Jessica Trisko - New Assistant Professor

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Jessica Trisko as a new Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, starting July 1, 2012. Read More.

Milestones of our Graduates

Mike McGregor successfully defended his PhD thesis, "When voters decide: Causes, correlates and effects of the time-of-voting-decision." Congratulations Mike, and thanks to supervisors Drs. Laura Stephenson and Cameron Anderson. 

Professor Marta Dyczok - Mini Symposium

Professor Dyczok organized and spoke at a Mini-Symposium at the University of Toronto Munk School of Global Affairs on her research on Media and Memory. More.

New! Minor in Transitional Justice and Post Conflict Reconstruction

A new Minor in Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction has been approved, effective immediately.  Students engage in emerging debates surrounding transitional justice and post-conflict reconstruction, and to allow for real-world application of theoretical constructs and explanations relating to development, democracy, the environment, the economy, human rights, politics, peace agreements and justice before, at the time of, and post-transition. More.

Dr. Elizabeth Riddell-Dixon Scholarship

We are happy to announce Dr. Elizabeth Riddell-Dixon Graduate Scholarship. This was made possible by an anonymous donor who wanted to honour Elizabeth's fine research and teaching career.  Read more.

Retirement of Elizabeth Riddell-Dixon

A large contingent of colleagues, friends, and family gathered on April 13th to celebrate the distinguished career of Professor Elizabeth Riddell-Dixon. Read more.

Barnard Scholarship Program

The Department of Political Science is pleased to announce the Barnard Scholarship Program. More.

Milestones of our Graduates

Stephanie Vieille, a recent PhD graduate from our department (2011), published an article based on her doctoral fieldwork entitled: "Maori Customary Law: A Relational Approach to Justice," International Indigenous Policy Journal.  The article can be downloaded here. Congratulations Stephanie!

Jacklyn Neborak, fourth-year political science student, published an article in the National Post. The article was an assignment for the 2211E "Business and Government" Course.  More.

Members of the Political Science Association attended the Annual Canadian Political Science Students' Association Conference in Winnipeg, Manitoba. More.

Dr. Cristine de Clercy  - Presentation

Dr.  Cristine de Clercy gave a paper entitled: "Uncertainty and the General Interest in the U.S. Constitution: A Study of Embedded Power Relations" to the second World Congress of the Public Choice Societies meeting in Miami, Florida on March 10, 2012. See More.

Joanna Quinn Receives Faculty Scholar Award

March 14, 2012

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Joanna Quinn has been recommended for a Faculty Scholar Award. These awards are highly competitive, limited in number (only five in Social Science), and designed to recognize scholarly achievements of faculty members at a critical point in their careers. Dr. Quinn will be able to use the honarary title "Faculty Scholar" for the academic years 2012-2013 and 2013-2014. Congratulations, Joanna!

 Drs. Bob Young and Martin Horak Coedited A New Book
Drs. Bob Young and Martin Horak have coedited a new book entitled: Sites of Governance: Multilevel Governance and Policy Making in Canada's Big Cities. (McGill-Queen's University Press, June 2012). Congratulations Bob and Martin!See More.

 

Professor Joanna Quinn, Director of the Western University Africa Institute 

Comments on Joseph Kony's Video in the Montreal Gazette. More.

Milestones of our Graduates

Dr. Debra Chapman - New Book
Debra Chapman, a 2009 PhD recipient from the Department of Political Science, Western University,  has just published her first book entitled: The Struggle for Mexico: State Corporatism and Popular Opposition (McFarland, 2012). Congratulations Debbie! See More.

 

Milestones of our Graduates

Jeffrey T. Parker successfully defended his PhD thesis, "An Institutional Explanation of the Formation of Intergovernmental Agreements in Federal Systems." Congratulations Jeff, and thanks to supervisor, Dr. Bob Young. 

Professor Marta Dyczok

Comments on the USSR and Hockey in the Globe and Mail. More.

Professor Nandita Biswas Mellamphy - New Book 

 Professor Biswas Mellamphy has published a new book entitled: The Three Stigmata of Friedrich Nietzsche: Political Physiology in the Age of Nihilism. (Palgrave Macmillan Press, 2011). Since the early twentieth century, scholarly debate has revolved around the status of the "Political" in the thought of Friedrich Nietzsche. Following Nietzsche's call for a "philosopher-physician" and his own use of the bodily language of "health" and "illness"  as tools to diagnose the ailments of the body politic, this book is the first to offer a reconstruction of the concept of "political physiology" in Nietzsche's thought.  For more information see here.

Tom Deligiannis - New Publication

Tom Deligiannis has just published an article entitled: "The Evolution of Environment-Conflict Research: Toward a Livelihood Framework". Global Environmental Politics12 (1), Feb. 2012: 78-100. Click here for free download.  Congratulations Tom!

Milestones of our Graduates

Stephanie Vieille successfully defended her PhD thesis, "Rethinking Justice in Transitional Justice: An Examination of the Mãori Conception and Customary Mechanism of Justice." Congratulations Stephanie, and thanks to supervisor, Dr. Joanna Quinn. 

