ANDRÉ BLAIS

CAREER AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

André Blais is professor in the department of political science at the Université de Montréal, a research fellow with the Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en économie quantitative (CIREQ) and with the Center for Interuniversity Research Analysis on Organizations (CIRANO), and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He is past president of the Canadian Political Science Association and a co-investigator of the Canadian Election Study since 1988. He holds a Canada Research Chair in electoral studies. His research interests are elections, electoral systems, voting, turnout, public opinion and methodology.

Blais has (co)authored and (co)edited 17 books, among which : Losers’ Consent (Oxford, 2005, with Christopher Anderson, Shaun Bowler, Todd Donovan and Ola Listhaug), Establishing the Rules of the Game (University of Toronto Press, 2003, with Louis Massicotte and Antoine Yoshinaka), Anatomy of a Liberal Victory (Broadview, 2002, with Elisabeth Gidengil, Richard Nadeau and Neil Nevitte), To Vote Or Not To Vote? (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2000), Governments, Parties and Public Sector Employees (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1997, with Donald Blake and Stéphane Dion), and Letting the People Decide (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1992, with Richard Johnston, Henry Brady and Jean Crête).

Blais has published more than 100 articles in journals such as : American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Canadian Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science, European Journal of Political Research, Revue française de science politique, Comparative Political Studies, Quality and Quantity, Electoral Studies, Public Opinion Quarterly, Political Behavior, Party Politics, Political Studies, Public Choice, Governance, and Public Finance Quarterly.

Blais has served as program chair of the APSA Representation and Electoral Systems section and he is now the section chair. He also serves on the executive of the Elections, Public Opinion and Voting Behavior section.

STATEMENT OF VIEWS

I welcome the opportunity to serve the membership. I think that my broad knowledge and understanding of the development of political science internationally would benefit the association. I have a strong interest in exploring new approaches to improve the quality of scientific exchange at APSA meetings, and I intend to contribute to the success of the APSA meeting in Toronto in 2009.