Affiliation

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science (Laval University)

Research interests

Citizen participation, Quebec and Canadian politics, political socialization, socio-political inequalities, information and mobilization campaigns, immigration

 

Contact information

va.maheo [at] pol.ulaval.ca (> E-mail)

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Ongoing projects and recent publications

• "Generational Change and its Impact on the Political Dynamics of Quebec and Canada" (2018-2022)

• "Get Out the Children Vote: A Field Experiment during the 2018 Quebec Elections" (2018-2019)

• "Reciprocal Socialization: An Experimental Study on Education and the Transmission of Political Behaviour between Parents and Children" (2016-2019)

• Thomas, M., V.A. Mahéo et G. Bogiaris. 2023. “Young Canadians’s Attitudes about Women in Government”. In The Image of Gender and Political Leadership, Ed. M. Taylor-Robinson et N. Geva. Oxford University Press.
• Bélanger, Daoust, Mahéo and Nadeau. 2022. Le Nouvel électeur québécois. Presses de l’Université de Montréal.
• Bélanger, É and Mahéo, V.A. 2020. “Le Parti québécois dans le nouveau système multipartite : Évolution des appuis générationnels au parti de 2007 à 2018.” Politique et Sociétés 39 (3) : 19-55.
• Mahéo, V.A, and É. Bélanger. 2020. “Lowering the Voting Age to 16: a Comparative Study of Political Competence and Engagement.” Canadian Journal of Political Science 53 (3): 596-617.
• Stolle, D., A. Harell, V.A. Mahéo et P. Duguay. 2020. “Political Activism Online: Exploring the Millennial Divide in Quebec and Canada”. Dans Digital Politics in Canada: Promises and Realities, Ed. T. Small and H. Jansen. University of Toronto Press. p202-222.
• Mahéo, V.A, and É. Bélanger. 2018. "Is the Parti Québécois Bound to Disappear? A Study of the Current Generational Dynamics of Electoral Behaviour in Quebec." Canadian Journal of Political Science 51 (2): 335-356

Selected publications

Mahéo, V.A and É. Bélanger. "Is the Parti Québécois Bound to Disappear? A Study of the Current Generational Dynamics of Electoral Behaviour in Quebec", Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. LI, no 2, 2018, p. 335-356 .

Mahéo, V.A. "Information Campaigns and (Under)Privileged Citizens: An Experiment on the Differential Effects of a Voting Aid Application", Political Communication, vol. XXXIV, no 4, 2017, p. 511-529.

Mahéo, V.A. "The Impact of Voting Advice Applications on Electoral Preferences: A Field Experiment in the 2014 Quebec Election", Policy & Internet, vol. VIII, no 4, 2016, p. 391-411.

Mahéo, V.A., Y. Dejaeghere and D. Stolle. "La non-participation politique des jeunes: Une étude des barrières temporaires et permanentes de l’engagement", Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. XLV, no 2, 2012, p. 405-425.