Wendy Wong receives the 2014 ARNOVA Oustanding Book Award
September 16, 2014
Wendy Wong receives the 2014 ARNOVA Outstanding Book Award in Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Research for her book, Internal Affairs: How the Structure of NGO’s Transforms Human Rights (Cornell University Press, 2012) Keep Reading… (link below) http://www.arnova.org/?page=outstandingbook&hhSearchTerms=%22book+and+award%22
Professor Harald Bathelt Releases Book on the Globalizing Knowledge Economy
August 6, 2014
Trade Shows in the Globalizing Knowledge Economy presents a radically innovative view on trade shows as knowledge-rich places, where firms learn through observation and interaction with other economic actors, and as enablers, rather than mere consequences, of globalization. Traditionally seen as marketing tools, trade shows are conceptualised as temporary clusters that facilitate the creation and […]
Mushrooming Entrepreneurship: The Dynamic Geography of Innovation Originating from Communities of Interest
July 9, 2014
We would like to inform you about next week’s guest speaker Oliver Ibert who will give a presentation about “Mushrooming Entrepreneurship: The Dynamic Geography of Innovation Originating from Communities of Interest” on Wednesday, July 16 (2-4 PM). Preview: Communities of interest encompassing manifold sophisticated users, highly skilled enthusiasts and dedicated hobbyists are increasingly being taken […]
Four Political Science Faculty Members have received Connaught funding
June 23, 2014
Since it was founded in 1972, U of T’s Connaught Fund has become a unique and critical funding resource for researchers and scholars across the disciplines. The fund has become even stronger with the launch of a series of new programs in 2010 which target unmet societal needs and cultivate collaborations with transformative impact. We […]
Sylvia Bashevkin Honoured with Mildred A. Schwartz Lifetime Achievement Award
June 19, 2014
Congratulations to Political Science Professor Sylvia Bashevkin, the 2014 recipient of the Mildred A. Schwartz Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Political Science Association, Canadian Politics section. The award recognizes scholarship and leadership in bringing the study of Canadian Politics to the international political science community.
Professors Matthew Hoffmann and Steven Bernstein discuss Obama’s climate plan
June 5, 2014
Are you curious about the impact of U.S. President Barack Obama’s climate plan? Professors Matthew Hoffmann and Steven Bernstein recently weighed in on the plan when they coauthored an op-ed for the Globe and Mail: “Big policy initiatives like U.S. President Barack Obama’s bold move to limit coal-fired power plant emissions are attractive to proponents […]
Professor Joseph Carens wins 2014 CB Macpherson Prize
May 29, 2014
The department is proud to announce that Professor Joseph Carens’ book, The Ethics of Immigration (Oxford University Press, 2013), has won the 2014 C.B. Macpherson Prize for the best book in political theory written by a Canadian. The prestigious Macpherson Prize was established to honour the life and work of Crawford Brough Macpherson (1911-1987), an […]
Congratulations to Mark Manger on his successful SSHRC
May 28, 2014
Professor Mark Manger has been awarded a three-year SSHRC Insight grant for his project, “Mercantilism in a Liberal Economic Order,” in collaboration with Thomas Sattler (London School of Economics) and J. Scott Matthews (Memorial University). ‘Why do some countries run persistent current account surpluses? Why do others run deficits, often over decades, leading to […]
Congratulations to Margaret Kohn on her successful SSHRC
May 22, 2014
Professor Margaret (Peggy) Kohn has been awarded a SSHRC grant for her project titled, Spaces of Civil Disobedience: From Sanctuary to Occupy. “Any juridical order needs places where it is possible to explore alternatives. Subaltern counter-publics are particularly important in a democracy where these spaces play a role in formulating and disseminating critical points of […]
Congratulations to Stephen Clarkson on his successful SSHRC
May 8, 2014
Professor Stephen Clarkson has been awarded a 5-year SSHRC grant for his project titled, “North America’s Engagement in a World of Regions: Bilateralism vs. Regionalism in Foreign Investment Protection Regimes (1988-2018)”. Clarkson’s most recent project addressing the inter-regional diffusion of rules and institutions promoting trans-national corporations’ investments in the Euro-American Triangle was supported by the […]