1. Migration, multilevel and collaborative governance in Canada and Europe

My research in this area aims to understand how and why local authorities and community actors have come to play a more substantial role in the governance of migration in Canada and Europe, a sector in which they do not have formal (or few) jurisdictional responsibilities.

2. Mechanisms and instruments of interest representation as well as their impacts on communities

My recent work on networks, activism and passivism of municipalities and local authorities in migration governance is a natural extension of my first research agenda, focusing on integration policies for immigrants in Quebec cities (Montreal and Laval).

3. Research and knowledge production in Canada

To test the validity of this analytic posture beyond Quebec, and in an effort to map, reflect on and orient the literature on cities and immigration in Canadian political science, I authored an article whose empirical base was the published research conducted on local integration policies in Canada (2015, CJPS). This article notably proposes avenues for future research.

4. Migration and settlement patterns in urban, suburban and small immigration localities

I started my academic career by insisting on the differences between central and municipal integration policies and between municipal policies because of differences produced by specific local configurations (in a nutshell, I defend the divergence thesis as opposed to the convergence one). In this sense, I have always been aware of the importance of the institutional context and specific settlement patterns in particular localities.