Benjamin Ferland (PhD candidate, McGill) and Eric Guntermann (PhD candidate, UdeM) received the CSDC International exchange grant to pursue their doctoral dissertation research at universities abroad. Eric stayed for six months at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona (see his interview on page 12) and Benjamin is currently staying at the University of California – Riverside to pursue research on democratic satisfaction with Prof. Shaun Bowler and Prof. Indridi Indridason.