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I am Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Concordia University and hold a Ph.D. in Political Science from York University (2007). I am founding Director of the Lab for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LLACS), Board Member of the Montreal Network of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (RÉLAM), and member of the Interuniversity Research Team on Inclusion and Governance in Latin America (ÉRIGAL). While my training is in comparative politics, my work is multidisciplinary, situated at the intersections of political science, sociology, geography, and anthropology. My research interests lie in urban and grassroots informal politics and my projects focus on clientelism, violence, and resilience in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Franque Grimard is an Associate Professor of the Department of Economics at McGill University. He has been teaching Economic Development at the B.A. Master’s and Ph.D. levels for the last 20 years. His research specialties are Development and Health Economics, where he is interested in the application of statistical analysis and data collection to applied policy issues such as poverty and social protection, health, gender empowerment, public finance management, corporate social responsibility and extractive industries, and sustainable development. Professor Grimard’s research on health focuses on the social-economic determinants of health. In particular, it analyses the long-term impact of shocks for the health of individuals and the cost effectiveness of health programs to improve the living standards of poor women in Peru. His health work has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine and in the Journal of Health Economics.
His work on economic development has been published in the Journal of Development Economics, World Development, Economic Development and Cultural Change, the Review of Development Economics and Ecological Economics. His current research projects look at the impact of cash transfer programs on women’s empowerment in Tanzania, on the availability of quality daycare on women’s empowerment in urban slums of Kenya and at the impact of extractive industries on the standard of living of individuals in Panama.
In terms of consulting, he has worked on evaluations of programs and projects of organizations such as CARE, the World Bank, the Canadian International Development Agency (now Global Affairs Canada (GAC)), DANIDA, CARE, IDRC, Health Canada, the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, the Public Health Agency of Canada.
Finally, Professor Grimard is also the president of the Canadian Development Economics Study Group (CDESG). Operating with an IDRC grant, CDESG is the main research group on development economics in Canada organizing policy panels in the area of development economics, sponsoring developing country scholars to come to CDESG conferences to present their work, building a community of researchers in Canada and abroad to produce research and applied policy in development economics for policy makers in Canada and in developing countries.
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Former member of Red Cross rescue team, founder of charity organization, now UNICEF assistant
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I am mostly focused on the analysis of urban movements and activism. In addition, I am interested in participatory processes about urban planning. Other topics under the umbrella of urban sociology and urban politics, such as housing policies, socio-spatial segregation, use of public spaces, sustainable mobility, local governance and gentrification, are part of my research work as well. More broadly, social movements, political sociology and qualitative methods, too.
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I work as an Associate Professor of Management and Organisation Studies at the School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. My research focuses mainly on the role of knowledge and technology in the construction of similarity and difference in organizing. I am currently studying the organizing processes unfolding as part of the work of integrating recent refugees and other immigrants to Sweden into the labour market and society. I am interested above all in the consequences of various organizing practices for the persons targeted as well as for other persons, groups and organizations involved. I am also an Associate Editor of the European Management Journal.
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Chemical engineer from the National University of Colombia, MSc in civil and environmental engineering from the university of Los Andes, Colombia, and PhD in environmental chemistry from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Academic work in the field of aquatic chemistry with experience on metal chemical speciation, nanoparticles fate in the environment and ocean acidification.
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I am a chemistry high school teacher. Also, I am a PhD candidate at the Ionian University, Department of Environment. My research focuses on the use of GIS and other digital tools, like digital storytelling, for Environmental Education.
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Professor Granhag is the director of the research unit for Criminal, Legal and Investigative Psychology (CLIP, www.psy.gu.se/clip). The CLIP group has repeatedly been rated as one of the world-leading groups in its field. He is the funding coordinator of the Nordic Network for research on Psychology and Law. He is the past President of the European Association of Psychology and Law. He is the Editor for Applied Cognitive Psychology, and an editorial board member of nine additional journals. He has provided reviews for 50+ scientific journals. He has participated as a reviewer/panel board member for a number of national (e.g. The Swedish Research Council) and international granting agencies (e.g., Australian Research Council, Israel Science Foundation, The British Academy, National Science Foundation). He has conducted missions under contract for agencies such as the Swedish Ministry of Justice, the Swedish Government, and Human Rights First. He was appointed visiting Professor at the Scottish Institute for Policing Research (2009-2010), and he is currently visiting Professor at the Norwegian Police University College. In January 2010 he was given an award from the International Academy of Investigative Psychology for “outstanding contributions to Investigative Psychology”. He has been invited to 15+ countries worldwide to present his research to academics and practitioners, among them the U.K (incl MI5), Germany, China, Japan, Russia, Canada and the U.S. (including FBI’s High Value Detainee Interrogation Group (HIG), LAPD and NYPD). He has conducted work for the U.S. Innocence Project and several mission for the UN (e.g., for UNHCR and UNICRI). His research findings have been acknowledged in international media such as Der Spiegel, New York Times, Newsweek, LA Times, The Guardian, Business Weekly, The Boston Globe, New Scientist, Science Daily and Wall Street Journal.
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Lauren is a Senior Policy and Development Officer at the Carnegie UK Trust.
Lauren joined the Trust in 2012, with a background in policy and research work and public affairs.
Previously, Lauren worked as a Researcher for Marilyn Livingstone MSP, particularly on policies relating to construction, women’s issues and Higher and Further education. Lauren has also worked as a Public Affairs Executive for the Federation of Master Builders, focusing on engaging with the Scottish and UK Governments on skills and training, creating a better business environment and building a Greener Scotland.
Lauren has an MA (Hons) in International Relations from the University of St Andrews, and is a Trustee of Home Start Kirkcaldy.
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Irene Boeckmann is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in 2014. After completing a post-doctoral fellowship at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center in Germany, she joined the faculty at the University of Toronto in 2016. She teaches courses in the area of gender, family, work and inequality, public policy and quantitative methods.
Her current research project examines the gendered processes that shape how different-sex couples organize paid work before and after the transition to parenthood in four different welfare state contexts. Part of this project focusses on couples where the woman has labor market advantages relative to her partner before they have children and asks how these couples engage in employment after the transition to parenthood in different labor market and policy contexts.
She is also engaged in collaborative research projects examining the relationship between fatherhood and earnings. One of these projects investigates how this relationship varies cross-nationally and whether labor market characteristics and public policies can account for some of this variation. A related project examines whether changes in fatherhood ideals, patterns of partnership and family formation and the labor market have changed fathers’ earnings advantages in the U.S. labor market over time.