UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

See how your views align with Australian parties using Vote Compass. Use the Vote Compass website and make an informed choice in the 2025 Federal Election.

Use this interactive survey designed by political scientists to calculate your alignment with the candidate platforms.

During advanced voting for the 2025 provincial election, McMaster’s first student-run polling station got out the youth vote.

The only thing that will make getting around Toronto better is fewer cars and more people taking public transit, cycling or walking. There is no other way.

The energy giant has announced its strategy after rivals also rowed back on green energy plans.

Nonparticipation in democratic assemblies: factors, reasons, and suggestions

Donald Trump’s authoritarian regime did not take long to impose 1984-style thought policing and overt censorship on scientists and government agencies, forcing the removal of what amounts to thousands...

Donald Trump’s launch of his meme coin — coupled with low public understanding of crypto assets — could lead to financial losses from risky and speculative investments.

Local Newspaper Decline and Political Polarization – Evidence from a Multi-Party Setting - Volume 54 Issue 4

Community updates including Participedia School 2025, an upcoming Teaching Café, open-access articles, and more!

The spread of misinformation has emerged as a global concern. Academic attention has recently shifted to emphasize the role of political elites as drivers of mi...

Failure to Launch: Tracing the Trajectory of Democratic Innovation Adoption in Canada

Local governments play an important role in addressing the climate crisis. However, despite public support for climate action, local policy responses have been limited. We argue that (1) biased belie...

Governments seeking to address declining trust, increasing polarisation, and greater complexity in government policy have increasingly turned to democratic innovations to engage citizens. For practiti...

Failure to Launch: Tracing the Trajectory of Democratic Innovation Adoption in Canada

Across the democratic world, there’s a looming crisis: young people are staying away from polling stations and political offices. At the last Canadian general election, 54 per cent of Ontarians under ...