Department News
“Korea’s expanding global role”. Seoul on May 8 with experts from Princeton, Australian National University and Keio University along with the Korean Development Institute and other groups including the Korean Presidential Committee on Green Growth. He will be speaking on “Canada’s Middle Power Model: Lessons for Korea”.
Professor Henstra Publishes Article in Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis Extreme weather events, such as unusually high or low temperatures, severe winds and heavy precipitation, pose a threat to people and property in cities, and are expected to become more frequent and intense as a result of climate change. Managing this risk requires effective climate adaptation policies – strategic courses of action designed to strengthen urban resilience to climate-related stress. City governments have a key role to play in adaptation policy design, but they appear to face challenges in marshalling political commitment and technical capacity. This article examines elements of urban climate adaptation policy targeting extreme weather and analyzes the policy development process in two major Canadian cities, Toronto and Halifax.
New Publication in the Globalization and Autonomy Series Edited by Professor Coleman, the latest publication in the Globalization and Autonomy Series has been released. Two Mediterranean Worlds: Diverging Paths of Globalization and Autonomy
Celebrity Diplomacy: Fad or Phenomenon? Professor Cooper appears on France 24's Beyond Business George Clooney, Bono, Angelina Jolie... They are all part of a growing "celebrity" diplomatic corps. We might be prepared to change our favourite brand of shampoo because of a celebrity endorsement – but are decision makers really changing their policy thanks to stars? And more importantly, should they be doing so?
(with Jennifer Clapp) “International Political Economy and the Environment: Back to the Basics?” International Affairs 88(3)(2012): 485-501 "The Limits of Incrementalism: The G20, FSB and the International Regulatory Agenda” Journal of Globalization and Development 2(2)(2012): 1-19
New Publication for Hochstetler - The Politics of Environmental Licensing: Energy Projects of the Past and Future in Brazil Kathryn Hochstetler has published an article on "The Politics of Environmental Licensing: Energy Projects of the Past and Future in Brazil" in the December 2011 issue of Studies in Comparative International Development. |
Faculty in the News
Gerard Boychuk Health Reform? Ottawa Must Provide Clarity (April 26, 2012) Gerard Boychuk Grey Zones: Emerging Issues at the Boundaries of the Canada Health Act (April 26, 2012) Bessma Momani Economic interests Give Assad Loyalists Stubborn Resilience (April 11, 2012) Bessma Momani & Xenia Menzies Canada abandons its principles in automatic backing for U.S. World Bank candidate (April 1, 2012) Andrew Cooper Does star power do any good? A Q & A on 'celebrity diplomacy .. (March 20, 2012) Bessma Momani Russia & China Provide Cover for Assad's Syria (January 31, 2012) Carin Holroyd & Bessma Momani (January 6, 2012) Andrew F. Cooper Middle Powers Can Punch Above Their Weight (November 4, 2011) Heather Roff & Bessma Momani The Tactics of Intervention: Why Syria will Never be Libya (October 25, 2011) Heather Roff & Bessma Momani The Morality of Robotic Warfare (October 5, 2011) Eric Helleiner Should We be Feeling More Secure (September 24, 2011) |
Professor Helleiner Publishes Two New Articles
Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
CIGI Chair and Professor of Political Science Kathryn Hochstetler and BSIA PhD student Manjana Milkoreit are attending the 17th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The COP meets from November 28-December 9 in Durban, South Africa. They are part of the CIGI delegation, and also conducting research for Hochstetler's SSHRC-funded grant to study the role of emerging powers in climate change negotiations.
Helleiner & Momani Contribute to Brookings High-Level Panel on FSB Governance
The Brookings-led panel of 14 of the world’s top financial stability experts features former finance ministers and central bank governors from Colombia, Spain, Thailand and Uganda, and includes CIGI Chair in International Political Economy Eric Helleiner and CIGI Senior Fellow Bessma Momani. Read More
Professor Boychuk - The Canada Health Act and Public Health Care: Disease or Cure?
Gerard Boychuk will be speaking at Mount Royal University- The Canada Health Act and Public Health Care: Disease or Cure? on Thursday, November 3rd at 2 pm in the Moot Court Room (EA 1031)
Professor Hochstetler Speaking at Sciences Po, Paris
Kathryn Hochstetler will be delivering two presentations on the role of emerging powers in global environmental politics in early November. At a international symposium on ecological debt at Sciences Po in Paris, she will speak about whether the rise of emerging powers like Brazil, India, and China affects understandings of ecological debt. At the conference "Human Rights and the Global Economy" at the New School in New York City, she will present a paper on Climate Rights and Obligations of Emerging States.
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Professor Kitchen Wins Prestigious Ontario Early Researcher Award
Veronica Kitchen was awarded a 2010 Ontario Early Researcher Award for the project Integrated counter-terrorism institutions in comparative perspective. The award is one of 13 awarded to the University of Waterloo and the only one awarded to a researcher in Arts. Dr. Kitchen is studying counter-terrorism units in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom to help us to understand how officials from different parts of the domestic security bureaucracy work together, and what effects this co-operation has for society. The research includes studies of best practices, ethical trade-offs, and will contribute to understanding the benefits and pitfalls of the disintegration of the boundaries between policing and security and domestic and international. The five-year grant will also fund opportunities for undergraduate and graduate student research and research assistance, and will include an outreach project involving high school students in a domestic security simulation
Political Science Welcomes Four New Faculty Members
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Assistant Professor BA (McMaster), MA (Dalhousie), PhD (UWO) |
Assistant Professor, Director of Master of Public Service Program BA (Windsor), MA (UWO), PhD (UWO) |
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Assistant Professor BA (Arizona), MA (Wisconsin) MA (Colorado), PhD (Colorado) |
Visiting Associate Professor BA (Peking), MA (Ohio), MA (Princeton), PhD (Princeton) |
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