North American Natural Resource Governance
January 13, 2015
Professor Andrea Olive, who is cross-appointed with the Department of Geography, has recently published a new article in the Review of Policy Research. Her article: ‘Assessing Intergovernmental Institutions and Transnational Policy Networks in North American Resource Management‘ is part of this special issue that addresses the issue of transboundary natural resources governance in North America. […]
Paris attack exposes old colonial wounds
January 8, 2015
In the wake of yesterday’s developments in Paris, political science professor Randall Hansen, who is also appointed as the director of the Munk School’s Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies was quoted in an article in The Toronto Star on the debate between religious sensitivities and freedom of speech. To read the entire article, […]
Ebola: why we are worried for all the wrong reasons
January 7, 2015
Professor Antoinette Handley has published a research note that argues that the current fear over Ebola is largely misplaced. To read her thoughts on why, please read the entire post here
A Glowing Review for Carens’ work
January 5, 2015
The Ethics of Immigration, the latest book from Professor Joseph Carens, has received a glowing review by Sarah Fine in the November 28th edition of The Times Literary Supplement. In order to review the entire review, please click here. In November, Professor Carens co-authored an op-ed that was published in The New York Times entitled […]
More with Manzer
December 27, 2014
News.Politics: Being there at the beginning of a new campus must have felt special. Tell me what it was like in those early days. Manzer: I officially started teaching there in the 1965-66 academic year. I had just completed my dissertation but I had yet to defend it. When my wife and I arrived there […]
Gunitsky reports from Princeton
December 27, 2014
Reporting from Princeton This year I’ve had a chance to spend some time as a Fung Fellow at Princeton University. Housed at the Institute for International and Regional Studies, the fellowship brings together six early-career scholars who work on a particular theme, with Global Diffusion as this year’s topic. The interdisciplinary nature of the program […]
News.Politics Online Extras
December 27, 2014
Professor Robert Austin‘s Summer Abroad in Geneva Professor Seva Gunitsky reports on his time at Princeton More with Manzer: News.Politics speaks with Professor Ronald Manzer about the early days of UTSC
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 […]
Wiseman in the media
December 19, 2014
Professor Nelson Wiseman has been quoted in three recent news articles. The first is about the recent crossing of the floor of nine Wildrose MLA’s in Alberta. The second is his most recent column in Ottawa’s The Hill Times. He was also quoted in a piece on Global News regarding a look-forward on what to […]
On Shaky Ground
December 18, 2014
Professor Andrea Olive recently sat down with U of T Magazine to discuss the politically-sensitive issue of fracking. Her interview raises important points. In particular, a) How do we regulate what we don’t know? b) How do we legislate when there’s a risk that’s uncertain or unknowable? To read the entire interview, please click here […]