Dr. Lisa Sundstrom
Professor, Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), global activism, democratization, gender politics,international democracy assistance, civil society, human rights, international relations, Russia and the former Soviet Union, NGO activism in both domestic and transnational politics
Media
Challenges to Democracy workshops video 2017
A video created by UBC organizers of three workshops on challenges of global democracy and human rights (Sundstrom appears at 3:37).
Institute for Research on Public Policy, MontrealRadio/Podcast
URL: https://soundcloud.com/irpp/po-podcast-20-democracy-promotion
Podcast episode with host Alex Shadeed, reflecting on Policy Options report on Canada's overseas democracy promotion policies written for IRPP by Lisa Sundstrom.
Irreconcilable tensions? Global human rights institutions and democracy
OpenGlobalRights.orgOnline
Introductory article to an ongoing series on this popular site for communicating research on democracy and human rights .
Biography
Lisa Sundstrom is a Professor, Political Science, at the University of British Columbia. She joined the department of Political Science in 2002 and teaches courses in international relations and comparative politics. Her regional area of expertise is Russia and the former Soviet Union, and her major research interests include democratization, human rights, the politics of international democracy assistance, and NGO activism in both domestic and transnational politics. She also maintains a research interest in comparative climate policy. Her 2006 book from Stanford University Press is based on extensive interview research, concerning the influence of foreign assistance programs on the development of women’s and human rights NGOs in Russia.