Contagion Cultures Lecture Series: Kyle Hanniman

Date

Tuesday January 12, 2021
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Location

Virtually over Zoom, Link will be shared prior to the event.

Kyle Hanniman
Assistant Professor,  Department of Political Studies, 成人大片

One of the 成人大片 sources of Canada鈥檚 resiliency in recent years has been the public sector鈥檚 ability to borrow. It allowed us to run countercyclical deficits during the global financial crisis and to build bridges for struggling businesses and households during the current pandemic. But this capacity varies considerably across orders of government. The federal government is in a far better position than the provinces to stabilize its debt-to-GDP ratio. It is also less vulnerable to credit shocks. This asymmetry is not unique to Canada. Still, it poses special risks for us because of our unparalleled stock of subnational debt. Canada needs to slowly stabilize provincial borrowing, while ensuring other policy goals, including the provision of adequate services, investment, and fiscal stabilization, are met. This talk will discuss the sources of provincial debt and possibilities for stabilizing it going forward.    

Speaker Series: Olivier Jacques

Date

Friday January 21, 2022
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Location

Virtually over Zoom, Link will be shared prior to the event.

Details

Title: The political consequences of austerity: how incumbents (and future generations) lose from austerity

Speaker: Olivier Jacques, Skelton-Clark Post-Doctoral Fellow

Abstract: What policies do governments prioritize when they implement austerity? What are the political consequences of austerity? Many scholars in the political economy suggest that governments can implement austerity with impunity and that fiscal consolidations can help to reorient public expenditures toward productive investments. In contrast, I argue that governments choose the path of least resistance when they engage in fiscal consolidations. When governments implement austerity packages, they tend to prioritize policies benefiting large and influential constituencies and those offering short-term benefits, while cutting back on long-term investments. Using a compositional dependent variable analysis in 17 OECD countries from 1980 to 2014, I show that austerity, measured with the narrative approach to fiscal consolidations, is associated with a decrease in the proportion of public investment in research and development and gross fixed capital formation and an increase in health care and pensions鈥 proportion of budgets. Thus, austerity is detrimental to intergenerational equity as it leads to a decline of long-term investments. Regarding the political consequences of austerity, I show that spending cuts decrease government approval, especially during economic downturns, but tax increases鈥 impact on approval remains minimal. Finally, left- and right-wing governments are equally likely to lose approval after implementing austerity.  

Yusuf, Badriyya

Badriyya Yusuf, wearing a light coloured scarf and black jacket.

Badriyya Yusuf

Doctoral Candidate

She/Her

MA (University of Winnipeg), BA (International Islamic University Malaysia)

Political Studies

Doctoral Candidate

18by5@queensu.ca

Mackintosh-Corry Hall, C303

Supervisor: J. Andrew Grant

Brief Biography

Badriyya is an academic and practitioner of international politics and international development. Building on her academic background, she has worked on diverse issues of sustainable international development such as gender, health, post-conflict reconstruction, and digital inclusion with non-profit and non-governmental organizations in Canada, West, and South Africa. This work is evidence-based.

SSHRC recipient for her research, her dissertation focuses on intersections between Internet governance and digital taxation.

Research

Badriyya's research focuses on diverse issues of sustainable international development such as gender, health, post-conflict reconstruction, and digital inclusion with non-profit and non-governmental organizations in Canada, West, and South Africa.

Teaching

POLS 482  Seminar in Public Policy (Winter 2023)

Murphy, Michael

photograph of Michael Murphy

Michael Murphy

Buchanan Post-Doctoral Fellow

He/Him

PhD (OttawaU); MA (成人大片)

Political Studies

Post-Doctoral Fellow

michael.murphy@queensu.ca

Robert Sutherland Hall, 409

Brief Biography

Michael Murphy is a Buchanan Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Political Studies and a Digital Policy Hub Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (Waterloo).  He completed his PhD at the University of Ottawa and received an MA in the Collaborative Political and Legal Thought Program at 成人大片.

