Sociology
Bernard, Paul Cluster Member
Paul Bernard is Professor of Sociology at the Université de Montréal. His research instrests focus on social inequality and lifecourse, and on epistemology and methods. Dr. Bernard's recent work is mostly comparative internationally (and inter-provincially within Canada), on job quality, social cohesion, social capital, welfare regimes and gender regimes, social inequalities of health, indicators of social development, lifecourse and social investment, flexicurity, and poverty among single-parent families. Paul Bernard is member of the National Statistics Council, of the Executive Board of the SSHRC-sponsored Population Change and Lifecourse Strategic Research Cluster, of the Steering Committee of the Canadian Household Panel Survey, of the Board of Governors of the Council of the Canadian Academies, of the Board of the Social Research and Demonstration Corporation, and of the Board of the Centre d'études sur la pauvreté et l'exclusion sociale, in Quebec's Department of employment an ...
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Bowles, Paul Cluster Member
Paul Bowles is Past-President of the Canadian Society for the Study of International Development and is also a Honourary Professor at Hebei University, China, and an Adjunct Professor of the Autonomous University of Zacatecas, Mexico. He specializes in Globalization, Regionalism, Economic Growth and Development in the Asia-Pacific region, and is also interested in the History of Economic Thought, Currency Issues, and China's Political Economy. Currently he is researching China's exchange rate and currency policies. Media Experience: Dr. Bowles has participated in media outreach in Canada and Australia.
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- Globalization
- Regionalism
- Currency Issues
- China’s Political Economy
Hallstrom, Lars Cluster Member
Lars Hallstrom’s is Canada Research Chair in Public Policy and Governance at St. Francis Xavier University. His research has traditionally focused upon environmental policy making in European and federal systems of governance and is now increasingly concerned with the political and policy implications of linking health, social,and ecological systems.
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- European Environmental Policy
- EU Public Policy
- European Civil Society Environment in the New Europe
- European Federalism
- Public Participation in Policy
Kuus, Merje Cluster Member
Merje Kuus' research focuses on political geography and geopolitics--particularly on policy-making processes in complex bureaucratic structures. In broad terms, it investigates how political practices are underpinned by spatially defined categories like center and margin, inside and outside, Self and Other. These categories are central to the processes by which complex political issues come to be defined and managed in a particular manner. Within that problematic, Dr. Kuus' interests converge on the question of how specifically spatial categories function in daily politics at various sites-for example, within foreign policy bureaucracies. By virtue of her ‘regional' expertise, Dr. Kuus is also keenly interested in the ways in which places and regions are ‘written onto' our mental maps on a daily basis.
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- Political geography and geopolitics
- Security and state sovereignty
- Policy processes
- Borders
- Identity and nationalism
Maas, Willem Cluster Member
Willem Maas holds the Jean Monnet Chair in European Integration at York University and is executive member of the Canadian Centre for German and European Studies and of the Centre for Public Policy and Law, and is also member of the Centre for Refugee Studies. Currently, his areas of interest relate to: researching theoretical and empirical questions on citizenship, integration policies, the limits of tolerance and multiculturalism, and the intersection of migration and law. In 2007, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. published his book Creating European Citizens. The book suggests that integration has always been about much more than economics, and that free movement of persons is central to integration, and that the political project of transcending borders and building a European community of people has implications for the global rise of rights.
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MacRae, Heather Cluster Member
Heather MacRae's research interests include Europeanization, the politics of the EU, gender regimes and German politics. Dr. MacRae has completed research on the interaction of various policy and institutional levels in re-shaping the German gender regime. Currently her research is investigating the gendered implications of transportation policies in the European Union. Media Experience: Dr. MacRae accepts inquiries from media working in TV, Radio and Print formats.
