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Friday, April 11, 2025

Izak Mason

We are pleased to announce that PhD student Izac Mason is the well-deserved the winner of the 2024-25 Department of Political Science Outstanding TA award! Congratulations Izak! view Izak's bio                          ... More

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Congratulations to Rohit Samaroo on successfully defending his PhD research proposal

Research topic: An exploration of federal bureaucratic performance in Canada 2000-2024 Rohit’s research examines the efforts of Canada’s federal public administration to fulfill the policy goals set by elected governments over the past 25 years. His dissertation seeks to develop a framework for understanding the effectiveness of public sector... More

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

James Milner awarded Faculty Graduate Mentoring Award!

We are proud to announce James Milner, Professor of Political Science and Director of Migration and Diaspora Studies, has been awarded a Faculty Graduate Mentoring Award 2024-2025! James is pictured here with PhD candidate Rachel McNally and PhD graduate Deo Mwapinga. This award is in recognition of faculty who provide exceptional service to... More

Monday, March 31, 2025

Congrats to Elsa Piersig on her recent PhD dissertation defence!

Congrats to Elsa Piersig on her recent PhD dissertation defence.  Her thesis is titled Confidence Game: How the Rules of the Confidence Relationship Impact Accountability and Executive-Legislative Relations in Parliamentary Democracies and her supervisor was Jonathan Malloy.  We would also like to congratulate Elsa on her appointment as... More

Friday, March 21, 2025

John Cappucci, PhD Political Science at Carleton (2014) awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal

We are delighted to congratulate alum John Cappucci, PhD Political Science at Carleton (2014), on being awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal. This national award is presented to Canadians who have made a significant contribution to Canada. John is the President and Vice-Chancellor of Assumption... More

Monday, March 17, 2025

Carleton ranked top Canadian Comprehensive University and among the top in the world for Politics

Carleton was recently ranked as the top Canadian Comprehensive University, and among the top 150-200 universities in the world, in the 2025 QS University rankings by subject in the “Politics” category.  ... More

Friday, March 14, 2025

Jonathan Malloy talks to CBC Radio about Prime Minister Mark Carney’s choices for cabinet.

Jonathan Malloy talks to CBC Radio about Prime Minister Mark Carney's choices for cabinet. Listen to interview            ... More

Friday, March 14, 2025

Political Science hosts Prof. Wendy H. Wong (UBC) for Keynote Lecture 2025 “We, the Data: Human Rights in the Digital Age”

In her topical and stimulating lecture, Prof. Wong expanded on her recent award-winning book We, the Data: Human Rights in the Digital Age. As the “ghosts of our time,” data have become part of what it means to be human. Pointing out that in many day-to-day activities we are co-creators of our data shadows,... More

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Congratulations to Brianna Parent Long on her recent PhD thesis proposal defence

Working title: “Feminist” Canada and the Global Anti-Rights Movement: How NGOs are Navigating Changing Political Landscapes. My research examines how Canadian civil society organizations focused on gender equality navigate shifting political realities—especially the tension between Canada’s feminist-oriented foreign aid commitments and the... More

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Congratulations to Rafael Palma Mungioli on his recent PhD thesis proposal defence

Rafael’s research focuses on the political economy of the rise of the far right in Brazil. His dissertation project aims to understand the effects of the Brazilian economic structure over the country’s political framework, exploring the interaction between class interests, ideologies, policies and the international system. He is supervised by... More

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

CBC Radio interview with Achim Hurrelmann: What are Canada’s trade options beyond the USA?

What are Canada’s trade options beyond the USA? Achim Hurrelmann talked to CBC Radio's Ottawa Morning earlier today about Canada-EU relations at a time of US trade wars. Listen to interview view Achim Hurrelmann's bio  ... More

Friday, February 28, 2025

Cati Coe awarded SSHRC funded Open Research Area 8 (ORA 8) Award

Cati Coe has been awarded a major research award as a member of a multinational team of researchers under Open Research Area 8 (ORA 8) initiative coordinated by SSHRC in collaboration with the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR, France), the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, Germany), and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC, UK).... More

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