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Thursday, October 17, 2024
Congrats to Rafael Palma Mungioli who has been awarded a SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship for his research project "Neoliberal Nationalism: The Political Economy Of The Far Right's Rise in Brazil". 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... More
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Congratulations to Riana Chaar, 2024 winner of the Pollara Statistical Confidence Award. This award is given to those students who produce the best quantitative analysis papers at an advanced stage of their studies and who have been associated with the Department of Political Science through course work or supervision. Pollara Strategic... More
Thursday, October 10, 2024
Congratulations to Polisci PhD candidate William Richardson on his recent thesis proposal defence! William’s PhD dissertation will employ three influential theories of international relations to produce an original explanation of why the United States shares many of its most sensitive and costly defence technologies with partners and allies.... More
Thursday, October 3, 2024
Congratulations to Kiernan McClelland on successfully defending his PhD dissertation titled Third Place in the Space Race: Securitizing Rhetoric, the Logic of Threat, and the Securitization of the Canadian Civil Space Program. Kiernan McClelland completed his doctoral studies at the Department of Political Science at Carleton University under the... More
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Congratulations to Professor William Cross on being awarded the Mildred A. Schwartz Lifetime Achievement Award. The Mildred A. Schwartz Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by the American Political Science Association Section for Canadian Politics, annually recognizes a scholar who has made significant contributions through their career to the... More
"To stay relevant as the geopolitical landscape shifts, Canada must respect Africa’s priorities, build on shared interests and avoid past pitfalls." New article by Isaac Odoom: Two pivotal events in September have highlighted the shifting dynamics in Africa’s external partnerships. First, Canada held consultations on a new approach to its... More
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Congratulations to Deo Mwapinga on successfully defending his PhD dissertation titled The Politics of Citizenship as a Durable Solution for Refugees in Tanzania: A Comparative Case Study of Naturalization of the Rwandese Refugees (1980-1995) and Burundian Refugees (2008-2023). Deo Mwapinga completed his doctoral study at the Department of... More
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Isaac Odoom has been awarded a Carleton University 2024-25 Research Development Grant for his project China’s Digital Silk Road and Geopolitics in Ghana’s Digital Frontier. This project investigates the impact of Chinese digital investments in Ghana within the context of intensifying geopolitical competition involving the US and EU. As Africa... More
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Congratulations to Sreemoyee Majumder on her successful thesis proposal defence! "My proposed doctoral research titled Uncovering Women’s Agency Navigating India’s Legally Plural System as a Domestic Violence Survivor investigates the interplay between legal pluralism, domestic violence, and women's agency in postcolonial India. Following... More
Congratulations to Lindsay Robinson on successfully defending her thesis. Her dissertation is entitled "Empowering Teenage Girls to Save the Planet? Idealized Girlhood, Green Girl Power, and the ‘Girling of Climate Change’". Her research has been nominated for a Senate Medal. "My dissertation interrogates the recent visibility of teenage girls... More
Monday, August 19, 2024
Gopika Solanki has been awarded a Carleton University 2024-25 Research Development Grant for her project Negotiating Difference in Relational Spaces: Ethnicity, Gender, and Interreligious Marriage in India. Multi-ethnic and multi-religious postcolonial societies witness ongoing contestations over the regulation of inter-religious love and... More
Sunday, August 18, 2024
Cati Coe has been awarded a Carleton University 2024-25 Research Development Grant for her research project "Transnational Social Protection and the Care of Aging Migrants". Cati Coe is the Canada Research Chair in Migration and Care and Professor of Political Science at Carleton University. About the project: Despite the general success of the... More
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