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Professor Dimitrov

Invited Lecture

Professor Rado Dimitrov was invited to lecture at the London School of Economics and the Grantham Research Institute of Sir Nicholas Stern. He presented his assessment of global climate policy and research on persuasion in world politics. Click here for more details.

UN Climate Change Conference

Dr. Dimitrov recently participated in the UN Durban Climate Change Conference negotiations in South Africa. Click here for more details.

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Professor Marta Dyczok

Cambridge University Workshop

Professor Marta Dyczok co-organized and spoke at the Cambridge University Workshop, "Independent Ukraine, Twenty Years On". Click here for more details. 

Symposium

Professor Dyczok organized and spoke at a symposium on her new research project; the Politics of Memory and Media at Harvard University on November 30, 2011. Click here for more information.

Invited Lecture

Professor Dyczok has been invited to give a lecture on her research, The Politics of History, at The Harriman Institute, Columbia University. Click here for more information.

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Milestones of our students - Awards

Congratulations to the following award winning recipients; Andre Wilkie, Monica Kozycz, Kimberly Cura, Keishia Fernandopulle, Phillip Henderson. Click here for more information.

Bruce Morrison - New Article

Dr. Bruce Morrison has just published an article in the prestigious journal, World Politics. The article is entitled: "Channelling the "Restless Spirit of Innovation": Elite Concessions and Institutional Change in the British Reform Act of 1832". Congratulations, Bruce, on publishing this fine and nuanced paper. Click here for the abstract of the paper.

Milestones of our Graduates

Asim Ali's Research Fellowship

We are pleased to announce that Asim Ali, a doctoral candidate in our department, is a holder of 2011-2012 Research Fellowship for Sovereign Wealth Fund Initiative (SWFI) at the Fletcher School, Tufts University. More...

Sarah Hannan's Doctorate

We are pleased to announce that one of our finest graduates, Sarah Hannan (BA06, MA 7), has completed her D.Phil. at the University of Oxford. More...

Professor Caroline Dick - New Book 

 Professor Caroline Dick has published a new book entitled: The Perils of Identity: Group Rights and the Politics of Intragroup Difference, (UBC Press 2011). The book which assesses how philosophical treatments of identity-based rights claims work to suppress respect for difference in the legal realm, has been described as a work that "significantly advances the debate around multiculturalism and group rights, some of the most pressing issues of our time." Congratulations Caroline! For more information see here.

Gordon McBean Named President-Elect of the ICSU

We are pleased to announce that Professor Gordon McBean has been named President-Elect of the International Council for Science. More....

Professor Salim Mansur - New Book 

 Dr. Mansur has published a new book entitled: Delectable Lie: A Liberal Repudiation of Multiculturalism (Mantua Books, 2011).

Comments from a few of the reviewers:

"Professor Salim Mansur is a man of exceptional courage, powerful insight, and possessed of both a delightful and engergetic prose style" - Rex Murphy, "the Point of View" on CBC The National and host of CBC Radio One, Cross Country Checkup. More...

Dr. Bruce Morrison - Conferences

Dr. Morrison presented work in September before the Boston Area Research Workshop on History, Institutions, and Politics at Harvard University. See link.

Professor Marta Dyczok - Award and Conferences

Dr. Dyczok has been awarded a Eugene and Daymel Shklar Research Fellowship at the Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University, for the autumn semester. See article here. 

On September 19, 2011 she participated in a Mini Symposium on Independent Ukraine 1991 to 2011. See article here. 

Aaron Moore - Milestones of our Graduate

We are pleased to announce that Aaron, (PhD 2009), is the 2011-12 holder of the Institute of Municipal Financial and Governance, (IMFG), Postdoctoral Fellowship, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. Aaron will be extending his current research into city planner's influence on planning policy and the politics of urban development. Congratulations, Aaron!

Dr. Veronica Schild - Award and Conferences

Dr. Schild received the "2011 Alumna of the Year Award" from the Department of Philosophy, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. Congratulations Veronica! More.

Dr. Schild also recently presented 2 papers at the following conferences:

 "Las mujeres pobres y el feminismo en la construcción de un nuevo estado de "cuidado' en América Latina." Posgrado en Estudios de la Mujer, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica. May 2011.

"Las mujeres pobres y la familia en la configuración de un estado neoliberal de "cuidado': Reflectiones críticas sobre una década de relaciones feministas con el estado." Encuentro Mesoamericano de Estudios de Género y Feminismos: Avances y retos de una década, 2001-2011, Guatemala City, Guatemala, May 2011.

Eric Sayers - Milestones of our Graduate

Eric Sayers completed his BA and MA in Political Science at the University of Western under the supervision of Dr. Don Abelson. He was recently chosen by the Diplomatic Courier and Young Professionals in Foreign Policy in the Fall issue as one of the "Top Most Influential Professionals under 33". Congratulations Eric! Read article.

