marie.brossier@pol.ulaval.ca

Research

  1. Religion and Politics 
  2. Elites and Political Dynasties
  3. Conflicts, the State and the Law

01. Religion and Politics

Lifestyle and democracy: A comparative analysis of electoral preferences in three Muslim countries

Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Insight Grant (Canada) (2024-2029).

Co-researcher with PI Alexandre Pelletier (Political science, Laval University), Francesco Cavatorta, Yannick Dufresne (Political science, Laval University) and Catherine Ouellet (Political Science, University of Montreal).

The politisation of religion in Africa and MENA (PRAM)

Funded by the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture (FRQSC)- Soutien aux équipes de recherche – nouvelle équipe (Canada) (2023-2027).

Co-researcher with PI Francesco Cavatorta (Political Science, Laval University) and six co-researchers (ULaval, UQAM, UdeM, USherbrooke, TELUQ).

Mosques, Hajj and political parties in the Sahel and Central Africa: success icons and religious entrepreneurs

Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Insight Grant (Canada) (2016-2021 extended to 2024 due to Covid).

Co-researcher with PI Muriel Gomez-Perez (History, Laval University) and Cédric Jourde (Political Science, University of Ottawa, co-researcher).

Models, practices and schooling cultures in francophone West Africa (MOPRACS)

Funded by the French Research National Agency (ANR), Franco-German Program (2012-2016).

Co-researcher, with PI Hélène Charton (CNRS- LAM, Sciences Po Bordeaux), and a team of eight researchers.

02. Elites and Political dynasties

Parliamentary Elites and Democratic Consolidation: Profiles, Renewal, and Professionalization in Senegal (1959–2022)

Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Insight Grant (Canada)  (2024-2029).

PI with co-researchers Emmanuelle Bouilly (University Lille 2), Yannick Dufresne (Laval University) and Alioune Diop (UCAD).

Rehabilitating the Study of African Elites in a Period of Democratic Consolidation: A Political Sociology of Members of Parliament in Senegal

Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Insight Development Grant (Canada)  (2022-2024).

PI with co-researcher Emmanuelle Bouilly (University Lille 2), Yannick Dufresne (Laval University) and Alioune Diop (UCAD).

FamilEA: The remaking of Family in East Africa

Funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (FNS) – Sinergia program (2023-2027).

Co-researcher with PIs Yvan Droz (Geneva Graduate Institute- IHEID), Valérie Golaz (INED) and Clémentine Rossier (UNIGE) and a team of 20 researchers (Europe, Kenya, Uganda).

Political dynasties and hereditary successions in Sub-Saharan Africa from a comparative perspective

Funded by the FQRSC (Nouveaux professeurs-chercheurs, 2013-2017) and the Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council . Insight Grant (2017-2021 extended to 2024). PI.

03. Conflicts, the State and the Law

Stabilizing Mali: the challenges of conflict resolution

Funded by Centre FrancoPaix, Chaire Raoul Dandurand, University of Quebec, Montreal (UQAM) – Global Affairs Canada (2016-2019)

Co-researcher, with PI Bruno Charbonneau (UQAM-Laurentian University), and a team of eight researchers.

Promoting and strengthening international humanitarian law: a Canadian contribution

Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Partnership Development Grant (Canada) (2016-2019)

Co-researcher with PI Julia Grignon (Law Faculty, University of Laval) and Fannie Lafontaine (Law Faculty, University of Laval, co-researcher), and a team of ten North American, European, and African academic partners and practitioners.