 Frédérick Bastien
Université de Montreal
Department of Political Science
Frédérick Bastien is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Université de Montréal. His work focuses on Political Communication and Journalism. He is particularly interested in the use of social media and the internet in politics. His research makes use of a variety of methods including, but not limited to, public opinion surveys and content analysis. Professor Bastien is currently involved in a project investigating the ideological leanings of Canadian media outlets.
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 Laurie Beaudonnet
Université de Montreal
Department of Political Science
Laurie Beaudonnet is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and the Jean Monnet Chair (Projet Euroscope) at Université de Montréal. Her research centers around the fields of political behaviour and public opinion in the European Union, more specifically towards European integration and anti-Roma attitudes. Professor Beaudonnet uses a variety of quantitative methods in her research on European citizens' attitudes, such as public opinion surveys and voter studies.
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 Éric Bélanger
McGill University
Department of Political Science
Éric Belanger is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Quebec Studies Program at McGill University. Though centered around Quebec and Canadian politics, his research focuses on the general themes of political parties, public opinion, and voting behaviour using a variety of quantitative methods. Some of his prior research has been concerned with economic voting and Quebec provincial elections. He is also involved in research projects studying voting behaviour in Latin America, as well as a comparison of nationalism in Quebec and Scotland.
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 Antoine Bilodeau
Concordia University
Department of Political Science
Antoine Bilodeau is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Concordia University. He specializes in the study of immigrant integration and attitudes toward immigration and ethnocultural and religious diversity. In addition, Professor Bilodeau is a co-investigator on the Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security & Society, a SSHRC-funded partnership grant, and the winner of a 2016 Concordia University Research Award.
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 André Blais
Université de Montreal
Department of Political Science
André Blais is a Professor of Political Science at Université de Montréal. As a specialist in the study of elections, he has interests in the fields of voting behaviour, public opinion, electoral systems, and political participation. As well as exploring the behaviour of voters and parties during 26 elections held in 5 countries through the Making Electoral Democracy Work (MEDW) Project, Professor Blais also researches the comparative behaviour of voters and parties in the context of regional, national, and European elections. His work makes use of a variety of quantitative methods, such as surveys and experiments. He is the Chair of Electoral Studies at Université de Montréal.
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 Marc A. Bodet
Université Laval
Department of Political Science
Marc André Bodet is an Associate Professor at Université Laval, specializing in Quebec and Canadian politics in a comparative perspective. His research explores political parties and elections through various techniques of quantitative analysis, such as surveys and official electoral results. Currently, he is collaborating on research concerning the role of citizens in a responsive and responsible democracy.
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 Colette Brin
Université Laval
Department of Communication Studies
Colette Brin is a Professor at Université Laval and Director of the Center for the Study of Media (Centre d'études sur les médias). A former journalist, she remains closely connected to communities of practice in journalism and communication; her current research explores the transformations underway in this field. Additionally, Professor Brin is carrying out work on the role of digital news in Canada, as well as on local and regional media in Quebec. She uses diverse research methods, especially content analysis, qualitative interviews, surveys and ethnographies of media production.
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 Jeremy Clark
Concordia University
Institute for Information Systems Engineering
Jeremy Clark is an Assistant Professor at Concordia University. He is a specialist in software engineering, with a particular interest in internet voting security and network security protocols through the use of algorithms, network analysis, and computer systems. Professor Clark is the principal investigator of a research project on online services for private users and blockchain technologies as a possible tool for political parties.
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 Penelope Daignault
Université Laval
Department of Information and Communication
Pénélope Daignault is an Associate Professor at Université Laval in the Department of Information and Communication. Her research focuses on political advertising - more specifically on negative social and electoral advertising - and the role of empathy in the process of persuasion. She also focuses on the framing of environmental information and it's persuasive effects. Her current projects evaluates the positive contents regarding the fight against climate change. Professor Daignault's work makes use of a variety of quantitative methods.
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 Ruth Dassonneville
Université de Montreal
Department of Political Science
Ruth Dassonneville is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science at Université de Montréal. Ruth also holds the Canada Research Chair in Electoral Democracy. She is primarily concerned with public opinion and voting behaviour. More specifically, Professor Dassonneville is interested in the causes and consequences of electoral dealignment. She makes use of a variety of quantitative methods, such as multi-level modelling and longitudinal analysis. For example, her current projects focus on how dealignment affects parties' behaviour and ideological positions.
