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Keywords: democratic citizenship, social cohesion, intergroup relations immigration, and political participation, intergroup relations, immigration, political participation
My research is primarily focused on the political psychology and comparative politics of democratic citizenship. I work on issues related to social cohesion and intergroup relations, immigration, and political participation. I am especially interested in topics related to migrant integration and settlement, identity and nationalism, and the foundations of political attitudes and behaviours.
In addition to my academic research, I am interested in supporting organizations in applying social and behavioural science insights and methodologies to address pressing social issues, especially in areas related to migration, civic engagement, and community development.
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Survey Methodology Workshop - Qualtrics Workshop offered to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of survey methodology, along with a hands-on session using Qualtrics, offering participants valuable skills for research and data collection. Concordia University Conference 2025-03-10 Minority Affirmations and the Boundaries of the Nation: Evidence From Québec Cultural criteria, like language skills and values, are salient features of nationalism discourse, reflecting imagined boundaries that separate ingroup from outgroup member when thinking about the nation. Despite their salience, the relationship between cultural membership criteria and other civic (attainable) or ethnic (ascriptive) national boundaries, along with their implications for intergroup relations, is contested. Using surveys from N = 6448 majority group members in the Canadian province of Québec, we argue cultural boundaries are empirically distinct from civic and ethnic ones. Cultural and civic criteria are both prominent prerequisites for membership into the Québécois national community, but cultural criteria show markedly divergent relationships with outgroup attitudes. The results underline the importance of conceptualizing cultural boundaries as a distinct set of national membership criteria and question the construct validity of blended ethnocultural boundary measures or approaches that aggregate civic and cultural criteria together as equally “attainable” markers of national membership. Concordia University Publication 2024-01-20 Between Decentralization and Asymmetry: Explaining Preferences toward the Division of Power in Canada Abstract In most federations, the division of power between central and subnational governments represents an important cleavage dividing voters and structuring party systems. Yet we lack a robust body of research regarding individuals’ preferences for different forms of devolved decision-making such as decentralization and asymmetrical federalism. This article contributes to this research agenda by analyzing the effects of identity and grievances on public opinion toward the division of powers in Canada. Leveraging four waves of the Confederation of Tomorrow survey, we find that respondents who identify predominantly with their province are more likely to prefer decentralization and asymmetrical federalism, whereas those who hold grievances against the federation prefer decentralization. Studying provincial variations in the impact of our main variables, we point to the role of the political context by showing that in certain provinces, the political mobilization of grievances strengthens the relationship between provincial identity and support for decentralization. Concordia University Publication 2024-09-06 Survey Methodology Workshop TRS4 2.3.4 Concordia University Event 2025-03-07 TRS4 2.3.4 Canadian Public Opinion Toward the Electoral Participation of Migrants This presentation discussed recent survey results and analysis on Canadian attitudes toward voting rights, electoral inclusion, and new technologies in shaping perceptions and engagement of migrants in Canadian democracy.TRS4 3.2.2 Concordia University Event 2024-11-12 TRS4 3.2.2 Does personality moderate how discrimination experiences affect political participation? Concordia University Grant 2025-05-01 Comprendre la prise de décision des immigrants dans les petites et moyennes communautés : Implications pour l'attraction, l'intégration et la rétention des immigrants francophones TRS4 2.3.4 Concordia University Grant 2025-04-01 TRS4 2.3.4 Social networks and integration among hard-to-reach migrants: A multi-method survey of immigrants in Quebec TRS4 2.3.4 Concordia University Grant 2023-01-06 TRS4 2.3.4 Comprendre la prise de décision des immigrants dans les petites et moyennes communautés : Implications pour l'attraction, l'intégration et la rétention des immigrants francophones TRS4 2.3.4 Concordia University Award 2025-04-01 TRS4 2.3.4 Should non-citizens be allowed to vote? Public opinion toward electoral participation of migrants in Canada presentation on Canadian public opinion toward the electoral participation of migrants Concordia University Event 2024-11-12 Public Opinion TRS4 2.3.4 Concordia University Publication 2026-04-16 TRS4 2.3.4
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