Maxime co-authored a paper that is forthcoming in the Canadian Journal of Political Science. The paper, entitled “Fulfilling Campaign Promises or Following Public Opinion: Does the Size of the Majority Matter?” uses the data from an experiment that was conducted collectively with undergraduate students enrolled in Prof. André Blais’ course on experiments. Abstract We perform […] Read more
Semra Sevi published two datasets that she has put together during her doctoral research. These original datasets include information on all candidates who ran in Canadian federal and Ontario provincial elections from 1867 to 2019. The data have been deposited on Harvard Dataverse and can be accessed here. Semra also published a short article introducing […] Read more
Amanda Léal published an op-ed (co-written with Abir Samih) on the topic of misinformation and “fake news”. You can read the article here. Read more
Dans cet épisode du balado, Jeanne Marlier, étudiante à la maîtrise au département de science politique, discute avec Valérie-Anne Mahéo, professeure de science politique à l’Université Laval. Valérie-Anne est spécialiste de l’opinion publique, de la participation politique et de l’engagement politique des citoyens. Valérie-Anne a publié un article qu’elle a co-écrit avec Éric Bélanger qui […] Read more
L’association étudiante des cycles supérieurs de science politique (AECSSPUM) est à la recherche de mentor.es pour cette session qui seront jumelé.e à un nouvel étudiant inscrit ou à une nouvelle étudiante inscrite aux études supérieures en science politique. Les rôles des mentor.es sont : 1) Aider à l’intégration de son mentoré.e dans son nouveau programme d’étude et 2) Répondre […] Read more
18 February 2021 • 11h30 18 February 2021 • 13h00
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Many disciplines in the social sciences face a ‘credibility crisis’. In response to such crises, the Open Science movement is promoting research practices that are more transparent. In political science, there is a clear trend towards more transparent and replicable research. More and more journals are requiring the pre-registration of experimental work and a few […] Read more
19 January 2021 – Can Party Id be a Proxy? The Measure of Party Ideology with Party Identification Nadjim Frechet (Université de Montréal) 26 January 2021 – Social Norms and Electoral Participation: Doing what is right or doing like everyone else Maxime Coulombe (Université de Montréal) 2 February 2021 – Evaluating Performance in […] Read more
Semra Sevi is a finalist of the SSHRC Talent Award. Each year, SSHRC awards prizes for Canada’s top social sciences and humanities researchers. The Talent Award recognizes the outstanding academic achievement of a current SSHRC doctoral or postdoctoral scholarship or fellowship holder. Congratulations on this accomplishment! More information on the award can be found here. Read more
1 December 2020 • 12:00 1 December 2020 • 13:00
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Attitudes towards homosexuality after “Obergefell v. Hodges”. Quasi-experimental evidence of anticipatory backlash from Israel Stuart J. Turnbull-Dugarte (University of Southampton) The US Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges was a landmark judicial ruling that expanded the civil rights afforded to sexual minority individuals by recognising the constitutional and federal right of lesbian, gay or […] Read more
24 November 2020 • 12:00 24 November 2020 • 13:00
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Dyadic Representation in Canadian Parliamentary Debates Florence Vallée-Dubois (Université de Montréal) Dyadic representation rests on the incentives of representatives to attend to the interests of their constituents in single-member district electoral systems. But party discipline greatly limits dyadic representation. In Westminster style parliamentary systems, for example, members are expected to toe the party line, which […] Read more