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Expert(s) for : Comparative politics
Godbout, Jean-François
Ross, George
Beaudonnet, Laurie
Lasnier, Virginie
Gagné, Marie
Marie Gagné is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto, specializing in comparative politics and development studies. Her dissertation examines domestic factors that influence how large-scale land acquisitions unfold in Senegal with a focus on the role of local elites. Her other research interests include determinants of political violence, consequences of natural resource extraction, and rights of indigenous peoples. Her doctoral work has been funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), the Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) Program, and the International Development Research Center (IDRC). Marie is a research affiliate at Initiative Prospective Agricole et Rurale (IPAR) in Dakar. She has previously carried out a comprehensive study on the cooperative movement in Senegal financed by the former Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). This experience was fundamental in stimulating her interest in African politics and questions of development. Prior to her stay in Senegal, Marie earned a bachelor’s and master’s degrees in sociology from Laval University in Quebec City.
Sauvé, Guillaume
Lasnier, Virginie
Virginie Lasnier (PhD, McGill) is a SSHRC postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for international studies (CÉRIUM, Université de Montréal). She studies social movements, political opposition, civil society, and pro-regime movements in the post-Soviet region. Her book (manuscript in preparation) examines demobilization processes after mass movements in Russia and Ukraine. She spent almost two years in Russia, where she conducted an ethnographic study on the pro-Putin youth group Nashi (Ours). Her work has been published in Europe-Asia Studies, Problems of Post-Communism, and in Russian Politics. She is also the Executive Director of the Jean Monnet Centre Montréal, and the co-organizer of the Réseau québécois d’études postsoviétique.