Research
A strong and diverse research program is a defining feature of our academic community. Our outstanding faculty has research interests that span the traditional fields of political science and is distinguished by its specializations in Canadian and North American political economy, Indigenous politics and governance, China and East Asian Studies, European Politics, peace and post-conflict studies, Gender and Politics, environmental politics and policy, colonialism and decolonization, continental political and social theory, and contemporary critical theories (feminist, critical race, and queer), among other areas.
The Department is currently home to five research Chairs: Dr. Yasmeen Abu-Laban holds a Tier I Canada Research Chair in Citizenship and Human Rights, Dr. Isabel Altamirano-Jiminez is Tier II CRC in Comparative Indigenous Feminisms, and Dr. Joshua St. Pierre is Tier II CRC in Critical Disability Studies. Dr. Mojtaba Mahdavi holds the Edmonton Council of Muslim Communities Chair, and Dr. Cressida J. Heyes holds a Henry Marshall Tory Chair.