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Philip-Emmanuel AubryM.Sc. in Political Science, Université de Montréal Diploma in German studies in the European context, Université de Montréal B.Sc. in Economics and Politics, Université de Montréal philip-emmanuel.aubry [at] mail.mcgill.ca Research InterestsPhilip-Emmanuel's research interests lie at the intersection of the history of ideas, intellectual sociology, and political theory. Philip-Emmanuel's dissertation interrogates the links between social science methodology and politics in the works of Max Weber, Joseph Schumpeter, and Karl Polanyi. It investigates the strategies used by those actors to legitimize their theoretical production (above all vis-à-vis the rise of neoclassical economics) and examines the ties between their epistemological and ontological assumptions and their political views. |
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Maxime BlanchardB.A. UQÀM (History & political science) M.A. Université Laval (Political science) maxime.blanchard [at] mail.mcgill.ca Research InterestsMy work focuses on the development and evolution of political preferences in a comparative perspective. I am also interested in developing methods to improve survey data analyses. |
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Esli ChanMSc (Distinction) Risk Analysis, King's College London BA (Honours) Political Science, McGill University esli.chan [at] mail.mcgill.ca Research InterestsEsli's research focuses on gendered forms of extremism, conservatism and the far-right, and media and politics. Her doctoral work focuses on women's mobilization in radical right movements in the US and Canada. Her previous work on gender-based violence and the men's rights movement has also been published in Violence Against Women, Harvard Women’s Policy Journal, and The Conversation. She is a doctoral fellow at the Media Ecosystem Observatory, evaluating threats to the Canadian information ecosystem. |
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Andrey DavydovPostgraduate in Theory and History of Culture, Lomonosov Moscow State University Specialist in Western European Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University andrey.davydov [at] mail.mcgill.ca Research InterestsAndrey's research interests include ethnic nationalism, the radical right and its tensions with the centre-right, white identity, and the comparative study of these topics in Eastern Europe and Western democracies. His current project examines the impact of Russia's international support for the radical right on domestic Russian audiences and social movements. |
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Uvin DissanayakeMSc (Philosophy & Public Policy), The London School of Economics and Political Science BA (Philosophy, Politics and Economics), University of York uvin.dissanayake [at] mail.mcgill.ca Research InterestsMy research examines the politics of expertise, focusing on how knowledge claims are authorized, enacted, and institutionalized to legitimize political authority. I am particularly interested in the relational and performative dimensions of expertise, how actors strategically deploy different categories of knowledge and the social processes through which claims to the possession of knowledge gain recognition as legitimate. My dissertation explores the politics of post-independence development projects in Sri Lanka, examining the mechanisms by which assertions of different kinds of expertise become politically generative in contestations over political power between competing actors. Methodologically, I combine interpretive approaches with process tracing to analyze how context-specific meanings shape the causal efficacy of knowledge practices. My broader research interests include conflict and development, theories of nationalism, technocratic populism, and the politics of ethnic and religious identity in South Asia. |
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David DubéMA Political Science, Université du Québec à Montréal BA Political Science, Université du Québec à Montréal david.dube2 [at] mail.mcgill.ca Research InterestsDavid studies the political economy of informality, digital economies, and the political dynamics of Central and Eastern Europe. His work examines the intersection of state capacity, institutional trust, and informal economic practices, with a focus on sectors such as cryptocurrency, the gig economy, and short-term rentals. Additionally, David researches the development and application of computational methods and natural language processing models to political science issues, particularly in the realm of misinformation and digital governance. |
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Merve ErdilmenMA in Political Science, McGill University merve.erdilmen [at] mail.mcgill.ca Research InterestsMerve's research interests include humanitarianism, gender-based asylum, and the role of state and non-state actors in refugee management in the Middle East. Her research aims to unpack the norms and practices of women refugee empowerment policies in Turkey. |
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Motunrayo Esther EsanBA International Relations with Journalism (University of Buckingham) MA International Security (University of Sussex) motunrayo.esan [at] mail.mcgill.ca Motunrayo Esther Esan's LinkedIn Profile Research InterestsMotunrayo Esther's research explores violence and insecurity, identity politics, and democratisation in Africa. Motunrayo Esther is also engaged in social impact research in the areas of menstrual health and equity. |
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Yolaine Frossard de SaugyMA in International History from IHEID in Geneva yolaine.frossarddesaugy [at] mail.mcgill.ca Research InterestsMy PhD project focuses on the international fight against HIV/AIDS and minority rights, and I work on global health and African politics |
