker, Judith

Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Adult and continuing education, and community education; Sociology of education; Educational policy; Adult education; Higher Education; policy studies; Health Professions Education

Wang, Fei

Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Educational administration, management and leadership; Educational policy; Specialized studies in education; Educational administration and leadership; Leadership; the role of the school principals; social justice and diversity; comparative policy studies; Education and Training Management; Ideology and Social Policy; Social Contract and Social Justice; Offshore school and its leadership

Wright, Matthew

Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Political science; American politics; Comparitive politics; immigration; Immigration Policy; migration; National identity; Political behaviour; Political psychology; public opinion

Wright, Handel

Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Educational policy; Specialized studies in education; (post)multiculturalism and multicultural education; Africana studies; Critical Race Theory; Cultural Studies; Educational Approaches; identity, citizenship and belonging; postcolonialism and decolonization; Transcultural Studies; Youth Studies; anti-racism

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Zerriffi, Hisham

Department of Forest Resources Management, Faculty of Forestry

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Environmental geography; Forestry biomass and bioproducts; Modelling and applications of systems; Environment and natural resources economics; Environmental policy; Biomass (Energy); Energy Transformation and Energy Using; International development; Environment and Society; Ideological, Political, Economical and Social Environments of Social Transformations; Social and Cultural Factors of Environmental Protection; energy poverty
 

Student & Alumni Stories in Political science and policy administration

Jennie Pearson

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)

Building "Communities of care" under sex work criminalization and beyond: exploring how digital mutual aid supports the health, safety and wellbeing of sex workers in Vancouver, Canada
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Rabia Mir

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)

Early childhood education as an intervention for children with high Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) Scores

Nojang Khatami

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (PhD)

The Feeling of Cohesion: Understanding and Cultivating Empathy in a Multicultural Society

Alicia Luedke

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (PhD)

Women, Peace and Security: Armed Groups and Sexual Violence in the Twenty-First Century

Henrik Jacobsen

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (PhD)

Administering shared waters: Transborder governance in North America

Antonin Lacelle-Webster

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (PhD)

Democratic theory and citizen participation

Sarah Lachance

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (PhD)

Ambiguity in Electoral Campaigns and its Implications for Democracy

Denali YoungWolfe

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (PhD)

Âhkameyihtamowin: We Rise, Mapping Indigenous Assurgency Across Turtle Island

Joshua Fawcett-Weiner

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (PhD)

Normative Change and the Legitimate Use of Force in International Relations

Katelynn Kowalchuk

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (PhD)

Mental healthcare governance in Canada: Contemporary and historical catalysts for evolution and stagnation

Romina Tantalean-Castaneda

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice (PhD)

Working collaboratively with an Indigenous women's grassroots federation of the Peruvian Amazon, my research focuses on the Rights of Mother Nature from a strongly pluralist paradigm, while centering Indigenous women's leadership, knowledge, and voices

V. Pauahi Souza

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice (PhD)

Cultural historical trauma: the impact of displacement, racism, and the idea of paradise as a social determinant of health

Addye Susnick

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (PhD)

Trans Joy and Trans-Formative Justice: Imagining and Enacting Radical Futures
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Martina Zago

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (PhD)

Standards of civilization: art, law, and empire, 1798-1945

Carly Hamdon

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology (PhD)

The way masculinity contours mens' relationships to the environment

Leah Shipton

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (PhD)

The governing dynamics of global health multistakeholder partnerships

Oluwaseun Ajaja

Alumni

LLM - Master of Laws (LLM)

Deliberative democracy and problems of democratic governance in Nigeria

Justin Turner

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Rehabilitation Sciences (PhD)

Wildfires, air pollution, and COVID-19: Individual and community resilience towards social and environmental disruption

Khadija Anjum

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Planning (PhD)

Planning for food security of low-income groups amid rising food price volatility: A gendered analysis

Mariam Omotosho

Alumni

LLM - Master of Laws (LLM)

Impact of regulatory frameworks on informal cross border trade in Nigeria: a case study of the rice import restriction and border closure of 2019

Samuel Adeyanju

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD)

People, projects, and poverty: Investigating the effectiveness of livelihood interventions implemented in Community Resource Management Areas (CREMAs) in Northern Ghana

Prerna Gupta

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Resources, Environment and Sustainability (PhD)

Nuclear risk perception in India: risk in the context of political debates and economic insecurities

Dane Pedersen

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD)

Seeing the forest through the trees: collaborative climate-informed forest governance in Quesnel, British Columbia

Alexa Norton

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)

Models for the delivery of safe and regulated drugs

Zeina Waheed

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Population and Public Health (PhD)

Identification and evaluation of implementation strategies to advance the adoption of pharmacogenomic testing to help guide antidepressant treatment for major depressive disorder

Caitlyn Yates

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology (PhD)

Degrees of Visibility: the Journeys of Extra-continental Migrants through the Americas

Neha Sharma-Mascarenhas

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Resources, Environment and Sustainability (PhD)

Analyzing data and policy outcomes for repair, reuse, and recycling for end-of-life electronics

Parker Muzzerall

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology (PhD)

Climate politics and public policy

Imranul Laskar

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Resources, Environment and Sustainability (PhD)

Air Quality, Health, and Climate Impacts of Global Shipping

Roshni Mangar

Student

Master of Science in Oceans and Fisheries (MSc)

Understanding the fishers to change the fishery: who is involved in bottom trawl fisheries in Asia, and why?
 

Program Specializations in Political science and policy administration

Educational Leadership and Policy

Political Science

Public Policy and Global Affairs
 
 
 
French Name
Sciences politiques et administration des politiques
French Description
Ce groupe comprend la recherche et le développement expérimental en sciences politiques et administration des politiques.
 
 

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