Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Guy Lachapelle is full professor (1996) in the Department of Political Science at Concordia University since 1984. He obtained is Ph.D. in Political Science from Northwestern University (1986). He is also coordinator of the Quebec Government Relations at the Rector’s office of Government & External Relations. He was president of the Société québécoise de science politique (1996-1997). He was the co-chairperson of the organizing Committee for the XVIIIth World Congress of the International Political Science Association in Quebec City in the year 2000 (August 1-5, 2000). He was director of the MPPA program (1990-1991). He was elected Secretary General of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) in April 1999.

He published several books. His latest publications include : Robert Bourassa: un bâtisseur tranquille (with Robert Comeau, Presses de l’Université Laval, 2002) and Globalization, Governance and Identity (with John E. Trent, Presses de l’Université de Montréal). His study for the Royal Commission on Political Parties and Party Financing (Lortie Commission) Polls and The Media in Canadian Elections: Taking the Pulse (1991) was instrumental in the inclusion by the federal government in the Canadian Election Act for the 1993, 1997 and 2000 elections of a black-out on public opinion polls during federal elections. He is also co-author with Gérald Bernier, Daniel Salée and Luc Bernier of Quebec Democracy: Structures, Processes, and Policies (1993). He is co-editor with Luc Bernier and Pierre P. Tremblay of Le processus budgétaire au Québec (1999). With Robert Young and John E. Trent of Quebec-Canada: What is the path ahead? (1996). With Pierre P. Tremblay of Le contribuable: héros ou malfaiteur (1996). With Jean Crête and Louis M. Imbeau of Politiques provinciales comparées (1994). He is the editor of Quebec Under Free Trade: Making Public Policy in North America (1995). With Pierre P. Tremblay and John E. Trent of L'impact référendaire (1995). He is also co-editor of Québec: un pays incertain - réflexion sur le Québec post-référendaire (1980).

His publications include contributions to Publius, the Canadian Journal of Political Science, Revue québécoise de science politique, Québec Studies, Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, Éthique publique, Politique et Sociétés. He is often solicited by the media. His recent work has focused on public opinion theory, comparative voting behavior, and Quebec public policy.