Our alumni have completed their theses, research projects, and dissertations on a wide range of issues that are essential to us as a society today. Many have established themselves in a career that helps influence positive change in the private and public sectors.

Read their individual stories, learn how their degree in Political Economy advanced their careers, and why they recommend studying at Carleton University!

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Lincoln Addison

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Meagan Bell

Political economy of internet governance, data transparency and privacy, security and surveillance

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Benjamin Bestvater

Environmental politics, urban geography, feminist perspectives on war and conflict, realism in international relations, economic anthropology, African studies, critical theory

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Zaee Deshpande

Economic growth in East Asia during the late 20th century, social movements, labour

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Jessica Gamarnik

Intergenerational poverty in the Global South, poverty alleviation programs, Mexico

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Nikolas Harrison

Labour in Japan, civil society, grass root organizations

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Sascha Harvey

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Ryan Katz-Rosene

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Megan McGoey-Smith

Critical Labour Studies, Marxism/Marxist Geography, and the Sociology of Work

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Zoe McKnight

Precarious employment, labour, the future of work

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Judy Meltzer

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Christina Muehlberger

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Matthew Peters

Power relations in environmental politics, environmental justice, labour, low-carbon economies

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Wesley Petite

democratic antinomies in Canada, structural barriers to public participation within the institutions of representative democracy.

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Navsharan Singh

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E. Snider

Northern Food Production, Food Security, Climate Change

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Jane Stinson

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Daniel Tubb

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Jesse Whattam

Relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples, postcolonial studies, critical race theory, Canadian life and identity

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Nathan Wynes

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Matty Zulu

Alternative development, skilled migration, labour,

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