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- Comparative Politics
- Public Policy
- European Integration
- Gender Politics
Mahon, Rianne Cluster Member
Rianne Mahon’s earlier work focused on unions and labour market restructuring in Canada and Sweden. Over the past decade she has produced numerous articles and book chapters on the politics of childcare at multiple scales. Dr. Mahon's current SSHRC funded research project looks at policy learning in a multi-scalar world: Canada, Korea, Sweden and the OECD’s reconciliation agenda ($87,034). As part of this project, she is working with Australian, British and Swedish colleagues on care in a globalizing world from a multi-scalar perspective.
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- Rescaling the state and politics;
- Child care policy in Sweden
Marier, Patrik Cluster Member
Patrik Marier’s research focuses broadly on the impact of changing demographic structures on reforms to the welfare state in comparative contexts. His earlier work examined the politics of pension reform in a number of countries including Sweden, Canada, Mexico and the United States. Dr. Marier’s current research looks more broadly at the impact of aging populations on a number of public policy fields including education, health care, and labour policy across comparative cases. With Dolores Pushkar (Department of Psychology, Concordia), Dr. Marier has facilitated the organization of the Concordia Ageing Research Network which has brought a number of Concordia scholars together to examine the comparative impact of ageing from a multidisciplinary perspective. Media Experience: Dr. Marier has a great deal of experience responding to TV, Radio and Print Media inquiries.
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- Comparative Public Policy
- Comparative Welfare State
- Pensions
- Ageing
- Public Administration
Paterson, Matthew Cluster Member
Matthew Paterson’s research looks into the relationship between the global economy and global environmental change. He has focused on climate change politics for 20 years, in particular looking at the international climate negotiations, the role of insurance companies in climate politics, and most recently at carbon markets as a means of responding to climate change. In the context of the Strategic cluster, Dr. Paterson is particularly interested in the lessons that Canada can learn from the European experience of carbon markets. Dr. Paterson is currently co-writing a book with Peter Newell (University of East Anglia, UK) provisionally entitled Climate Capitalism, as well as a series of articles on the political economy of climate change governance, especially its “market-led” character.
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- Climate change politics
- Global environmental governance
- Global environmental politics
- International Relations Theory
- International/global political economy
Saint-Martin, Denis Cluster Member
Denis Saint-Martin is an expert in public administration and policy. Since 2008, he is the director of the European Union Centre of Excellence at Université de Montréal and McGill University. His research interests deal with the regulation of ethics in politics, continuity and institutional change, new public management, and the politics of expertise. In 2005, he was a Fulbright scholar at the Kennedy School of Government and before that was a policy advisor in the Office of the Prime minister of Canada. Media Experience: Dr. Saint-Martin has a great deal of experience responding to TV, Radio and Print Media inquiries.
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- Public Administration and Public Policy
Schmidtke, Oliver Cluster Member
Oliver Schmidtke is Jean Monnet Chair in European Politics and History, and he is also BC Metroplis' Domain leader for Citizenship and Social, Cultural and Civic Integration. Currently his research focuses on the labour market inclusion of highly skilled immigrants as well as processes of political advocacy of migrant and minority groups. Media Experience: Dr. Schmidtke has a great deal of experience responding to TV, Radio and Print media inquiries.
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- Immigration and citizenship
- Identity politics
- Comparative European politics
Thériault, Barbara Cluster Member
Barbara Thériault applies a Weberian framework to her research interests which include: Sociological theory, Sociology of religions, and the Sociology of contemporary Germany. Currently, she is engaged in several research projects and notably, The "Carriers of Diversity" - a study on religion, toleration and the police in Germany. Dr. Thériault is interested in particular types of actors: "progressive" characters within semi-total organizations. Beyond their empirical interest, these characters raise an inherent challenge; how to transform from within or survive such organizations? Additionally, she is participating in three projects with The Canadian Centre for German and European Studies.