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Akanit HoratanakunMPA in Economic and Political Development, Columbia University akanit.horatanakun [at] mail.mcgill.ca Horatanakun's Academia.edu Profile | Horatanakun's LinkedIn Profile Research InterestsI study the formation of social movements and political parties, the extent to which they are institutionalized, their dynamics of interactions, and the ways in which parties and movements make use of human rights salience to create institutional and policy change. My cases involve countries in East and Southeast Asia with an in-depth investigation on Thailand and Taiwan. Before joining McGill, I spent several years working on human rights advocacy and campaigning in Southeast Asia with a particular emphasis on Thailand. Research Interests: Comparative Politics and Southeast Asian Politics; Parties, Social Movements, and State Relations; Politics of Human Rights. |
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Daniel JacintoM.A. in Political Science, University of British Columbia B.A. (Hons.) in Korean Language and Culture, International Relations, University of British Columbia daniel.jacinto [at] mail.mcgill.ca Research InterestsDaniel (he/him) is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at McGill University. His doctoral research, supported by the Richard H. Tomlinson Doctoral Fellowship and SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship, examines the dynamics of 'rogue statehood' from the perspective of international norm violation, status, and social hierarchy. He also maintains a research interest in East Asian politics and international relations, with a focus on Korea. Keywords: East Asia (esp. Korean Peninsula), international norms, order and hierarchy, rogue states |
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Lucas Jerusalimieclucas.jerusalimiec [at] mail.mcgill.ca Research InterestsLucas's research explores how the French civil wars of the sixteenth century led to both political breakdown and governmental centralization. His project examines the conflict between increasing legislative professionalism and growing national identity using historical comparative and text analysis methods. Research interests: early modern state development, nationalism, text-as-data methods |
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Diya JiangMSc in International Political Economy, The London School of Economics and Political Science BA in Quantitative Economics and Journalism, New York University diya.jiang [at] mail.mcgill.ca Research InterestsDiya Jiang is a researcher specializing in the politics of international trade and protectionism, with a focus on supply chain geopolitics. Her most recent work focuses on US-Canada relations and the economic and political consequences of declining free trade. She works closely with think tanks, research centers, and government actors to provide policy insights and inform decision-making. |
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Peter KerenyiMSc Political Theory, London School of Economics and Political Science BA Politics, Sociology and East European Studies, University College London peter.kerenyi [at] mail.mcgill.ca Research InterestsPeter's research focuses on Marxism, radical republicanism, theories of social power and collective agency, and critical political economy. Peter is also interested in the political and economic development of the European Union, particularly its Eastern periphery. |
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Se Hyun KimMA in Political Science, Seoul National University BA in Political Science and International Relations, Kyunghee University se.h.kim [at] mail.mcgill.ca Research InterestsSe Hyun’s research explores how different imaginations of social boundaries, such as nations and ethnicities, are constructed, dissipated, reinterpreted, and challenged. With a specific focus on China and Korea, his research examines the conditions under which a conceptually vague and contested symbol such as China becomes cognitively salient to the members of the imagined communities through machine learning text analysis (word embedding based on neural network language models) and interpretive methods such as ordinary language analysis. |
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Marjolaine LamontagneMA in Political Science (International Relations) Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) BA in International Relations and International Law Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) marjolaine.lamontagne [at] mail.mcgill.ca Research InterestsMarjolaine's research interests are at the junction of IR and Comparative politics and encompass global governance, multilateral diplomacy, and international organizations, as well as federalism, multi-level governance, cultural and national diversity, and paradiplomacy (the international activities of “substate” - federated and regional - governments such as Quebec and Flanders). She mobilizes practice theory (IR) to analyze the consequences of substate involvement in multilateral organizations and conferences (UNESCO, the Council of the European Union, United Nations' Climate Change conferences) for the practices and politics of global and national governance. |
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Qinggang LiMA in Social Sciences, University of Chicago BA in Political Science, University of Toronto qinggang.li2 [at] mail.mcgill.ca Research InterestsQinggang's research focuses on patron-client relations between political and business elites in developing countries. Specifically, Qinggang is interested in how elite networks adapt to significant shifts in political power, such as autocratization and democratization. Drawing on an original panel dataset, Qinggang's current working paper—presented at the 2023 APSR Annual Conference—examines how fiscal dependence on land finance shapes local governments’ responses to the central government’s anti-crime campaign in China. Qinggang has received training in both quantitative and qualitative methods and is proficient in a range of tools, including R, Stata, and Python. |
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Rupinder LiddarMA in Political Science, McMaster University HBA in Political Science, University of Toronto rupinder.liddar [at] mail.mcgill.ca Research InterestsRupinder studies visible minority political behaviour with a focus on the South Asian diaspora and the Sikh community. Her work seeks to articulate variations in race, ethnicity and religion and has regional interests in Canadian politics, as well as in other Western democracies.
