McGill Political Science has jumped to #35 in the world in the 2026 QS World University Rankings by Subject. Last year McGill was ranked #44. We are ranked #3 in Canada, and #6 among public universities in North America. www.topuniversities.com/university-s...

New journal article available in open access: “Historical Institutionalism and Transnational Influence: Social Policy Responses to the Great Depression in the United States and Canada” onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @mcgillpolisci.bsky.social @cpsa-acsp.bsky.social @mcgillarts.bsky.social

Associate Professor @popovaprof.bsky.social has been appointed to the Hiram Mills Chair. This is one of the oldest endowed chairs at McGill, historically supporting excellence in the humanities and social sciences. Congratulations, Prof Popova!

The documentary "Mama's Voice" (Ukraine/Canada 2025) had its Montreal premiere at McGill. The screening took place in @popovaprof.bsky.social 's POLI 331 class. The co-producers, Larysa Iarovenko and Dmytro Konovalov introduced the film and answered questions after the screening.

Prof Juliet Johnson has won this year's Distinguished Scholar Award from the ISA's International Political Economy section. Congratulations, Prof Johnson! @excubs.bsky.social www.isanet.org/News/ID/6651...

Longtime Political Science department member, former Dean of Arts, and current associated faculty member Antonia Maioni will be taking on a new role as President of John Cabot University in Rome, starting July 1. Congratulations to her on this important honour, opportunity, and responsibility!

Of the 91 finalists from around the world for the McCall MacBain Scholars Scholarships, Canada’s largest leadership-based scholarships for master’s and professional studies, two are recent department alums: Leo Brown BA '25 and Plem Kijamba Lushemba BA '25. 1/3

A virtual event with Profs Daniel Beland and Maria Popova, as well as professors from the Max Bell School and Cambridge on a very timely topic.

mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/all-eyes-on-... A conversation with Diamond-Brown Professor of Democratic Studies Juan Pablo Luna about the ouster of former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and the wider ramifications it holds for the region.

New from Prof Daniel Beland

New article from Prof Arash Abizadeh ""Elicitory Structural Power and Agential Power: An Outline and Defense" jesp.org/index.php/je...

A major essay from @debthompsonphd.bsky.social in the Globe and Mail, looking back at what the first year of Donald Trump's return to the presidency has wrought. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... or for access on campus global-factiva-com.proxy3.library.mcgill.ca/redir/defaul...

Sharing this new @irpp.org paper on #internaltrade by Diya Jiang, @trevortombe.bsky.social and I: “The Politics of Internal Trade: Narratives, Public Opinion and Canadian Federalism” @mcgillpolisci.bsky.social @cpsa-acsp.bsky.social centre.irpp.org/research-stu...

New article from Associate Professor Maria Popova on Ukraine's anti-corruption reforms and EU accession.

🎤 #Conférence 👤 D. Azpuru, Wichita University ➡️ Why do Latin American Citizens Support Populist Presidents? 📅 2026|01|16, 15h – 17h 📍 McGill - Thomson House - Ballroom En savoir plus • Read more ⬇️ csdc-cecd.ca/serie-de-con... @mcgillpolisci.bsky.social @sciencepo-udem.bsky.social

Canada Impact Chair at McGill: Full professors of advanced associate professors with research interests that include "democratic and community resilience" living and working outside of Canada, Review of applications will begin January 26. mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill... #polisky

for Ukraine and its real allies to look for an alternative framework for negotiations with an objective mediator, or to simply invest fully in seeking Russia’s defeat. www.policymagazine.ca/the-russia-u...

From my latest column: "Ukraine continues its effective military resistance on the battlefield and- shamefully for all of the free world that Donald Trump pretends to lead- now has to take part in the diplomatic charade that Trump and Putin are orchestrating. It is time...

End of 2025 alumni newsletter. Please consider making a year-end gift at www.alumni.mcgill.ca/give/?new=1&...

Maria Popova argues the US–Russia draft isn't a peace plan, but a "Russian-penned settlement" designed to win at the table what Moscow failed to win on the battlefield. @popovaprof.bsky.social, @mcgill.ca, @mcgillpolisci.bsky.social discusses: faculti.net/the-latest-p... #analysis #russian #ukraine

New Centre for Global Chinese Studies launches led by Associate Professor of Political Science Juan Wang! www.mcgill.ca/global-engag...

#polisky Full or advanced associate professors studying "Democratic and community resilience" and currently living and working outside Canada are invited to apply for a Canada Impact+ Chair at McGill. mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...

A new op-ed on the Russo-Ukrainian war and the ongoing negotiations by PhD candidate Anastasia Leshchyshyn and Associate Professor Maria Popova.

www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl... Diamond-Brown Professor of Democratic Studies Juan Pablo Luna interviewed in the Globe & Mail about the upcoming Chilean election.