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- Sociological theory
- Sociology of religion
- Sociology of contemporary Germany
Triadafilopoulos, Phil (Triadafilos) Cluster Member
Phil Triadafilopoulos' research interests include comparative public policy, international migration, and ethnicity and nationalism. His current research focuses on how immigration and citizenship policies intersect with and help define boundaries of national belonging in liberal-democratic states (principally in Europe and North America). Presently, he is completing two book-length manuscripts, Becoming Multicultural: Immigration and the Politics of Citizenship in Canada and Germany, and, co-authored with Tobias K. Vogel, Moving People, Fixing Borders: Population Transfers, the Great Powers and the Quest for Stability in Europe. He is also beginning work on a comparative study of immigrant integration politics and policy-making in Europe and North America. Media Experience: Dr. Triadafilopoulos has a great deal of experience with Canadian and international media inquiries.
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- International migration
- Citizenship and nationhood
- Multiculturalism
- Ethnicity and race
Walters, William Cluster Member
William Walters is currently engaged in two research projects. The first examines the technopolitics of governing borders and human mobility and focuses on the emergence of new forms of identification and authentication such as the e-passport. The second is a book project exploring the recent uptake of Foucauldian political sociology within international relations. His previous research includes a contribution to the genealogy of social citizenship, and a study of the discourse of ‘illegal immigration' in Europe. Media Experience: Dr. Walters has media outreach experience predominantly in Print.
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- Political Sociology
- Social Theory
- Political Economy
Winter, Elke Cluster Member
Elke Winter's research interests includes: "Race"/racism, nation-building, immigration, pluralism, citizenship; Canada/Québec, Western Europe; Interpretative methodologies, discourse analysis; Social theory, historical sociology, comparative sociology, and the sociology of ethnic relations.Her research aims to understand the dynamics of unequal group relations, processes of ethnicization, and pluralist nation-building from a historical and comparative perspective. She is particularly interested in the ways in which (previously constructed) ethnic diversity is integrated normatively into discourses and policies of immigration and citizenship. Her current work examines the triangular relations between national majorities, established minorities, and immigration-related diversity in Canada and Western Europe.
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- Immigration and Citizenship
- Multiculturalism in Canada/Québec and Western Europe
- Discourse and policy analysis
- Comparative sociology
- Sociological theory
Cazorla-Sanchez, Antonio
Antonio Cazorla-Sanchez' major research focuses on the cultural and social evolution of Europe in the 20th century. Dr. Cazorla-Sanchez is currently writing a cultural biography of Spain's General Franco.
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Duyulmus, Cem Utku
Cem Utku Duyulmus has specialized on Comparative Politics and International Relations in the course of doctoral reearch, and is also interested in European Integration and Social Policy and Welfare State. Currently, his research focuses on the comparative analysis of social policies in Western and Eastern European countries, and the transformation of the welfare state in Turkey compared to Eastern and Southern European countries with a focus on social security systems, flexecurity and activation policies. Media Experience: Mr. Utku Duyulmus welcomes inquiries in TV, Radio and Print media formats.
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- Comparative Politics,
- International Relations,
- European Integration,
- Social Policy and Welfare State
Hering, Martin
Martin Hering is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and in the Department of Health, Aging and Society at McMaster University. His major fields of interest are European and comparative politics, comparative public policy, the development of welfare states, and European integration.
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Paudyn, Bartholomew
Bartholomew Paudyn is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Political Science at Carleton University. His primary research interests lie in the field of EMU governance, and specifically the asymmetric application of Europe’s fiscal framework, the Stability and Growth Pact.
Mr. Paudyn is currently problematizing and dissecting the EMU through a “governmentality” approach in order to understand how risk and uncertainty come to operate as dominant modes of regulation. Employing a critical genealogy, he ascertains what kind of economy of power Europe is implicated in and how this affects its spatial and temporal constitution.
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Weiner, Elaine
Elaine Weiner is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at McGill University. Her major fields of interest lie in the intersection of gender, culture, and Central and East European societies. Dr. Weiner is currently researching the adoption and implementation of equal opportunity legislation in East Central Europe from the standpoints of both its institutional and individual stakeholders, with a particular focus on the Czech case.
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