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 Roxane de la Sablonnière
Université de Montreal
Department of Psychology
Roxane de la Sablonnière is a Professor of Psychology at Université de Montréal. An expert in social psychology, she is particularly concerned with the processes of social change on individuals. Her research explores individuals' cultural identities, as well as ethnic and intercultural relations. Her previous research has looked at diversity policies such as multiculturalism, interculturalism, and secularism. Professor de la Sablonnière's current endeavours are centered around exploring social change in Inuit communities.
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 Arnaud Dellis
UQAM
Department of Economics
Arnaud Dellis is a Professor in the Department of Economics at UQÀM. Using game theory and experimental economics, his research examines the economic implications of electoral system reform. He is also interested in questions of information provision by interest groups and its effect on the quality of public policymaking. Professor Dellis is also a co-investigator on research that looks at the effects of taxation and social programs on economic efficiency and distributive justice.
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 Yannick Dufresne
Université Laval
Department of Political Science
Yannick Dufresne is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Université Laval. His research interests include the study of public opinion, electoral studies, political psychology and political communication. His research projects focus on the democratic processes and political strategies in the Big Data age. He holds the Chair of Leadership in Education in the Digital Social Sciences.
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 Claire Durand
Université de Montreal
Department of Sociology
Claire Durand is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at Université de Montréal. An expert in survey methodology, her work primarily focuses around surveys, errors in their execution and interpretation, and their importance in the public sphere. She is the Principal Investigator of a project on the statistics on the First Nations population of Quebec. Professor Durand is also the Vice-President of the World Association of Public Opinion research.
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 Aaron Erlich
McGill University
Department of Political Science
Aaron Erlich is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at McGill University. His research interests concern questions of democratization, information dissemination, political behavior, political participation, and public opinion in the Former Soviet Union, Eastern and Southern Africa, and Mexico. Professor Erlich's research makes use of a variety of methods, such as field experiments, survey experiments, and mixed-method research designs.
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 Benjamin Forest
McGill University
Department of Geography
Benjamin Forest is an Associate Professor at McGill University in the Department of Geography as well as an Associate Member of the Department of Political Science. A specialist in the field of political geography, his work revolves around the theme of diversity and electoral reform. In addition to being part of a project studying monuments and memorials in the post-Soviet sphere, Professor Forest is currently heading a project on diversity in party structures and constituencies in Canada. He is also working on research exploring municipal LGBTQ policies.
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 Patrick Fournier
Université de Montreal
Department of Political Science
Patrick Fournier is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at Université de Montréal. His research interests focus around the theme of political psychology, notably political behaviour, citizen competence, and opinion change. In addition to being the principal investigator of the 2011 and 2015 Canadian Election Study, he is also the principal investigator of a research project on reactions to negativity.
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 Francois Gelineau
Université Laval
Department of Political Science
François Gélineau is a Professor of Political Science at Université Laval. A specialist in Latin American politics, his reserach interests revolve around questions of voter turnout, electoral accountability, economic voting, and public opinion. Some of his prior research has looked at how the Michigan model of voting behaviour applies to Latin America. Professor Gélineau also holds the Research Chair on Democracy and Parliamentary Institutions at Université Laval.
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 Thierry Giasson
Université Laval
Department of Political Science
Thierry Giasson is a Professor of Political Science at Université Laval specializing in Political Communication. He studies online electoral campaigns and civic communication, political marketing as well as the mediatization of politics. He is currently carrying out research on digital citizenship and emerging online forms of political communication. Professor Giasson is also the lead investigator of the Research Lab on Political Communication (GRCP).
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 Elisabeth Gidengil
McGill University
Department of Political Science
Elisabeth Gidengil is the Hiram Mills Professor at McGill University in the Department of Political Science. Her research focus is political engagement, voting behaviour, and public opinion. Primarily using surveys and media content analysis, Professor Gidengil's work examines issues of diversity, gender, immigration, and citizenship. She is also currently carrying out research on the impact of public policy on citizen engagement.
