Hamish van der Ven receives the 2014 Oran R. Young Prize
July 2, 2014
We congratulate Hamish van der Ven for winning the Oran R. Young Prize for his paper on The Correlates of Best Practice in Transnational Eco-Labeling as the best early-career paper of the 2014 Norwich Conference. The Oran R. Young Prize awarded by the Earth System Governance Project seeks to reward and encourage cutting-edge research on […]
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 […]
Faculty from the Political Science Department at the University of Toronto speak on behalf of their PhD Student, Alexander Sodiqov
June 23, 2014
Faculty from the Political Science Department at the University of Toronto speak on behalf of their PhD Student, Alexander Sodiqov Since 16 June 2014, University of Toronto PhD student Alexander Sodiqov has been detained incommunicado in Tajikistan. Faculty from the Department of Political Science, where he is currently pursuing a doctoral degree, speak […]
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.
Political Science students mentoring youth and volunteering at home and abroad
June 17, 2014
Many political science students will be crossing the stage of convocation hall in June with their undergraduate and graduate degrees. Three graduating political science students recently shared their stories with News.Utoronto.ca Kimberley Moore completed a double major in Sociology and Political Science at the University of Toronto Scarborough. Christine Farquharson will be leaving U of […]
Forum Research collaborates with the Department of Political Science
June 10, 2014
Forum Research, headed by Dr. Lorne Bozinoff, a former student of ours, recently donated to the Department a valuable collection of datasets from its library of political polls. The Forum Poll™ is among the most reliable sources of data on social and political issues at the municipal, provincial, and federal levels; its election polls […]
News.Politics – Spring 2014
June 9, 2014
We are delighted to present Volume 4, Issue 1 of NEWS.POLITICS at the University of Toronto – the bi-annual newsletter of the Department of Political Science. NEWS.POLITICS at the University of Toronto presents a host of stories that will fill you in on what’s new in the Department on all three campuses. It also includes […]
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 […]