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

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…

Graduate Certificate in Migration Studies (GCMS)

The certificate focuses on knowledge enhancement in migration and mobilities research through interdisciplinary thinking and engagement. Regardless of your degree program, if you have an interest in migration as a field of research or professional practice, a certificate in Migration Studies can…

Master of Arts in Political Science (MA)

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

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Ardern, Clare

Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

musculoskeletal conditions; Digital health; eHealth; orthopaedics; sports medicine; rehabilitation; meta-science; peer review; research impact; musculoskeletal conditions, digital health, eHealth, orthopaedics, sports medicine, rehabilitation, meta-science, peer review, research impact

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Bloemraad, Irene

Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

migration & mobilities - politics, law, social movements; immigrants and refugees - integration & incorporation; comparative research design & mixed methods; migration & mobilities - politics, law, social movements, immigrants and refugees - integration & incorporation, comparative research design & mixed methods

Brunner, Lisa

Faculty of Arts

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

international migration; Higher Education; Canadian immigration policy; settler colonialism; Citizenship; :label

Byers, Michael

Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

international law; international relations; Outer Space; Arctic; Law of the Sea; Laws of War; International Human Rights; International Environmental 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, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Political Regimes (Democracy, Authoritarianism=; The State, Political Systems; Comparative Politics; Democratization; Latin America; Practical wisdom; Political Regimes (Democracy, Authoritarianism=, The State, Political Systems, Comparative Politics, Democratization, Latin America, Practical wisdom

Cameron, Maxwell

School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Caragata, Lea

School of Social Work, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

welfare systems; Poverty; labour markets; lone mothers; social policy; youth provisioning; 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)

Development; Social protection; Care work; Gender equality; Development, Social protection, Care work, Gender equality

Cutler, Frederick

Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

public opinion; Political Methodology; Canadian Politics; Elections; Electoral Systems; Federalism; Academic Publishing Systems; 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)

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; 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)

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

Education policy; history of education; Education policy, History of education

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Grant, Amber

Faculty of Forestry

Postdoctoral Fellow

Political geography; Environmental policy; Community planning; urban forests; Environmental justice; community stewardship; sustainability

Gulati, Sumeet

Food and Resource Economics, Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Economics of Human Wildlife Conflict; Economics of Urban Transportation; Effectiveness of Carbon Taxes; Effectiveness of Environmental Policy; International Trade and its Effect on the Environment; Political Economy of Environmental and Trade Policy; Economics of Human Wildlife Conflict, Economics of Urban Transportation, Effectiveness of Carbon Taxes, Effectiveness of Environmental Policy, International Trade and its Effect on the Environment, Political Economy of Environmental and Trade Policy

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Hopewell, Kristen

School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

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; 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)

Democratic theory and practice; Federalism and Local Politics; Migration Policy and Politics; Public Management; public opinion; Democratic Theory and Practice, Federalism and Local Politics, Migration Policy and Politics, Public Management, Public Opinion

Hummel, Callan

Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Why and how communities with little political power organize and negotiate with their governments; Civil society; LGBTQ+ policy; Labor politics; Health Policy; Latin American politics; Why and how communities with little political power organize and negotiate with their governments, Civil society, LGBTQ+ policy, Labor politics, Health policy, Latin American politics

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Jacobs, Alan

Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

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

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

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Kandlikar, Milind

Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Climate Change and energy transition; Technological Risk; Technology and Development; Climate Change and energy transition , Technological Risk, Technology and Development

Kandlikar, Milind

School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Climate Change and energy transition; Technological Risk; Technology and Development; Climate Change and energy transition , Technological Risk, Technology and Development

Khanna, Tarun

School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

energy economics; Evidence synthesis; policy evaluation; electricity markets; energy in development; decarbonization of the energy sector; energy economics, evidence synthesis, policy evaluation, electricity markets, energy in development, decarbonization of the energy sector

Kunz, Nadja

Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Decision Analysis; Environmental engineering; Hydrology; Risk management; Systems engineering; water resources management; Decision analysis, Environmental engineering, Hydrology, Risk management, Systems engineering, Water resources management

Kunz, Nadja

School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

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Li, Xiaojun

Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

International Political Economy; International Security; Foreign Policy Analysis; International Political Economy, International Security, Foreign Policy Analysis

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Macfarlane, Allison

School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

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

Manning, Keenan

Faculty of Arts

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

cultural citizenship; ethnic minority; Hong Kong; Multiculturalism; :label

Metcalfe, Amy

Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Higher Education Studies; Higher Education Policy; Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Higher Education; Science and Knowledge; Internationalization; Migration Studies; Academic Labour and Mobility; Visual Research Methods; Campus Environments; Higher Education Studies, Higher Education Policy, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Higher Education, Science and Knowledge, Internationalization, Migration Studies, Academic Labour and Mobility, Visual Research Methods, Campus Environments

Morgan, Steve

School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Access to medicines; Health care policy; Pharmacare; Pharmaceutical pricing; Prescribing appropriateness; Comparative policy analysis; Health care financing; Access to medicines, Health care policy, Pharmacare, Pharmaceutical pricing, Prescribing appropriateness, Comparative policy analysis, Health care financing

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Ostwald, Kai

Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Comparative Politics; Development; Southeast Asia; geopolitics; Elections; hybrid regimes and authoritarian politics; comparative politics, development, Southeast Asia, geopolitics, elections, hybrid regimes and authoritarian politics

Ostwald, Kai

School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

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Price, Richard

Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

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

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Ramana, M. V.

School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

arms control; Energy transitions; degrowth; nuclear disarmament; nuclear energy; nuclear policy; political economy of energy; risk of nuclear accidents; Arms control, Energy transitions, degrowth, Nuclear disarmament, Nuclear energy, Nuclear policy, Political economy of energy, Risk of nuclear accidents

Ramankutty, Navin

Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Agriculture; Climate Changes and Impacts; Climate impacts; Environment and Society; Global food security; Land use change; Sustainable agriculture; Agriculture, Climate Changes and Impacts, Climate impacts, Environment and Society, Global food security, Land use change, Sustainable agriculture

Ramankutty, Navin

School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Rocha, Sam

Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Philosophical Traditions in Education; philosophy of education; Philosophical Traditions in Education, Philosophy of education

Ruitenberg, Claudia

Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Environmental philosophy and education; philosophy of education; Political education; 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)

Community Engaged Research; Knowledge translation; Cooperatives and Social Solidarity Economies; University Rankings and Equity; Disability studies; anti-racism; media education; Community Engaged Research, Knowledge Translation, Cooperatives and Social Solidarity Economies, University Rankings and Equity, Disability Studies, Anti-Racism, Media Education

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Taylor, Alison

Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Education, Knowledge and Skills; Educational Context; Political Contexts; Social Contexts; Social Policies; 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)

global politics; Global politics

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Walker, Judith

Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Adult education; Higher Education; policy studies; Health Professions Education; 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 and leadership in K-12 setting; 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; educators' health and wellbeing; Educational administration and leadership in K-12 setting, 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, educators' health and wellbeing

Wright, Handel

Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

(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; (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

Wright, Matthew

Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

American politics; Comparitive politics; immigration; Immigration Policy; migration; National identity; Political behaviour; Political psychology; public opinion; American politics, Comparitive politics, Immigration, Immigration policy, Migration, National identity, Political behaviour, Political psychology, Public opinion

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Zerriffi, Hisham

Department of Forest Resources Management, Faculty of Forestry

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

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; 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

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