Lachapelle Erick

Biography

Lachapelle Erick is an Associate Professor Contact : T elephone 514-343-6111 # 29535 Pav. PAV.M.CARON-L.GROULX-3200 JB \ bur. C-4029 at University of Montreal, Department of Political Science, Canada.

Research Interest

Lachapelle Erick's research interests focus on the political economy of environmental and energy issues, multi-level. I focus mainly on the North American territories, all with a perspective of international comparison. I am primarily interested in understanding how political actors shape their preferences and behaviors on complex issues, in order to explain why governments adopt certain environmental and energy policies. Both at the micro and macro level, my research aims to understand how the interests and preferences of actors intervene in the institutional context in which they operate. This work led me to study various factors such as the role of experts, interest groups, partisan ideology, political polarization, risk perceptions, electoral preferences, and regional concentration of resources and interests. (in connection with voting rules, electoral boundaries and federalism). I am actively working on five major projects, many of which are funded by various public and private sector sources, including the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), the Quebec Research Fund - Society and Culture (FQRSC), and Sustainable Prosperity (LPD). Areas of expertise: Comparative public policy, Public opinion, Environmental policy, Political economics, Research methodology.