Éric Montpetit

Éric Montpetit is Professor of Political Science and Vice-Dean, Research, in the Faculty of Arts and Science at the Université de Montréal. He is a member of the Commission de l’éthique en science et en technologie du Québec and a researcher at the Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur la science et la technologie. In 1999, he obtained a PhD in Comparative and Canadian Public Policy from McMaster University. His research focuses on the behavior of actors in public policy, and more specifically on the politics of scientific expertise. His publications cover a wide range of public policy issues, including soil contamination, biotechnologies, energy, climate change and public health. His most recent book was published by Cambridge University Press, and his previous work, Misplaced Distrust, won the American Political Science Association's Lynton Keith Caldwell Award for the best book on environmental policy published in the last three years.