UBC Political Science

📣 Research roundup! In the past few months, our faculty members have published research on a variety of topics, from the effects of COVID-19 on ideological beliefs to the role of local knowledges in international peacebuilding. Check out their latest publications: https://buff.ly/4gOAuZT

Learn to conduct survey research that is accurate and reliable in UBC's Micro-certificate for Applied Survey Research. Gain a comprehensive understanding of the opinion polling process and how survey research can provide valuable insights for governments, businesses, media and organizations in our new micro-certificate delivered in partnership with UBC Extended Learning. Join our info session next week on Wednesday, January 15 to learn more about the course and have your questions answered by our instructors! ⏰ Time: 6:00 PM 💻 Online Register now: https://buff.ly/4gBoURH

Grow your career with specialized skills in attitudinal survey research! We've partnered with UBC Extended Learning to deliver UBC’s new Micro-certificate in Applied Survey Research: Methods & Practice. You'll gain an in-depth understanding of the opinion polling process with practical, hands-on activities that you can tailor to your area of interest. Delve into survey design, sampling, data analysis and more and emerge with in-demand skills! Join us at our January info session to learn more about the micro-certificate: https://buff.ly/4gyG4Pz 📅 January 15, 2025 ⏰ 6:00 PM (PST) 💻 Online

🎉 The biannual UBC Political Science alumni newsletter is here! Stay connected with the Political Science community and read all about: ✨ Alumni news 📅 Upcoming events in 2025 📜 Department updates 🌟 Special alumni features Check your email inbox now or email us at poli.communications@ubc.ca to join our mailing list! You can also read past issues on our website: https://lnkd.in/gCxacBV3.

📣 Exciting opportunity for current UBC students 📣 The UBC Data Science Institute is thrilled to announce that the 2025 Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) Fellowship Program is now accepting applications! This 14-week summer full-time program offers selected participants the chance to develop hands-on skills by working through the entire process of a data science research project - from data processing, analysis and modeling to communication. The DSSG fellows will be placed in teams and work on impactful projects with project partner organizations. They will work independently, with guidance from project sponsors, as well as mentorship from the DSI Scientific Director and/or Data Scientists. ✨ If you are passionate about using data to drive positive change, we encourage you to apply. We welcome applications from students of all backgrounds, especially those belonging to Historically, Persistently, or Systemically Marginalized (HPSM) groups (https://lnkd.in/gcbSdSfA). ✨ For more information about the DSSG Program: https://lnkd.in/gyDFHJu To apply: https://lnkd.in/gMpBz32p 🗓️ The application deadline is Friday, January 31, 2025. UBC Science UBC Faculty of Arts The University of British Columbia Women In Data Science (WiDS@UBC) Vancouver School of Economics at UBC UBC Computer Science UBC Statistics UBC Mathematics UBC Political Science UBC Faculty of Forestry UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems UBC Engineering UBC Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences UBC Physics & Astronomy

UBC professor and APF Canada distinguished fellow Yves Tiberghien spoke with Gloria Macarenko at CBC/Radio-Canada about the North Korean soldiers in Ukraine and the implications for the global conflict. Listen to the full interview below 🎧 https://shorturl.at/tJsP8 #APFCInTheNews

Why do people who are eligible for public benefits not take advantage of them? Prof. Vince Hopkins works to help people overcome the barriers that reduce uptake of government programs like EI and immigration settlement assistance through his research with UBC's new Stone Centre on Wealth and Income Inequality. Learn more ⬇️

Apply for Indigenous Strategic Initiatives funding to initiate projects that further the 43 actions of UBC’s Indigenous Strategic Plan. For support and guidance with your ISI proposal, attend an information session https://lnkd.in/gDcRaFVt

@ UBC Students: In the coming academic term, I will be running a student-directed seminar under the political science department, titled “Political Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence” (POLI344Z). The seminar will fuse classical texts in political philosophy — from theorists like Plato, Rousseau, Arendt, and Habermas — with contemporary debates in AI ethics, ultimately aimed at equipping students with the analytical tools to answer the question: how will AI change the ways in which we govern and are governed? AI continues to disrupt not only long-standing political conventions and structures, but also threatens to upend the very conceptions of power, justice, and legitimacy which lie at the heart of these practices. My hope is that students will leave this seminar with a clarified view on the actual perils and promises of AI in the realm of politics and a foundational degree of confidence to engage in debates or policy work on the subject matter in the future. The course is open to students from all faculties and majors in 3rd year or above. If you’re interested in registering, you can message me for more info or check out the course description on Workday. (https://lnkd.in/e5AFBMTA) Thank you to Dr. Yves Tiberghien and Dr. Jeffrey Byrne for co-supervising the seminar, as well as the UBC Political Science department and the team at UBC Centre for Community Engaged Learning (CCEL) for facilitating the process.

Join alumniUBC online on November 7 at 12:00 PM PT for a dynamic post-US election analysis with UBC Political Science experts Dr. Irene Bloemraad, Dr. Terri Givens, and Dr. Paul J. Quirk. Explore key factors that shaped the election, the outcome’s impact on Canada and the world, and what might come next. Register now! https://buff.ly/3BZJNqj