Institute of Political Economy
Discover our Programs
The Institute offers two programs.
Admission is competitive. Each year, the Institute attracts a small but outstanding cohort of students to our MA program from other Canadian universities and from abroad. We also partner with nine other Carleton departments in offering a collaborative PhD program. More information about graduate degrees is here:
MA Political Economy
The only degree program of its kind in Canada, will provide students with an interdisciplinary approach to the study of power and the (re)production of social relations in contemporary societies.
Collaborative PhD
Designed for Carleton University doctoral students in participating programs in the Faculties of Arts and Social Science and Public Affairs.
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MA Political Economy
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Research and Faculty
Seeing New Perspectives with Political Economy
Meet Dr. Randall Germain
Get to know one of our core IPE Professors for 2025-2026
Meet Jane Stinson
Learn more about our Work and Labour program
Placement in Political Economy
Learn about our placement opportunities from graduates of IPE.
Upcoming Events
Feb 6
Lessons Learned from 25 Years of Anti-Trafficking and Forced Labour Governance: Private Power and Public Policy
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11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
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120 University Private , Ottawa , ON
Feb 24
Seminar Series – The Political Economy of AI: Extraction, Climate Disinformation, and the Politics of Climate Governance
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3:30 PM to 5:00 PM
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Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS) , Ottawa , ON
Mar 24
Neoliberalism, Dead Again? On the Many Lives, Half-Lives, and After-Lives of an Unloved Idea
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11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
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Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS) , Ottawa , ON
Mar 27
IPE Student Conference-Radical Hope & Alternative Futures: Combatting Defeatism Through Revolutionary Imagination
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9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
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2017 Dunton Tower, Carleton University
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