Françoise Montambeault
Director of ERIGAL and Professor of Political Science at the Université de Montréal
francoise.montambeault@umontreal.ca
I earned my Ph.D. in Political Science from McGill University in 2009. I am the director of ERIGAL since its creation in 2017, professor at the Université de Montréal since 2011 and I am the holder the Canada Research Chair in Participation and Citizenship (2019-2029).
My research is rooted in the field of comparative politics. It focuses on citizen participation, democracy, social inclusion, expanding access to citizenship rights, and redefining the boundaries of citizens' belonging to political communities. My recent work examines participatory spaces in Latin America, analyzing practices to better understand their contours and diversity, as well as the effects of these practices on the social and political (re)configurations of state-society relations. In doing so, it demonstrates how citizen participation contributes to defining and redefining the boundaries of citizenship regimes, both within and outside state institutions.
Languages: French, English, Portuguese, Spanish
Associate professor. Faculty of Arts and Science - Department of Political Science
Taking a comparative approach, my current research focuses on three main areas
- Citizenship and participatory policies
- Informal participation and (re)defining modes of social inclusion
- Indigenous participation and citizenship
Recent research projects
Canada Research Chair in Participation and Citizenship / 2019 - 2029
Penser la citoyenneté vécue des femmes dans les pratiques participatives du care au quotidien en Amérique latine : Le cas des cuisines communautaires de la ville de Mexico / SSHRC 2023 - 2026
Réseau de recherche sur les savoirs citoyens et les approches cocréatives (RéSCits) / FRQSC 2024 – 2028
Peuples autochtones, territoires et ressources: une analyse comparée des mécanismes de traduction du consentement préalable, libre et éclairé / SSHRC 2018 - 2026
Participedia Phase Two: Strengthening democracy by mobilizing knowledge of democratic innovations / SSHRC 2021 - 2025
Latest publications
Montambeault, Françoise, Furukawa Marques, Dan, & Nagels, Nora (2024). L’Amérique latine en transformation : mobilisation et citoyenneté. Presses de l’Université de Montréal.
Montambeault, Françoise (2024). Rethinking the study of democracy in Latin America. Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies / Revue Canadienne Des Études Latino-Américaines et Caraïbes, 49(3), 472–474. https://doi.org/10.1080/08263663.2024.2393000
Bherer, Laurence, Dufour, Pascale, & Montambeault, Françoise (2024). Creating Local “Citizen’s Governance Spaces” in Austerity Contexts : Food Recuperation and Urban Gardening in Montréal (Canada) as Ways to Pragmatically Invent Alternatives. Urban Affairs Review (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), 60(5), 1507–1539. https://doi.org/10.1177/10780874231224359
Montambeault, Françoise, & Papillon, Martin. (2023). Repoliticising indigenous participation: FPIC protocols in Canada and Brazil. The International Journal of Human Rights, 27(2), 335–358. https://doi.org/10.1080/13642987.2022.2121707
El Ouardi, Martine, & Montambeault, Françoise (2023). COLLECTIVELY GARDENING THE URBAN PUBLIC SPACE IN MEXICO CITY: When Informal Practices Interact with the State. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 47(2), 201–220. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2427.13153
Bherer, Laurence, Dufour, Pascale, & Montambeault, Françoise. (2023). What Is Informal Participation? International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10767-022-09440-z
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