UBC Political Science

📢 Calling all graduating Political Science students!

🎓✨ Celebrate your big day with us and join us at our Graduation Reception after your ceremony! 🎉

📅 Date: Thursday, May 21, 2026
🕒 Time: 3:30 PM – 5:15 PM
📍 Location: Jack Poole Hall, Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre (6163 University Blvd, Vancouver)

🥂 Enjoy light refreshments, fun activities, swag, and great company as we officially welcome you into the UBC Political Science alumni community!

No RSVP needed — just come by with your friends and family! 💚

"We must think of Earth and space as one interconnected environment." In this E-IR interview, Prof. Michael Byers discusses Arctic security, satellite governance, and the future of international law.

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Interview - Michael Byers Michael Byers explains how space, climate change, and conflict intersect and why global cooperation and context matter more than ever in international law.

New book out! Dr. Anna Jurkevics’s Contested Territory explores how democracy can work beyond sovereign borders, offering a bold theory of land and territory to tackle crises like migration, dispossession, and climate change.

Read more: https://buff.ly/Pi5uIAF

Dr. Ibrahim Muradov joins GWU’s Petrach Program to study how Ukraine’s resistance and possible U.S.-Russia shifts under Trump could reshape global power, challenge Defensive Structural Realism, and impact NATO and European security.

Learn more: https://buff.ly/XZTcHYX

📘 New publication by Dr. Paul J. Quirk: A sharp analysis of how Trump’s 2024 re-election challenges the foundations of American democracy.

Read more: https://buff.ly/0RPCgIF

Meet alum Ian Stone (BA’22) 🌍 With a background in Political Science & International Relations from UBC, Ian has built a global career rooted in education and public policy.

From working as a consultant with Deloitte’s Higher Ed Transformation team to supporting development initiatives in Kyrgyzstan through a fellowship with the Aga Khan Foundation, Ian is passionate about creating meaningful change. He’s also contributed to Canadian-Indo Pacific relations through work with the Asia Pacific Foundation and the Canada China Forum.

We spoke to Ian about shaping a career in consulting after a POLI degree. Read the full Q&A: https://buff.ly/m20xsI1

🇨🇦 Why did Canada adopt a feminist foreign policy?

A new study by PhD student Kim Beaulieu finds identity insecurity drove the move, using gender equality to boost global credibility.

Read more: https://buff.ly/h41xTvi

Meet Charis Kwan (BA'23), a UBC Political Science alum and current second-year law student at Queen’s University!

Charis has a passion for public service and advocacy, which she’s put into action through her work at Queen’s Legal Aid and the Queen’s Family Law Clinic—supporting underrepresented clients and gaining real-world legal experience. This summer, she’s heading to the Civil branch of the Crown Law Office in Toronto! 🇨🇦

“My Political Science degree prepared me for law school by strengthening my reading, writing, and analytical skills… all of which mirror the demands of law school.”

Read our Q&A with Charis: https://buff.ly/SUqCEKW

Meet alum Cole Evans (BA'23), now a consultant at Deloitte Canada, where he works on transformational organization design, governance, and operating model initiatives.

From leading the AMS through the COVID-19 pandemic to advising governments and billion-dollar companies, Cole’s work reflects his belief that consulting isn’t just “corporate fluff” — it’s about real impact.

“I’ve worked on projects that have improved public safety, supported the Canadian energy transition, and enhanced the way we work with foreign governments. These are consulting projects, but they also could just as easily be topics you might cover in a Political Science course," he said.

Read our Q&A with Cole to get his take on consulting as a post-graduation pathway for Political Science students: https://buff.ly/lqpNkHn

🎉 Congrats to UBC Political Science alum Pascale Massot (PhD’15) for winning the 2025 Peter Katzenstein Book Prize!

Her book China’s Vulnerability Paradox is reshaping how we understand global commodity markets and China’s economic rise.

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