John H. Moss Scholar
March 12, 2015
A huge congratulations to fourth-year Political Science and History student Jozef A. Kosc, who has been awarded the prestigious John H. Moss Scholarship to read for an MPhil in International Relations at Oxford next year. To learn more about Jozef’s accomplishments, please read his story here
Bathelt Wins Grant
February 27, 2015
Congratulations from the entire Department go out to Professor Harald Bathelt and Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Peng-Fei Li who have been awarded a special Policy Research Grant by the Asia Pacifica Foundation of Canada. The title of their research project is: “Mapping Networks of Innovative Clusters between China and Canada”. For more info on these grants […]
Mitacs Globalink Awards
February 6, 2015
The Mitacs Globalink Research Award provides funding to support senior undergraduate, graduate, and PhD student research projects abroad. Mitacs is now pleased to offer student mobility opportunities between Canada and France: Globalink Research Award – Inria Globalink Research Award – Campus France Globalink Research Award – Sorbonne Universités Funding and eligibility criteria may vary. To […]
Lorne Bozinoff Doctoral Fellowship in Political Analysis
February 5, 2015
The Department of Political Science is thrilled to announce its newest fellowship that will assist current or incoming doctoral-level scholars who specialize in the area of political analysis. The fellowship was kindly supported by Dr. Lorne Bozinoff, the founder of Forum Research, who has been a champion the work being done in the Department of […]
Congrats to Professor Stein
February 3, 2015
Yesterday, the University of Toronto announced the appointment of Professor Janice Gross Stein as the senior Presidential Advisor on International Initiatives for a two-year term. Beginning on March 1, 2015, Stein will work to build partnerships with international organizations to benefit the University’s staff and students. To read more about this prestigious role, please read […]
Celebrating Undergraduate Excellence
January 22, 2015
The Department of Political Science fêted some of the finest work from our undergraduate students last evening at our annual awards reception. “The academic successes we celebrated reflect the commitments of many,” said Professor Louis Pauly, who is chair of the department. “Yet again, they testified to the high quality of our students, the calibre […]
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Global Governance
January 21, 2015
The Institute for the Study of International Development at McGill University, in Montreal, recently announced a new post-doctoral fellowship in global governance. Two fellowships are available and are funded in the amount of $55,000 CAD per year plus a $10,000 research allowance. To learn more about eligibility criteria, please visit: http://www.mcgill.ca/isid/global-governance/postdoctoral-fellows-global-governance The deadline to apply […]
SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Grants competition
January 16, 2015
The Social Sciences Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) is launching a Knowledge Synthesis Grants competition in support of the objectives of the Imagining Canada’s Future initiative. For this competition, proposals are sought that address the challenge area of: What new ways of learning, particularly in higher education, will Canadians need to thrive in an evolving society […]
The Hill Times Top 100 books
December 22, 2014
The Department is thrilled to see that the works of three faculty members have made the The Hill Times’ list of the top 100 books for 2014. They are: Conservatism in Canada, edited by James Farney and David Rayside, University of Toronto Press Land, Stewardship, And Legitimacy: Endangered Species Policy in Canada and the United […]
PhD Grad Honoured
November 10, 2014
Ethel Tungohan, who was conferred her PhD by the Department of Political Science last fall, has been awarded the First Book Prize for the best dissertation from the National Women’s Studies Association. The prize comes with a contract offer from the University of Illinois Press, so her dissertation can be published as a book. Her […]