Lauren Touchant
Chair and Professor of Political Studies
MABRRI's Research Director
Building: 355
Room: 334
Phone: 250.740.6393
Mail drop: 355
Email: Lauren.Touchant@viu.ca
Credentials: PhD in Public Administration, University of Ottawa
Areas of Expertise: Environmental and Climate Policy and Governance; Emergency and Disaster Management; Social Policy; Local Governments and Governance
Michael MacKenzie
Professor of Political Studies
Jarislowsky Chair in Trust and Political Leadership
Building: 355
Room: 320
Phone: 250.740.6393
Mail drop: 355
Email: Michael.MacKenzie@viu.ca
Credentials: PhD in Political Science, University of British Columbia
Areas of Expertise: Democratic Theory; Deliberative Democracy; Democratic Innovations; Political Leadership; Trust; Future-Regarding Governance
Jocelyne Praud
Professor of Political Studies
Building: 356
Room: 338b
Phone: 250.740.6393
Mail drop: 356
Email: Jocelyne.Praud@viu.ca
Credentials: PhD in Political Science, University of Toronto
Areas of Expertise: Electoral and Party Politics; Political Representation of Marginalized Communities; Gender and Politics
Mark Williams
Professor of Political Studies
Building: 356
Room: 342
Phone: 250.740.6393
Mail drop: 356
Email: Mark.Williams@viu.ca
Credentials: PhD in Political Science, McMaster University
Areas of Expertise: International Relations; Comparative Politics; Indo-Pacific; Canadian Foreign Policy
Honorary Research Associates
David Livingstone, PhD in Political Science, University of Dallas
Alexander Netherton, PhD in Political Science, Carleton University
David Tabachnick, PhD in Political Science, Carleton University
Anna Toderas, Master of Management, University of British Columbia Sauder School of Business