The Department of Political Studies congratulates two recent graduates of our undergraduate program, Jenna Ghassabeh and Olivia Batten, on their new jobs in Ottawa!
Olivia Batten joined the Government House Leader’s Office in Ottawa this fall as Press Secretary to Minister Karina Gould. Olivia graduated with a BA Honours in Political Studies this spring.
Department of Political Studies professor Oded Haklai explores how conflict in the Middle East could be resolved in this opinion piece in the Toronto Star on November 17, 2023: "Middle East peace: An unanticipated path amidst a crisis".
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In this article, Myanmar’s Higher Education Sector Post-Coup: Areas for Improvement in Interim Education Providers, Bella Aung examines challenges faced by the interim education system post-coup. This article was published in Tea Circle: A Forum for New Perspectives on Burma/Myanmar, hosted at the
Department of Political Studies PhD candidate Fikir Haile wrote this recently published book review in The Journal of Development Studies, reviewing Everyday Practices of State Building in Ethiopia: Power, Scale, Performativity, by Davide Chinigò (Oxford University Press, 2022).
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Department of Political Studies professor Oded Haklai contributed this opinion piece to the Globe and Mail on November 1, 2023: "Anti-Jewish bias has deeply permeated university culture".
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Date
Thursday November 9, 2023Location
Mackintosh-Corry Hall B201Date
Tuesday November 7, 2023Location
Via ZoomDate
Friday November 3, 2023Location
Robert Sutherland Hall Room 334
Biography:
Dr. Elizabeth Dubois (PhD, University of Oxford) is an Associate Professor and University Research Chair in Politics, Communication and Technology at the University of Ottawa where she runs the Pol Comm Tech Lab and is a member of the Center for Law, Technology and Society. She is also a Faculty Associate and former Fellow at the Berkman-Klein Center at Harvard University and an Affiliate at the Center for Information, Technology and Public Life at University of North Carolina. Her work examines political uses of digital media, including artificial intelligence, political social media influencers, and online harassment of public figures. In 2019, she co-led the Digital Ecosystem Research Challenge which brought together 18 research teams to examine uses of digital media in the 2019 Federal Election in Canada. She leads the multi-disciplinary Pol Comm Tech Lab which includes political scientists, computer scientists, and communication students. She collaborates internationally with non-profits, technology companies, journalists, and academics. She also hosts the Wonks and War Rooms podcast where political communication theory meets on the ground strategy. Her public writing has appeared in Maclean's, The Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, Policy Options, The Conversation, Salon and been featured in many others. Find her on Twitter @lizdubois, at www.polcommtechlab.com or check out her latest edited book, Citizenship in a Connected Canada.
Department of Political Studies professor Oded Haklai comments on the situation on the ground in Jerusalem following Hamas' invasion of Israel and the ongoing evacuation efforts.
Department of Political Studies professor Oded Haklai comments on what the situation has been like on the ground in Jerusalem over the past 48 hours.
