Our researchers

Our researchers

Department of Political Science researchers are involved with a broad variety of research interests.

Current researchers

  

Jean-Christophe Boucher (PhD Laval)

Jean-Christophe Boucher (PhD Laval)

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Fields: International Relations

Research Cluster:  Blades, Bombs, Bullets and 'Bots

Research Interests:

  • Foreign Policy Analysis
  • Canadian Foreign and Defence Policy
  • Conflict Analysis
  • Computational Social Science
Ian R. Brodie (PhD Calgary)

Ian R. Brodie (PhD Calgary)

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Fields: Canadian Politics

Research Clusters: Canadian Political Institutions; Elections and Representation; Legal Regimes and Politics

Research Interests:

  • Government
  • Politics
  • Governing
Gavin Cameron (PhD St Andrews)

Gavin Cameron (PhD St Andrews)

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Fields: International Relations

Research Clusters: Blades, Bombs, Bullets, and ‘Bots

Research Interests:

  • Strategic Studies
  • Terrorism
  • Nonproliferation of Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Weapons
  • Intelligence

 

Regina Cochrane (PhD York)

Regina Cochrane (PhD York)

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Fields: Political Theory; Comparative Politics

Research Clusters: Environmental Politics; Gender and Politics; Theorizing Beyond the Liberal Order

Research Interests:

  • Contemporary Political Theory
  • Feminist/Green Political Theory
  • Adorno versus Counter-Enlightenment Perspectives
  • Social and Global Justice

 

Barry Cooper (PhD Duke)

Barry Cooper (PhD Duke)

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Fields: Political Theory

Research Clusters: Blades, Bombs, Bullets, and ‘Bots; Theorizing Beyond the Liberal Order; Canadian Politics

Research Interests:

  • Western Political Philosophy
  • Prehistoric Political Symbols
  • Public Policy
Antonio Franceschet (PhD Carleton)

Antonio Franceschet (PhD Carleton)

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Fields: International Relations; Political Theory

Research Clusters: Human Rights Violations and Protections; Legal Regimes and Politics

Research Interests:

  • International Political Theory
  • International Organization
  • International Law
  • Ethics
Susan Franceschet (PhD Carleton)

Susan Franceschet (PhD Carleton)

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Fields: Comparative Politics

Research Clusters: Gender and Politics; Latin American Politics

Research Interests:

  • Comparative Public Policy
  • Women and Politics
  • Gender Policy in Latin America
  • Gender and Executive Office
Joshua Goldstein (PhD Toronto)

Joshua Goldstein (PhD Toronto)

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Fields: Political Theory

Research Clusters: Gender and Politics; Theorizing Beyond the Liberal Order

Research Interests:

  • History of Western Political Thought
  • Hegel’s Political Philosophy
  • New Natural Law Theory
  • Sexual Ethics
Maureen Hiebert (PhD Toronto)

Maureen Hiebert (PhD Toronto)

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Fields: Comparative Politics; International Relations

Research Clusters: Blades, Bombs, Bullets, and ‘Bots; Human Rights Violations and Protections; Legal Regimes and Politics;

Research Interests:

  • Political Violence
  • International Law
  • Human Rights
  • Public Law
  • Human Security
Rob Huebert (PhD Dalhousie)

Rob Huebert (PhD Dalhousie)

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Fields: International Relations; Canadian Politics

Research Clusters: Blades, Bombs, Bullets, and ‘Bots;

Research Interests:

  • Strategic Studies
  • Canadian Foreign and Defence Policies
  • Circumpolar Relations
  • Ocean Politics
  • Naval Studies
  • Foreign Policy Studies
Tareq Ismael (PhD George Washington)

Tareq Ismael (PhD George Washington)

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Fields: Comparative Politics; International Relations

Research Clusters: Human Rights Violations and Protections

Research Interests:

  • Foreign Policies
  • Domestic Politics of Middle Eastern Countries
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Adela Kincaid

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Fields: International Indigenous Studies Program

Research Clusters: Indigenous ways of knowing, doing and being; Environmental Politics, Post-secondary Education Policy

Research Interests:

  • Animal-human relationships
  • Applied community-based research
  • Land-based learning
  • Decolonization
Jack Lucas (PhD Toronto)

Jack Lucas (PhD Toronto)

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Fields: Canadian Politics

Research Clusters: Elections and Representation; Public Opinion

Research Interests:

  • Municipal Elections
  • Urban Democratic Institutions
  • Canadian Political Development
  • Urban Governance
Pablo Policzer (PhD MIT)

Pablo Policzer (PhD MIT)

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Fields: Comparative Politics

Research Clusters: Human Rights Violations and Protections; Indigenous Politics; Latin American Politics; Theorizing Beyond the Liberal Order

Research Interests:

  • Violence and Security
  • Governance
  • Democracy
  • Authoritarianism
Erica Rayment (PhD Toronto)

Erica Rayment (PhD Toronto)

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Fields: Canadian Politics

Research Clusters: Canadian Political Institutions; Elections and Representation; Gender and Politics

Research Interests:

  • Parliamentary Institutions
  • Women's Political Representation
  • Legislative Debate and Policymaking
Roberta Rice

Roberta Rice (PhD New Mexico)

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Fields: Comparative Politics

Research Clusters: Indigenous Politics; Latin American Politics; Environmental Politics

Research Interests:

  • Indigenous Movements
  • Protest and Democracy
  • Identity Politics
  • Civil Society and Collective Action
Anthony Sayers (PhD UBC)

Anthony Sayers (PhD UBC)

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Fields: Canadian Politics; Comparative Politics

Research Clusters: Canadian Political Institutions; Elections and Representation; Public Opinion

Research Interests:

  • Canadian Elections Database
  • Political Parties
  • Electoral Systems
  • Federalism
  • Australian Politics
David Stewart (PhD UBC)

David Stewart (PhD UBC)

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Fields: Canadian Politics

Research Clusters: Elections and Representation; Public Opinion

Research Interests:

  • Political Parties
  • Provincial Politics
  • Leadership Selection Removal
Terry Terriff (PhD London)

Terry Terriff (PhD London)

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Fields: International Relations

Research Clusters: Blades, Bombs, Bullets, and ‘Bots

Research Interests:

  • Change In US Military
  • The Changing Character of Warfare
  • US Security Policy
  • Nato/Transatlantic Security Issues
Melanee Thomas (PhD McGill)

Melanee Thomas (PhD McGill)

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Fields: Canadian Politics; Comparative Politics

Research Clusters: Elections and Representation; Gender and Politics; Public Opinion

Research Interests:

  • Elections
  • Political Behaviour
  • Public Opinion
Kim-Lee Tuxhorn (PhD Colorado)

Kim-Lee Tuxhorn (PhD Colorado)

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Fields: International Relations

Research Clusters: Public Opinion

Research Interests:

  • Political Economy
  • International Bargaining
  • Trade
  • Foreign Direct Investment
  • Economic Political Behaviour
Daniel Voth (PhD UBC)

Daniel Voth (PhD UBC)

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Fields: Canadian Politics; Political Theory

Research Clusters: Indigenous Politics; Gender and Politics; Legal Regimes and Politics; Theorizing Beyond the Liberal Order; Environmental Politics

Research Interests:

  • Métis Politics
  • Decolonization
  • Self-Determination
Lisa Young (PhD Toronto)

Lisa Young (PhD Toronto)

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Fields: Canadian Politics

Research Clusters: Elections and Representations; Gender and Politics; Post-secondary education policy

Research Interests:

  • Election Law and Election Finance
  • Political Parties
  • Women in Politics
  • Science Policy