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PhD in Political Science, University of Toronto, BSc in Political Studies, University of Ottawa

Erick Lachapelle is an Associate professor of political science at the University of Montreal. He completed his doctoral thesis on the political economy of carbon taxation in the OECD at the University of Toronto in 2011. Currently, he is the principal investigator for the Canadian Surveys on Energy and the Environment (CSEE) and Research Partner with EcoAnalytics. Broadly focused on the social and political responses to complex policy problems like climate change, his work examines the role of values, ideology, and contextual factors in shaping risk perceptions and public opinion, as well as the interactions among media, public opinion, and public policy.