Ray Silvius

Dr. Ray Silvius is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at The University of Winnipeg, Canada. His scholarly work bridges international political economy, Russian state projects, and refugee housing trajectories in Winnipeg.

• Academic Rank: Professor
• Institution: The University of Winnipeg
• Department: Political Science
• Email: r.silvius@uwinnipeg.ca

His research employs a heterodox and historical approach to International Relations and International Political Economy (IPE), focusing on how cultural and civilizational frameworks shape Russian state initiatives, non-Western regional architectures, and post-Western global order concepts. Current projects analyze the BRICS framework's impact on post-hegemonic practices and local manifestations of global processes through refugee housing studies in Winnipeg.

Dr. Silvius’s community-based participatory methodology collaborates with the Manitoba Interfaith Immigration Council and refugee communities to chart housing trajectories over three years, funded by a $49,946 Manitoba Research Alliance grant. He also leads the Migration in Remote and Rural Areas (MIRRA) Network under the Rural Policy Learning Commons (RPLC), a seven-year SSHRC partnership grant focused on comparative international rural policy.