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 Jean-François Godbout
Université de Montreal
Department of Political Science
Jean-François Godbout is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Université de Montréal. He studies political institutions in Canada from a comparative perspective and is mainly interested in legislative behaviour. He is currently carrying out research on analysing legislative speeches in the Parliament of Canada. He is one of the editors-in-chief of the Canadian Journal of Political Science and is Director of l'Observatoire des fédérations, a research unit of the Centre détudes et de recherches internationales de lUniversité de Montréal (CÉRIUM).
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 Allison Harell
UQAM
Department of Political Science
Allison Harell is a Professor of Political Science at UQÀM. She specializes in political behavior and public opinion in industrialized democracies. More specifically, she is interested in the implications of ethnocultural diversity and gender on citizenship. She has recently been working on research on psychological orientations to politics, on the role of values in multiethnic contexts, as well as young people's reactions to changes in ethnic and religious diversity. Her research combines traditional survey techniques with experimental methods. Professor Harell is also the UQÀM Chair of Research in Political Psychology of Social Solidarity (CPPSS).
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 Mebs Kanji
Concordia University
Department of Political Science
Mebs Kanji is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Concordia University. As a specialist of Canadian politics, he has an interest in questions of value diversity and social cohesion. His recent publications have explored support for politicians and democratic values in Quebec. Professor Kanji is also involved in research on religion and the state.
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 Normand Landry
Université TELUQ
Department of Human Sciences, Arts and Communication
Normand Landry is a professor of the Department of Human Sciences, Arts and Communications at TELUQ University and holder of the Canada Research Chair in Media Education and Human Rights. His research focuses on media education, communication rights, legal intimidation and social movements.
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 Fenwick McKelvey
Concordia University
Department of Communication Studies
Fenwick McKelvey is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Concordia University. He specializes in research on the fields of communication and journalism. More specifically, Professor McKelvey is examining questions of the algorithmic media, internet traffic management, internet policy, and governance. In addition, he has been working on research investigating the use of campaign management sofware in political campaigns in Canada and the US.
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 Richard Nadeau
Université de Montreal
Department of Political Science
Richard Nadeau is a Professor of Political Science at Université de Montréal. His research focuses on questions of voting behaviour, public opinion, economic voting, and political. Professor Nadeau has also carried out research that looks into the issues, images, and behaviour of political parties. He is also an Associate Researcher at CEVIPOF.
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 François Petry
Université Laval
Department of Political Science
François Pétry is a Professor of Political Science at Université Laval. He is the creator of the polimeter, an online tool for monitoring party election promises. His research interests concern the measurement of political parties' ideological positions and on citizen's perceptions of these. He is also interested in the quantitative analysis of political texts, electoral platforms in particular.
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 Eran Shor
McGill University
Department of Sociology
Eran Shor is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at McGill University. His research interests center around the themes of political conflict, human rights, and ethnicity and nationalism. Professor Shor's current research projects evaluate inequalities in media coverage of women and ethnic minorities.
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 Thomas Soehl
McGill University
Department of Sociology
Thomas Soehl is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at McGill University. His work mainly examines the themes of international migration, race, and ethnicity. More specifically, he studies these themes through the lens of the family as a locus for the transmission of culture and political attachments. Recently, he has looked at the acquisition of citizenship in Canada and France, as well as at the determinants of anti-immigration attitudes. Professor Soehl's research makes use of quantitative research methods such as using event history analysis and multi-level modeling.
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 Dietlind Stolle
McGill University
Department of Political Science
Dietlind Stolle is a Professor of Political Science at McGill University. Her research looks at political mobilization, participation and knowledge, as well as social capital, ethnic and racial prejudice, and the consequences of ethnic diversity. She is also a Principal Investigator of the Canadian Election Study. Professor Stolle's projects include quantitative research looking into youth mobilization and participation on Facebook, the role of pregnancy on political behaviour, the impact of religious diversity in 11 different countries, and attitudes towards refugees in Germany. She is also the Director of the Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship.
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 Sara Vissers
McGill University
Department of Political Science
My work focuses on the role of the Internet for civic and political participation and mobilization. My research interests include the concepts of political participation, the democratic impact of information and communication technologies and new social media, new modes of political mobilization, and public opinion. In my current research I examine spill-over effects between online and offline participation modes and the impact of online social networks on political mobilization and engagement in political life.
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