Associate Professor Adam Harmes, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Science, Western University, researches political economy, federalism, multilevel governance, party factions, and Canadian and United States politics. His research focus is the competition between conservative and progressive ideas, parties, and factions across foreign, economic, and environmental policy. He studies how ideology and political strategy shape leadership contests, party communication, and governance across levels of government, and he also serves as Graduate Chair at Western University.