Faculty Research Areas - Department of Political Science

Our faculty conduct research across a wide range of core political science fields, including Canadian Politics, Comparative Politics, International Relations, Local Government (Urban Politics & Local Governance), Political Theory, and Political Behaviour. The following sections highlight our faculty, grouped by major research areas and the expertise they bring to the department.

Canadian Politics

Christopher Alcantara
Canadian Politics
Indigenous Politics
Federalism
Public Policy

Cameron Anderson
Canadian Politics
Elections and Voting
Multilevel Governance
Public Opinion

Caroline Dick
Aboriginal Politics
Constitutional Politics
Difference Politics and the Politics of Identity
Legal Method

Laura Stephenson
Canadian Politics
Comparative Political Economy
Elections
Experimental Political Science
Institutions
Political Behaviour

Zack Taylor
Municipal Elections
Local Government and Public Policy
Local and Regional Planning
Local Public Finance (Ontario)
Metropolitan Governance
Politics in Toronto

Comparative Politics

Dave Armstrong
Polling and Survey Methodology
Protest and Social Movements
Statistics and Data Analysis
US Politics/Elections

Marta Dyczok
Politics and History of Eastern Europe
Politics and the Media
Post Communism
Ukraine

Amanda Friesen
Political Psychology Resilience and Efficacy Gender and Social Identities
Biology and Politics

Zack Taylor
Municipal Elections (Canada and the United States)
Local Government and Public Policy (Canada and the United States)
Local and Regional Planning (Canada and the United States)
Metropolitan Governance (Canada and the United States)

Mathieu Turgeon
Comparative Political Behaviour
Statistical, Experimental and Survey Methodology
Political Psychology
Public Opinion
Methodology

Sebastián Vallejo Vera
Comparative Political Institution
Racial Identity and Politics
Gender and Politics
Latin American Politics
Text Analysis and Machine Learning

International Relations

Adam Harmes
Business and Government
International Political Economy
Multilevel Governance

Matt Lebo
American Politics
The American Congress and the Presidency
Political Parties
Political Behaviour and Elections
British Politics
Political Methodology
Research Methods

Joanna Quinn
Transitional Justice
Truth Commissions

Erika Simpson
Nuclear Issues including Nuclear Waste and Nuclear Modernization
Nuclear and Conventional Arms Control and Disarmament
Canadian Foreign and Defence Policy: Institutions, like NATO and the United Nations
Peacekeeping and Peacekeeping Training
International Security and Ballistic Missile Defense

Blair Welsh
Armed Violence
Conflict and Displacement
Post-Conflict Development and Recovery

Local Government (Urban Politics & Local Governance)

Martin Horak
Comparative Urban Politics (Europe and North America)
Multilevel Urban Governance

Joe Lyons
Federalism
Municipal Politics and Administration
Special-Purpose Bodies

Zack Taylor
Municipal Elections (Canada and the United States)
Local Government and Public Policy (Canada and the United States)
Local and Regional Planning (Canada and the United States)
Metropolitan Governance (Canada and the United States)
Local Public Finance (Ontario)
Politics in Toronto

Political Theory

Nandita Biswas Mellamphy
Contemporary French Political Theory
Nietzsche
Post-Structuralism

Elizabeth Finneron-Burns
Future Generations
Contractualism
Human Extinction
Global Justice
Applied Ethics
Contemporary Political Theory
History of Political Thought
Applied Ethics

Charles Jones
Contemporary Political Theory
Equality
Global Justice
Human Rights

Political Behaviour

Amanda Friesen
Political Psychology
Resilience and Efficacy
Gender and Social Identities
Biology and Politics

Laura Stephenson
Canadian Politics
Comparative Political Economy
Elections
Experimental Political Science
Institutions
Political Behaviour

Canada Research Chairs

The Canada Research Chairs program was created by the Government of Canada in 2000. It is intended to help Canadian universities in retaining their most distinguished researchers, developing Canadian research expertise, and becoming world-class institutions for research and training.