Globalization
Our Department has outstanding research strength in the area of globalization and transnationalism.
This strength within the department is complemented by links between various faculty members and graduate students with the Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition at McMaster University.
Karen Bird
Ph.D. Political Science, University of Minnesota, 1997
Professor
Karen Bird works on citizenship, multiculturalism and globalization.
Michelle L. Dion
Ph.D. Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel HIll, 2002
Professor | Senator Wm. McMaster Chair in Gender & Methodology
Michelle Dion specializes in globalization and social policy in Latin America
Catherine Frost
Ph.D. University of Toronto, 2000
Professor
Catherine Frost focuses on nationalism and political theory.
Nibaldo Galleguillos
Associate Professor
Nibaldo Galleguillos interests in globalization and democracy in the Global South.
Inder S Marwah
Associate Professor
Inder Marwah specializes on liberalism, imperialism and global relations in the history of political thought.
Stephen McBride
Professor | Canada Research Chair in Public Policy and Globalization
Stephen McBride holds a Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Public Policy and Globalization. His research focuses on the relationship between globalization, in particular new constitutional arrangements of global governance, and the autonomy and policy capacity of national and sub-national jurisdictions. Trade and investment, employment and social policy are areas of specific interest.
Peter Nyers
PhD Political Science, York University, 2002
Graduate Chair Department of Political Science | Professor
Peter Nyers's work specializes on refugees, citizenship and globalization.
Robert O'Brien
Ph.D. Political Science, York University (Canada), 1992
Professor
Robert O'Brien focuses on global civil society, labour and globalization.
Tony Porter
Professor/Associate Director IGHC
Tony Porter is interested in financial governance, business regulation, and globalization.
Alina Sajed
Associate Professor
Alina Sajed interests in cultural flows and globalization, women/feminisms, modernity and globalization.
Lana Wylie
Associate Professor
Dr. Wylie’s research focuses on Canadian and American foreign policy, Latin American and Caribbean politics with an emphasis on Cuba, international relations theory, and diplomacy and tourism.