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Tuesday, September 9, 2025

James Milner and Joshua Steckley selected SSHRC Impact Award Finalists

James Milner, Professor in the Dept of Political Science and Joshua Steckley, Banting postdoctoral fellow with the Dept of Political Science at Carleton University, have been named SSHRC Impact Award Finalists. "SSHRC Impact Awards recognize outstanding researchers and students in the social sciences and humanities for their exceptional... More

Friday, September 5, 2025

New article by Polisci undergrad student Oleksandr Panchenko

Polisci undergrad student Oleksandr Panchenko has recently published an article in the Oxford University student-run journal “Dialectics of Governance.” The journal spotlights outstanding undergraduate work in the field of Political Theory. The article, “08.08.08: The Analysis of Causes of the Russo-Georgian War,” explores how the causes... More

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Isaac Odoom awarded SSHRC Insight Development Grant for his project “Digital transformation and geopolitics: Balancing development, agency, and global actors in Ghana”

Project:  “Digital transformation and geopolitics: Balancing development, agency, and global actors in Ghana” The project focuses on the geopolitics of technology and its impact in Africa. It looks at how major global powers, including China, the United States, and the European Union, are engaging in Ghana’s digital infrastructure and human... More

Friday, August 29, 2025

Gopika Solanki Awarded SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant

The research project titled “Counting on Adivasi women leaders: How electoral quotas shape ecological governance in Maharashtra, India” aims to generate insights on Adivasi women’s localized leadership. It is designed in partnership with the Resource and Support Centre for Development (RSCD), a Mumbai-based organization that provides... More

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

James Milner awarded SSHRC Partnership Grant for project “Reimagining responses to forced migration through the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN)”

Congratulations to James Milner and team on receiving a SSHRC Partnership Grant of $2,499,826 for the project "Reimagining responses to forced migration through the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN)". The focus of the project is to address the complex and pressing global challenge of forced migration. The scale and complexity of... More

Thursday, June 26, 2025

Vandna Bhatia: How do populist discourses influence policy termination?

Check out Vandna Bhatia’s latest article in Policy & Politics: "How do populist discourses influence policy termination?" This work offers a significant intervention in policy studies.  ... More

Saturday, June 21, 2025

Canadian universities as safe havens for scholars-in-exile

There is a growing number of researchers who are 'forcibly displaced' worldwide. Thirty-four Canadian universities and colleges are currently hosting scholars who’ve left their jobs and homes to find safety. Scholars-in-exile from dozens of countries gathered at Carleton University in Ottawa to discuss ways to support free thinking and research... More

Friday, June 6, 2025

Congrats to Peter Andrée on receiving the 2025 FPGA Teaching Excellence Award!

This award recognize overall excellence in teaching and in teaching innovation in the Faculty of Public and Global Affairs. Excellence in teaching and teaching innovation may be demonstrated by any of the following: consistency in teaching excellence over time and across courses at Carleton over the previous five years for full-time faculty... More

Friday, June 6, 2025

Congrats to Jon Malloy on receiving the 2025 FPGA Research Excellence Award

This Award recognizes research excellence, impact and leadership by a FPGA faculty member over the preceding three years. More about this award View Prof. Malloy's bio                                              ... More

Friday, June 6, 2025

Congrats to Erin Tolley on receiving the FPGA Excellence in Public Commentary Award

The Public Commentary Excellence Award recognizes a significant contribution by a faculty member over a two-year period ending in the nomination year in sharing expertise and research with the media or community, enhancing public understanding of the issues of the day, and stimulating dialogue and discourse among the public at large. more about... 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

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Laura Macdonald receives Carleton University Research Achievement Award 2025

Congratulations to Laura Macdonald on receiving a Research Achievement Award for her project "Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Mexican Labour Reform and Labour Provisions in CUSMA". This research project will study the initial effects of the implementation of the 2019 labour reform in Mexico and the labour provisions in the Canada-United... More

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