IPEN

The International Political Economy Research Network brings together Ottawa-based scholars, students and practitioners interested in understanding the political, social and cultural dynamics of the global economy.

Our members are drawn from a multitude of different disciplinary and theoretical backgrounds and address very different kinds of problems in their research.  Some focus on very concrete problems and solutions, seeking to make sense of past and present economic problems such as the recent financial crisis, poverty or economic refugees.  Others ask much broader, more philosophical questions about how what it means to be an economic actor, or how we can understand the economy in symbolic terms.

The IPE Network is designed to link those in Ottawa with an interest in political economic issues through a variety of events.

Network Coordinators

Jacqueline Best, School of Political Studies

Pascale Massot, Coordinator, School of Political Studies

Christopher Huggins, School of International Development and Global Studies

Ryan Katz-Rosene, School of Political Studies

 

Upcoming Events

The Rise of Nature-Related Risks and the Climatization of Biodiversity

Presented by CIPS and the International Political Economy Network (IPEN) The concept of ‘nature-related risks’ has emerged over the last five years...

Feb 6th, 2025

How the Insurance Sector is Practically Ignorant to Climate Risks: Anosognosic to Uncomfortable Knowledge 

Presented by CIPS and the International Political Economy Network (IPEN) As social scientists continue to contend with almost ceaseless crises, scholars have...

Feb 27th, 2025

Past Events

Motivations Behind Donor Funding Refusal: Towards a Typology of Principled Refusal

Presented by CIPS and the International Political Economy Network (IPEN) NGOs are perceived as organisations that are always seeking funding. However, there...

Jan 16th, 2025

Karl Polanyi and Critical IPE: Great Transformations, the State and the Importance of Controlling the ‘Rate of Change’

Presented by CIPS and the International Political Economy Network (IPEN) The work of Karl Polanyi has figured prominently over the past two...

Dec 3rd, 2024

Territorial Operators: Companies and the Co-construction of Mining Communities

Presented by CIPS and the International Political Economy Network (IPEN) Companies have often been portrayed as “deterritorializing actors” that threaten and undermine...

Nov 14th, 2024

Book Launch – China’s Vulnerability Paradox: How the World’s Largest Consumer Transformed Global Commodity Markets

Presented by CIPS and the International Political Economy Network (IPEN) In China’s Vulnerability Paradox, Pascale Massot unveils market power dynamics between Chinese...

Oct 8th, 2024

Book Talk – The War for Chinese Talent in America: The Politics of Technology and Knowledge in Sino-U.S. Relations

Presented by CIPS and the International Political Economy Network (IPEN) The War for Chinese Talent in America documents China’s ‘no-holdsbarred’ effort to...

Oct 7th, 2024

A Talk by Anu Bradford – Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology

Presented by CIPS, the CN-Paul M. Tellier Chair on Business and Public Policy, the Centre for Law, Technology and Society, the Hyman...

Apr 19th, 2024

Technocratic Tendencies? Canada’s Quantum Policy and Critical International Relations Theory

Presented by CIPS and the International Political Economy Network (IPEN) Canada’s official strategic documents relating to quantum policy frequently refer to the...

Mar 21st, 2024

Why is it Necessary to Review the Bank of Canada Act?

Presented by CIPS, International Political Economy Network (IPEN) and the Economics Department at the University of Ottawa The pandemic, and particularly, the...

Feb 27th, 2024

Mapping Blended Finance: What Is the Experience of Canadian Development Cooperation Organizations?

Presented by CIPS and the International Political Economy Network (IPEN) Blended finance is a controversial aspect of contemporary aid policy. Promoters argue...

Feb 8th, 2024

Past Projects

CIPS Blog

Read the frequent contributions from IPEN members:

Rita Abrahamsen
Jacqueline Best
Patrick Leblond
Errol Mendes
Matthew Paterson