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Daniel LukacMA in Political Science, Queen's University BA in Political Science, University of Northern British Columbia daniel.lukac [at] mail.mcgill.ca Research InterestsDaniel’s research examines the doxastic implications of loyalty from a normative perspective, with a particular emphasis on the way in which group membership shapes beliefs about political and moral issues – as well as the significance of these processes for public and private discourse. |
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Sarah NandiMSc Refugee and Forced Migration Studies, Oxford University sarah.nandi [at] mail.mcgill.ca Research InterestsSarah's interests include humanitarianism and gender-based violence (GBV) in protracted refugee situations. Using qualitative methods, she examines questions surrounding long-term GBV prevention programming, immediate GBV assessments, and informal remedies comparatively in the South Asian subcontinent and the Levant. |
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Teresa PianMA in European, Russian, and Eurasian Affairs, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy - University of Toronto BA in Political Studies, Queen’s University teresa.pian [at] mail.mcgill.ca Research InterestsTeresa studies political behaviour, with focus on public perceptions and political attitudes in democratic contexts. Her research examines the intersection of digital media and politics, particularly the role of online humour and internet memes in political communication, engagement, and participation. Methodologically, Teresa works with mixed-method and cross-disciplinary approaches to analyze digital political communication and political attitudes. |
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Samantha PuzziBachelor of Arts with Distinction in Government (magna cum laude) and Philosophy, Cornell University - Minor in Crime, Prisons, Education, and Justice samantha.puzzi [at] mail.mcgill.ca Research InterestsSamantha’s dissertation project explores the role of activist architectures (encampments, squats, graffiti, and barricades) within deliberative democratic theory. Her research interests, broadly speaking, lie at the intersection of democratic theory, urban politics, and spatiality. |
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Étienne SinotteM.Sc. in Political Science, Université de Montréal B.A. in Applied Political Studies, Université de Sherbrooke etienne.sinotte [at] mail.mcgill.ca Étienne Sinotte's Webpage I Étienne Sinotte's Linkedin Research InterestsÉtienne's research examines how people and organizations mobilize in zones and periods of state scarcity, despite having incomplete citizenship rights and being subjected to various types of violence. Étienne is particularly interested in instances of criminal governance, environmental activism, and collaborative governance taking place in these conditions. Étienne primarily works in Comparative Politics, with a regional focus on Latin America. |
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Brooke SteinhauerMA in Political Science, Memorial University BA (Honours) in Political Science, Memorial University brooke.steinhauer [at] mail.mcgill.ca Research InterestsBrooke’s research interests include political behaviour and public opinion, especially when they intersect with gender. Her current dissertation work focuses on the harassment of women politicians and journalists online as well as the spread of gendered disinformation |
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Stepan VerkhovetsMA in International Relations, Kadir Has University BA in International Relations, Siberian Federal University stepan.verkhovets [at] mail.mcgill.ca Stepan Verkhovet's Linkedin I Stepan Verkhovet's ResearchGate Research InterestsInternational political economy with a focus on state capitalism, rising powers in the global economic governance, financialization, institutional transformations of development finance, and the implications of these phenomena for developing countries. |
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VertikaBachelor of Arts (Honours) Political Science, University of Delhi (Lady Shri Ram College for Women), 2010 vertika.vertika [at] mail.mcgill.ca Research InterestsNormative Political Theory with those who struggle, Comparative qualitative research on gender in India intersected with contemporary political theory on agency, Democratic Theory with special emphasis on Habermas' 'Discourse Ethics' and alternatives to deliberative democracy such as agonistic politics, Feminist, Race and Postcolonial Theory, Critical Theory, Biopolitics, Foucault and Foucauldian Methods, Marxism and Marxist scholarship, State and Constitutional Theory. |