Lisa Young, PhD

PhD Political Science University of Toronto
MA Political Science Carleton University
BA (Hons) Political Science & Economics University of Winnipeg

Lisa Young

Areas of Research

Political Parties
Political Parties: party organization, party members, party activism, political mobilization, intra-party democracy, party systems, party finance, cartel party theory, candidate selection, political recruitment, campaigning, local campaigns, Canadian political parties.
Election Law and Political Finance
Electoral finance, party finance, campaign finance, political contributions, election law, cartel party, election finance regime, regulation of political parties, Canadian political finance, electoral administration, Elections Canada, electoral systems.
Women in Politics
Gender and politics, women’s political representation, election of women, gender and political recruitment, gender and political behavior, feminism, women’s political engagement, women’s movement.

Supervising degrees

Political Science - Doctoral: Accepting Inquiries
Political Science - Masters: Accepting Inquiries

Working with this supervisor

I am in an administrative position until 2020. I am open to co-supervising MA or PhD students with an interest in any of the fields listed here.

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