1. C.V. Short Version
JEAN MERCIER, LL.L., D.E.S., PH.D.
Professeur titulaire
Département de science politique
Université Laval
Quebec City, CANADA
Jean Mercier is professor at the Department of Political Science of l’Université Laval, where he
spent all his career, and where he was chairman of the Department from 1994 to 1997.
He has been invited as visiting scholar at the University of Toronto’s Centre for Environment,
the Virginia Polytechnic and State University Center for Public Administration and Policy, The
Ciudad del Saber, Panama, The Foreign Affairs College in Beijing, and The End-of-life Care
Research Group at the Vrije Univesiteit in Brussels. He also held the Chaire Vergniaud en
gouvernance territoriale du développement durable at l’Institut d’études politiques of Université
Bordeaux, in 2009.
A recipient of twenty research grants over the years, he is member of several research teams,
and his current (2015) research interests focus on sustainable urban transport, greenhouse gas
reduction policies, assisted death policies and interpretive methods, as applied, among others,
to cinematographic material.
Jean Mercier has authored four books and published regularly a substantial number of articles.
Among the venues where he has contributed : Public Administration Review, Social Science
Research, Society and Natural Resources, Urban Studies, International Review of
Administrative Sciences, Administration and Society, Canadian Journal of Political Science,
Canadian Public Administration, Urbe, Industrial Relations, Policy Options, La revue générale
de droit medical and Études géopolitiques. For a complete list of publications, consult the long
version of Jean Mercier’s c.v., which includes all types of publications, including a complete list
of refereed articles.
Earlier in his career, Jean Mercier had received a law degree (LL.L) from Université de
Montréal, a D.E.S. (Diplôme d’études supérieures) from the Sorbonne, and a PH.D. from the
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University.
Following is a complete list of the topics to be accessed in Jean Mercier’s long version C.V.:
• complete c.v.
• complete list of publications: books; articles in refereed journals; chapters in books; book
reviews; other publications; online publications; publications in progress
• selected list of audiences for conferences or presentations; selected conferences; poster
presentations
• research grants; research reports
• invitations as expert; referee
• other recognitions
• subject areas for teaching
• graduate studies supervisor

2. • participation in public debates
• assisted death debates
• political and social comments on contemporary films
• interviews-radio, tv, print media
• memberships/associations
Videos of Jean Mercier
You can access three videos of Jean Mercier’s public presentations (in French) :
• On sustainable urban transport: « Le défi du transport urbain durable ». Hydro-Québec
auditorium, october 16, 2012. Université Laval.
• On assisted death. Québec National Assembly Commission, February 9th, 2011.
Quebec City.
• On automobile use and environment. Public debates of ALIÉÉS, February 6th, 2008.
Université Laval graduate debates.
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