Faculty members and students in the Department of Political Science are affiliated with a number of research centres and programs, including the following:
Centre for International Peace and Security Studies
Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship (CSDC)
European Union Centre of Excellence (EUCE)
Institute for the Study of International Development
Inter-University Consortium for Arab and Middle East Studies
McGill Institute for the Study of Canada
Montreal Research Group on Constitutional Studies
Groupe de Recherche Inter-universitaire en Philosophie Politique