海角社区 News - Dept. of Political Science /channels/news_feeds/all/term/poli_sci/rss en Two Members of the Yan P. Lin Centre newly inducted as Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada /channels/channels/news/two-members-yan-p-lin-centre-newly-inducted-fellows-royal-society-canada-359321 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Congratulations to Lin Centre (RGCS and RGGJ) members Arash Abizadeh and Daniel Weinstock, newly inducted as Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada!<br /> <br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">5 </span><span class="month">September </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 05 Sep 2024 17:01:45 +0000 webfull 202274 at /channels Critical thinking protecting Ukrainians against Russia's disinformation campaign /channels/channels/news/critical-thinking-protecting-ukrainians-against-russias-disinformation-campaign-340628 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>In disinformation campaigns, like the long-standing pro-Kremlin campaign targeted at Ukraine by the Russian government, who is most at risk of believing false information? A study led by 海角社区 and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) found that Ukrainians who engaged in more analytic thinking were less likely to believe the pro-Kremlin disinformation, even if they were generally pro-Russia.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/misinformation-ukraine-web.jpg?itok=6Rlc3l4g" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">4 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 04 Aug 2022 15:11:23 +0000 webfull 181139 at /channels Poverty reduction, evolutionary change, and laser cutting /channels/channels/news/poverty-reduction-evolutionary-change-and-laser-cutting-340113 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><img alt=" H. Borchers et al." src="//www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/files/newsroom/channels/image/laser-cutting.jpg" style="width:100%" /></p> <h6><em>Pac-Man carving by laser cutting. Credit: H. Borchers et al.</em></h6> <h2>A gentler, more precise laser cutting technique</h2> <p>Laser cutting techniques are usually powered by high energy beams, so hot that they melt most materials. Now scientists from 海角社区 have developed a gentler, more precise technique using low-power visible light.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">30 </span><span class="month">June </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 30 Jun 2022 17:24:23 +0000 webfull 180742 at /channels Young Alumni Supporting Crowdfunding Initiatives for 海角社区24 /channels/channels/news/young-alumni-supporting-crowdfunding-initiatives-mcgill24-338231 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The Research Group in Constitutional Studies is hoping to build a permanent endowment that will provide long-term funding for students.</p> <p><a href="/arts/article/young-alumni-supporting-crowdfunding-initiatives-mcgill24">/arts/article/young-alumni-supporting-crowdfunding-initiatives-mcgill24</a></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/rgcs_group_photo_2021.jpg?itok=NIIYLNH1" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">8 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 08 Mar 2022 17:33:48 +0000 webfull 178539 at /channels ISID congratulates Professor Manuel Bal谩n on his new edited volume, "Legacies of the Left Turn in Latin America" /channels/channels/news/isid-congratulates-professor-manuel-balan-his-new-edited-volume-legacies-left-turn-latin-america-320350 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>ISID is pleased to acknowledge the recent publication of <em>Legacies of the Left Turn in Latin America:聽 the Promise of Inclusive Citizenship</em>.聽 Co-edited by Professor Manuel Bal谩n of ISID and Professor Fran莽oise Montambeault of the Universit茅 de Montr茅al and published by the University of Notre-Dame Press, the book will have a formal local launch on February 21 at 4 pm at Bar A, 213, rue Rachel est.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/balan_and_montambeault_cover.jpg?itok=7OFLoTUf" width="160" height="236" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">11 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2020</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 11 Feb 2020 20:22:52 +0000 webfull 158654 at /channels Award-winning scholarship from RGCS /channels/channels/news/award-winning-scholarship-rgcs-300146 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Five recent books by RGCS faculty members have been recognized with prestigious prizes awarded by scholarly associations from around the world.</p> <p>聽</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">2 </span><span class="month">September </span><span class="year">2019</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 02 Sep 2019 13:06:27 +0000 webfull 152496 at /channels Recent reviews of book by RGCS faculty /channels/channels/news/recent-reviews-book-rgcs-faculty-300145 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><b>Reviews of Arash Abizadeh, <i>Hobbes and the Two Faces of Ethics</i></b></p> <p>聽</p> <p>Ioannis Evrigenis, in <i>Perspectives on Politics</i></p> <p>聽</p> <p><a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/S1537592719001889" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1017/S1537592719001889</a></p> <p>聽</p> <p>Devin Stauffer, in <i>Political Theory</i></p> <p>聽</p> <p><a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0090591719868430?journalCode=ptxa">https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0090591719868430?journalCode=ptxa</a></p> <p>聽</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">2 </span><span class="month">September </span><span class="year">2019</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 02 Sep 2019 13:05:01 +0000 webfull 152495 at /channels Visitors to RGCS, 2019-20 /channels/channels/news/visitors-rgcs-2019-20-300144 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Two visiting professors and one postdoctoral fellow will join the Research Group on Constitutional Studies this academic year.</p> <p>聽</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">2 </span><span class="month">September </span><span class="year">2019</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 02 Sep 2019 13:03:15 +0000 webfull 152494 at /channels Postdocs moving on /channels/channels/news/postdocs-moving-300143 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Congratulations to these postdoctoral fellows from the Research Group on Constitutional Studies and the Research Group on Global Justice who are moving on to new appointments in 2019-20!<br /><br /><b><a href="https://www.samuelbagg.com/">Samuel Bagg </a>(RGCS) </b>has been awarded a two-year Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship in Politics at Nuffield College, Oxford University.</p> <p>聽</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">2 </span><span class="month">September </span><span class="year">2019</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 02 Sep 2019 12:55:18 +0000 webfull 152493 at /channels RGCS: CFA Fulbright visiting chair, 2020-21 /channels/channels/news/rgcs-cfa-fulbright-visiting-chair-2020-21-300142 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>RGCS hosts a visiting Fulbright Chair for stays of one semester, extendable to up to one year. The Chair receives a stipend of $US 25,000, and is expected to be in residence at 海角社区 conducting research throughout the term of the award. The Chair will be a Fellow of RGCS during his or her stay, expected to take an active part in the Group's intellectual life, including regular participation and one presentation at the RGCS faculty and fellows workshop. There is no teaching requirement.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">2 </span><span class="month">September </span><span class="year">2019</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 02 Sep 2019 12:53:17 +0000 webfull 152492 at /channels