Check out this interview with Prof Amy Janzwood about her new book “Mega Pipelines, Mega Resistance: Tar Sands, Social Movements, and the Politics of Energy Infrastructure” www.mcgill.ca/arts/article...

Two major new books out from department faculty! Mega Pipelines, Mega Resistance: Tar Sands, Social Movements, and the Politics of Energy Infrastructure Assistant Prof Amy Janzwood UBC Press Disjunctures: Indigenous Redirections in Political Theory Associate Prof Yann Allard-Tremblay OUP

On Giving Tuesday, if your McGill Political Science degree helped you on your way, please give back so that current and future students can get the same opportunities! www.alumni.mcgill.ca/give/?new=1&...

🎤 #Conférence - Speaker Series 👤 A. Lawlor, McMaster University ➡️ Judicial Legitimacy under Threat 📅 2025|12|05, 15h – 17h 📍 @umontreal.ca - Pav. Lionel-Groulx, C-2059 ✍️ Inscription • Registration ⬇️ csdc-cecd.ca/serie-de-con... @mcgillpolisci.bsky.social @sciencepo-udem.bsky.social

A new co-edited book by Professor Béland‬. Check it out!

New column by Associate Professor Debra Thompson in the Globe and Mail: www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

4 days. 0 excuses. 😉 👉 Submit your work shorturl.at/AgUow 📣 #CPSA_ACSP26 @queenspols.bsky.social @westernupolisci.bsky.social @jlisayoung.bsky.social @mcgillpolisci.bsky.social @ecsac.bsky.social @jplewis.bsky.social @isaluciecote.bsky.social @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social @alexmarland.bsky.social

5 days. 0 excuses. 😉 👉 Submit your work shorturl.at/AgUow 📣 #CPSA_ACSP26 @queenspols.bsky.social @westernupolisci.bsky.social @jlisayoung.bsky.social @mcgillpolisci.bsky.social @ecsac.bsky.social @jaredwesley.ca @isaluciecote.bsky.social @jonathanmalloy.bsky.social

"From Democratic Resilience to Recession" The conference begins on Monday! Keynote addresses by Steven Levitsky, Ashley Jardina, and Robert Mickey. Tuesday is sold out, but there are still a few registration spots available for Monday: alumni.mcgill.ca/aoc/events-t...

Check out Professor Yann Allard-Tremblay's new book, now available from Oxford University Press. You can read the introductory chapter for free here: academic.oup.com/book/60793/c...

New article from Professor Juliet Johnson (Political Science) and Professor Benjamin Forest (Geography) "Aspirational Iconography: The European Union Flag as an Extraterritorial Political Symbol”, available open access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

See you tonight!

Associate Professor Debra Thompson @debthompsonphd.bsky.social has been renewed as Canada Research Chair in Racial Inequality in Democratic Societies for a second five-year term. www.mcgill.ca/arts/article... @mcgillarts.bsky.social

Amy Janzwood @amyjanzwood.bsky.social 's book _Mega Pipelines, Mega Resistance_ is coming out soon from UBC Press. A book launch will be held Nov 26, 4:30-5:30 pm, Thomson House; she will be in conversation about the book with Darin Barney. Open to all, RSVP at www.eventbrite.ca/e/book-launc...

A few alum tickets are still left for this Poli Sci Homecoming roundtable next week with @excubs.bsky.social @danielbeland.bsky.social @popovaprof.bsky.social @debthompsonphd.bsky.social @jacobtlevy.bsky.social Reserve: www.eventbrite.ca/e/democracy-... Give: www.alumni.mcgill.ca/give/?new=1&...

Fall 2025 newsletter (Now updated with the correction that *nine,* not eight, of the 343 seats in the parliament elected this year are held by alumni of the department.)

Congratulations to today's graduates! www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXhA...

And (separately) registration is still open for the alumni Homecoming week roundtable "Democracy under Pressure: What’s at Stake for Canada and the World" www.eventbrite.ca/e/democracy-...

Registration is open for the inaugural conference for the Diamond-Brown Chair in Democratic Studies! "From Democratic Resilience to Recession: Global and Canadian Perspectives on Authoritarian Backsliding." alumni.mcgill.ca/aoc/events-t...

Registration is open for the inaugural conference for the Diamond-Brown Chair in Democratic Studies! "From Democratic Resilience to Recession: Global and Canadian Perspectives on Authoritarian Backsliding." alumni.mcgill.ca/aoc/events-t...

Assistant Professor @amyjanzwood.bsky.social is among the experts featured on this CBC "Ideas with Nahlah Ayed" episode on building pipelines and fighting climate change, and public opinion that seems to want both. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...