Contact : alexandre.veilleux.1@umontreal.ca

Presentation

Alexandre Veilleux is a doctoral candidate in Political Science at the Université de Montréal and a graduate of the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree in Sustainable Territorial Development, a joint program between the Università degli Studi di Padova (Italy) and the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium). He also holds a Master's degree in Applied Economics from the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. He is interested in the political and socio-economic dimensions of tourism in Southeast Asia, as well as the mechanisms of dispossession in tourism development. Alexandre is an advisor to the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and teaches the courses POL1954 (International Politics) and POL3011 (International Relations in Southeast Asia).

Areas of expertise

• International Relations
• International Political Economy
• Sustainable Development
• Tourism Studies
• Southeast Asia

Publications

Monographies

Veilleux, A. (2021). LGBTQ Tourism in Thailand in the Light of Glocalization: Capitalism, Local Policies, and Impacts on the Thai LGBTQ Community. FrancoAngeli.

Articles évalués par les pairs

Veilleux, A. (2024). COVID-19 and Disaster Capitalism in Phuket, Thailand. Studies in Political Economy 105(3). https://doi.org/10.1080/07078552.2024.2422694

Veilleux, A. (2024). Opening Pandora's box: the making of cannabis tourism in Thailand. Tourism Geographies 26(3) : 432-452.
 https://doi.org/10.1080/14616688.2024.2325941

Veilleux, A. et Van Broeck, A.M. (2021). The Political Economy of LGBTQ Tourism in Thailand. Kasarinlan : Philippines Journal of Third World Studies 35 : 63-92.

Articles de vulgarisation

Veilleux, A. (2023). « En Thaïlande, les militaires ont parlé plus fort ». Le Devoir.

Veilleux, A. et Litalien, M. (2022). Où en est la démocratie en Thaïlande ? La Presse.

Veilleux, A. (2022). L’Asie du Sud-Est veut retrouver ses touristes. Mais comment ouvrir les frontières en toute sécurité ? The Conversation. 

Veilleux, A. (2020). Le tourisme de luxe comme solution néolibérale à la dégradation de l’environnement naturel en Thaïlande. L'Asie en 1000 mots.