Research Interests

Michael's research for the Buchanan fellowship focuses on the health of local democracy, with particular attention to school boards and municipal government. As a researcher affiliated with the Queen鈥檚 Centre for International and Defence Policy, he is the PI of a series of grant-funded research project on the security implications of emerging technologies. He is also active in the scholarship of teaching and learning, and recently led the Active Teaching, Assessment and Evaluation in Political Science study as a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow. He is the author of two books and over forty peer-reviewed articles. His work can be found .

Teaching

POLS 463 International Relations Theory (Winter 2024)

ASCX400: Edward Burtynsky, Standing Whale Artist Group (co-instructor)

Honours Seminar in International Relations, University of Ottawa (x3)

Modern Political Thought, Part II, University of Ottawa

QPSSI 2017 featured in the 成人大片 Gazette

The Queen's Gazette has produced a feature highlighting the second year of the QPSSI program, which took place between June 30 to July 15 in 2017. The program combines a lecture-style education with the benefits of interactive learning through field trips that complement course material to educate international students about Canadian politics. At the completion of the program, students return to their home institution with the equivalent of a Queen鈥檚 one-term credit in Canadian Politics.

Article Category

PSGSA Conference 2017 - Participation and Polarization

Start Date

Friday May 12, 2017

End Date

Saturday May 13, 2017

Time

1:15 pm - 12:20 pm

Location

Sir John A. MacDonald Hall 128 Union Street, 成人大片 University

The Political Studies Graduate Student Association (PSGSA) is hosting a one-day graduate student conference centered on the ever-timely theme of Governance in Crisis? The Politics of Participation and Polarization with a special extra half-day focus on Political Participation in Canada at 150 Years. Our second annual conference will be held on May 12th & 13th, 2017, with support from the Department of Political Studies. Graduate students from across the social sciences will present their papers on panels organized by subject to generate dialogue between the presenters, and between the panelists, and the audience

We are excited to announce our two Keynote speakers:

Professor Edward Koning, University of Guelph
鈥婩谤颈诲补测
, May 12th at 1:15pm
"More Politicization than Polarization: Assessing the Rise of Anti-Migrant Parties in Europe"

Professor Melanee Thomas, University of Calgary
Saturday, May 13th @ 9:15am
鈥"Gender, Suffrage, and Political Participation: Assessing Canada at 150"

Registration is FREE

Please direct any inquiries to the conference planning committee: queens.psgsa.conference@gmail.com

PSGSA Conference 2016 - Borders and Belonging

Date

Friday May 6, 2016
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Location

MacIntosh Corry Hall

The Political Studies Graduate Student Association (PSGSA) is hosting a one-day graduate student conference centered on the ever-timely theme of The Politics of Borders and Belonging at Home and Abroad. This inaugural annual conference will be held on May 6, 2016, with support from the Department of Political Studies. Graduate students from across the social sciences will present their papers on panels organized by subject to generate dialogue between the presenters, and between the panelists and the audience. There will be an external keynote speaker (TBD) who will address the conference theme of 鈥渂orders and belonging鈥 in both the Canadian and the international context. This is the first graduate student conference hosted by the PSGSA and the intention is for the conference to become an annual event, eventually attracting graduate student scholars from across Canada.

Please see Queen's PSGSA for updated information about the conference along with a list of further questions that may help you consider papers to submit for this conference. Please address any questions or accessibility concerns to queens.psgsa.conference@gmail.com

Professor St茅fanie von Hlatky at TEDxQueensU

Date

Sunday January 29, 2017
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Location

Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts

Professor St茅fanie von Hlatky recently presented a TEDx Talk entitled "The Importance of Developing Your Foreign Policy" at TEDxQueensU 2017 to a full house of 成人大片 and Kingston community members.

You can view the full TEDx Talk online here: 

TEDxQueensU was held on January 29th, 2017 at the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts as part of a full day of speakers from the 成人大片 and Greater Kingston communities.