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Will Kymlicka

Will Kymlicka

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Political Science
Canada
2026
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Law and Political Science
Canada
2023

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Political Science

D-Index
76
Citations
40200
World Ranking
32
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Political Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Political Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Political Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2004 - Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Prize, Canada Council
  • 2003 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of the Arts and Humanities
  • 1996 - Ralph J. Bunche Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)

Overview

Will Kymlicka is affiliated with Queen's University in Canada and specializes in the social sciences, with a particular focus on sociology, political science, and related subfields such as geography, planning, development, genetics, and education. Their research spans multiple topics, including migration, refugees, integration, social policy and reform studies, geographies of human-animal interactions, human-animal interaction studies, electoral systems, political participation, social and intergroup psychology, and political philosophy and ethics.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Kymlicka include:

  • "The Precarious Resilience of Multiculturalism in Canada" (2021, The American Review of Canadian Studies)
  • "Membership Rights for Animals" (2022, Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement)

Other prominent publications linked to their research network include:

  • "Shared Membership Beyond National Identity: Deservingness and Solidarity in Diverse Societies" (2021, Political Studies)
  • "Nationalism, Membership and the Politics of Minority Claims-Making" (2022, Canadian Journal of Political Science)
  • "Doing Politics with Animals" (2023, Social research)

Kymlicka frequently collaborates with several scholars, including Keith Banting, Allison Harell, Sue Donaldson, Ян Шапиро, and Simone Chambers.

The scholar's book publications span notable academic presses such as New York University Press eBooks, Nomos, and University of Michigan Press. Titles include:

  • Ethnicity and Group Rights (2020, New York University Press eBooks)
  • Mensch - Tier - Gott (2021, Nomos)
  • When Protest Makes Policy (2022, University of Michigan Press)

The researcher's work has been recognized with multiple awards, including the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Prize from the Canada Council (2004), election as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in the Academy of the Arts and Humanities (2003), and the Ralph J. Bunche Award from the American Political Science Association (1996).

Best Publications

  • Multicultural Citizenship: A Liberal Theory of Minority Rights

    Will Kymlicka

  • Contemporary Political Philosophy: An Introduction

    Will Kymlicka

  • Politics in the Vernacular: Nationalism, Multiculturalism and Citizenship

    Will Kymlicka

  • Multicultural Citizenship

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  • Return of the Citizen: A Survey of Recent Work on Citizenship Theory

    Will Kymlicka;Wayne Norman

  • Zoopolis: A Political Theory of Animal Rights

    Sue Donaldson;Will Kymlicka

  • Politics in the Vernacular

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  • The Rights of Minority Cultures

    Will Kymlicka

  • The Rights of Minority Cultures

    Subhas Ramcharan;Will Kymlicka

  • EL RETORNO DEL CIUDADANO. UNA REVISIÓN DE LA PRODUCCIÓN RECIENTE EN TEORÍA DE LA CIUDADANíA

    Will Kymlicka;Wayne J. Norman

  • Multiculturalism and the Welfare State: Recognition and Redistribution in Contemporary Democracies

    Keith G. Banting;Will Kymlicka

  • Liberal individualism and liberal neutrality

    Will Kymlicka

  • The rise and fall of multiculturalism? New debates on inclusion and accommodation in diverse societies

    Will Kymlicka

  • Contemporary Political Philosophy

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  • Language Rights and Political Theory

    Will Kymlicka;Allan Patten

  • Citizenship in diverse societies

    Will Kymlicka;Wayne Norman

  • Citizenship in Culturally Diverse Societies: Issues, Contexts, Concepts

    Will Kymlicka;Wayne Norman

  • Finding Our Way: Rethinking Ethnocultural Relations in Canada

    Royden Loewen;Will Kymlicka

  • Can Liberal Pluralism Be Exported?: Western Political Theory and Ethnic Relations in Eastern Europe

    Will Kymlicka;Magdalena Opalski

  • Do Multiculturalism policies erode the welfare state? An empirical analysis

    Keith Banting;Richard Johnston;Will Kymlicka;Stuart Soroka

  • Multicultural States and Intercultural Citizens

    Will Kymlicka

  • Immigration, Multiculturalism, and the Welfare State

    Will Kymlicka;Keith Banting

  • Multiculturalism and the Welfare State

    Keith Banting;Will Kymlicka

  • Is there really a retreat from multiculturalism policies? New evidence from the multiculturalism policy index

    Keith Banting;Will Kymlicka

  • Politics in the Vernacular

    Will Kymlicka

  • Multicultural Citizenship: A Liberal Theory of Minority Rights.

    James Nickel;Will Kymlicka

  • Liberalism, Community and Culture.

    Margaret Moore;Will Kymlicka

  • The Globalization of Ethics: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

    William M. Sullivan;Will Kymlicka

Frequent Co-Authors

Keith G. Banting
Keith G. Banting Queen's University
Richard Johnston
Richard Johnston University of British Columbia
Stuart Soroka
Stuart Soroka University of California, Los Angeles
Michèle Lamont
Michèle Lamont Harvard University
Irene Bloemraad
Irene Bloemraad University of British Columbia
Ian Shapiro
Ian Shapiro Yale University
Rainer Bauböck
Rainer Bauböck European University Institute
Raphael Cohen-Almagor
Raphael Cohen-Almagor University of Hull
Robert Howse
Robert Howse New York University
Michael Banton
Michael Banton University of Bristol

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