Dr. Nandita Biswas Mellamphy - Conferences

Dr. Biswas Mellamphy has returned from Épineuil-le-Fleuriel, France, where she and Dr. Dan Mellamphy presented papers for the Ars Industrialis and Pharmakon.Fr societies at the invitation of French political philosopher Bernard Stiegler. More.

Professor Marta Dyczok's 3 Recent Publications

The Wall Street Journal published Professor Marta Dyczok's op-ed. (The Ukrainian Blues (and Yellows). What's changed and what hasn't in the 20 years since independence. Read article in the Wall Street Journal.

The Kyiv Post published an article on the changes in the Ukraine since 1991. More.

The Ukraine Watch published a blog on the arrest of the former Ukraine's Prime Minister. Read article in the Ukraine Watch.

Aarti Patel - Milestones of our Graduate

Congratulations to Aarti Patel, a recent graduate, More...

Dr. Erika Simpson - Conferences

Dr. Erika Simpson has returned from conducting interviews at NATO, More...

Social Science Award Winners

We are pleased to announce the Political Science Graduating Students [MORE]

Teaching at  Xiamen University in China

Drs. Bob Young and Andrew Sancton taught courses [MORE]

Milestones of our Graduates - Scholarship Winners

Congratulations to our PhD candidates who succeeded in the recent SSHRC and OGS competitions....[MORE]

Scholarship Winner

We are proud to announce that one of our Honors students, Jennifer Ye Won Kim, has won a prestigious scholarship from the Korean Canadian Scholarship Foundation...[MORE]

Recipients of the Agnes Cole Dark Fund

Professors Adam Harmes and Pietro Pirani are the recipients of awards from the Agnes Cole Dark Fund for 2011-2012...[MORE]

Recipients of the Social Science Alumni Research Awards

The following faculty members have been awarded the Social Science Alumni Research Award for 2011-2012: Martin Horak, Erika Simpson, and Richard VandeWetering...[MORE]

Milestones of our Graduates - Appointed to a Tenure-Track Position

We are pleased to announce that, on July 1, 2011, Dr. Anna Esselment (PhD 2009) will be starting a tenure-track position in the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo...[MORE]

Donald Abelson’s Recent International Scholarly Activities

On May 12th, 2011 Don Abelson was interviewed by L'Observatoire Français des Think Tanks in Paris on the role and influence of think tanks in the United States...[MORE]

Invitation to discuss Marshall McLuhan's Legacy

As part of the European centenary celebrations of the Canadian political media theorist Marshall McLuhan (McLuhan in Europe 2011), Dr. Nandita Biswas Mellamphy has been invited by the Canadian Embassy in Berlin and the German-Canadian Professionals Association to discuss McLuhan's legacy on May 27, 2011...[MORE]

New Book by Andy Sancton

Professor Andy Sancton has just published a new book, Canadian Local Government: An Urban Perspective (Oxford University Press, 2011)...[MORE]

PSA Event: Lecture given by Mayor of London, Joe Fontana

The Political Science Association presents the Mayor and former Liberal MP, Joe Fontana who will give a lecture on March 29 at 7:00 pm, UCC 315. All are welcome to this special event.

Annual Reception for Faculty Authors

Dr. Nandita Biswas Mellamphy is participating in the UWO Bookstore's Annual Reception for Faculty Authors on April 7th, 2011 at 7:00 pm. Dr. Biswas Mellamphy recently published her first book, 'The Three Stigmata of Friedrich Nietzsche: Political Physiology in the Age of Nihilism'...[MORE]

Milestones of our Graduates - Presented at the ISA Convention 2011

Asim Ali, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science, delivered a paper entitled Sovereign Wealth Funds: International Political Economy of the Strategic State at the 2011-International Studies Association Convention on a panel on "Governing Financial Markets."...[MORE]

"21st Century Leadership - A Contrarian View"

Dr. Barbara Kellerman will give a free public lecture about political leadership: "21st Century Leadership - A Contrarian View" Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at 1:30 pm in room 146 of the University Community Centre (UCC)...[MORE]

Department Scholars attending International Studies Association Annual Convention in Montreal, March 16-19

Several faculty and students from the Department will present papers at the 2011 Annual Convention of the International Studies Association in Montreal, March 16-19...[MORE]

Major International Research Project

Dr. Laura Stephenson is part of a major international research project investigating the workings of electoral democracy, 'Making Electoral Democracy Work'...[MORE]

Canada-U.S. Institute to Host Ralph Nader

On March 15, 2011, Western's Canada-U.S. Institute will host consumer advocate, lawyer, presidential candidate, and author Ralph Nader. Ralph Nader has been named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 "Most Influential Americans in the Twentieth Century."[MORE]

Understanding Bentham

A video featuring Professor Doug Long talking about Bentham. While on Sabbatical last year Professor Long spent time at University College London (England) preparing selections from the manuscripts of Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), the father of English utilitarianism, for publication.