CIPSS Speaker Series Winter 2026: Amitav Acharya (American University), "Once and Future World Orders, Why Global Civilization Will Survive the Decline of the West"

CIPSS Speaker Series Winter 2026 Inaugural T. V. Paul Lecture Series in International Peace and Security "Once and Future World Orders, Why Global Civilization Will Survive the Decline of the West" ​​​​​​​Amitav Acharya (American University) Friday, March 20, 2026 5:00 - 6:30 PM, followed by a reception Leacock 232

 

Competing land-use regimes and social-ecological transformation in the Gran Chaco (Yann Polain de Waroux, McGill University)

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #4 - Foundations of IP and Patent Searching

This workshop will demystify and explain the various form of intellectual property (IP), namely, patents, industrial designs, copyright, trademarks, and trade secrets. We will then do some actual patent searching using the DERWENT worldwide patent database. 

IHSE MEETING

IHSE Thursday Morning Meeting

(9:00 - 10:00) Daniel Tesolin, Associate Director, Research Ethics Overview of IRB process in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

(10:00 - 11:00)

CIPSS Speaker Series Winter 2026: Sam Ritholtz (Oxford) and Rebecca Buxton (Bristol), "The Way Out: Justice in the Queer Search for Refuge"

CIPSS Speaker Series Winter 2026 co-sponsored by McGill Refugee Research Group and Institute for the Study of International Development "The Way Out: Justice in the Queer Search for Refuge" Sam Ritholtz (University of Oxford) and Rebecca Buxton (University of Bristol) Thursday, March 26, 2026 12:30 - 2:00 PM Arts 160

Amy Handlan (Brown University), Title TBA

Amy Handlan (Brown University), Title TBA Friday, March 27, 2026 10:00-11:30 AM  Leacock 429

Host: Francisco Ruge-Murcia Field: Monetary Economics; Macroeconomics

CIPSS Speaker Series Winter 2026: Paul Beaumont (NUPI), "Quantification and its Discontents: Navigating the Era of Indicators in Global Governance"

CIPSS Speaker Series Winter 2026 "Quantification and its Discontents: Navigating the Era of Indicators in Global Governance" Paul Beaumont (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs) Friday, March 27, 2026 12:00 - 1:30 PM Leacock Room 429

 

 

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #5 - Market Research and Analysis of Competition

This workshop will provide an overview of the different types of market research, how to analyze the competition, and the resources available at McGill to perform market research. Our market research librarian will walk us through some of those resources using a new market research canvas tool.

Isabella Germinario (McGill University), Title TBA

Isabella Germinario (McGill University) Tuesday, March 31, 2026 12:00-1:00 PM Leacock 429

IHSE MEETING

IHSE Thursday Morning Meeting

(9:00 - 10:00)

(10:00 - 11:00)

Claudia Macaluso (Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond), Title TBA

Claudia Macaluso (Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond), Title TBA Friday, April 3, 2026 10:00-11:30 AM  Leacock 429

Host: Rui Castro Field: Macroeconomics

Anik Ashraf (LMU Munich), Title TBA

Anik Ashraf (LMU Munich) Tuesday, April 7, 2026 12:00-1:00 PM Leacock 429

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #6 - Customer Discovery

This workshop will provide an overview on the customer discovery process and then delve deeper into how to conduct customer interviews and how to iterate on your business model canvas.

Date: Apr. 7th, 2026 Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room - FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)

IHSE MEETING

IHSE Thursday Morning Meeting

(9:00 - 10:00)

(10:00 - 11:00)

Daniela Vidart (University of Connecticut), Title TBA

Daniela Vidart (University of Connecticut), Title TBA Friday, April 10, 2026 10:00-11:30 AM  Leacock 429

Host: Francesco Amodio Field: Applied Microeconomics