Axel van den Berg, McGill University

Research

epistemology sociological theory critique of positivism public sociology

Latest papers

Assessing the impact of road safety agencies and health systems in traffic outcomes across 146 countries, 1994-2012.
Accident; analysis and prevention · 2023 · senior author
Did Chile's traffic law reform push police enforcement? Understanding Chile's traffic fatalities and injuries reduction.
Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2015 · senior author
Explaining Chile's traffic fatality and injury reduction for 2000-2012.
Traffic injury prevention · 2014 · senior author

All 3 publications

Latest funding

Cutting the branch on which we are sitting: an empirical exploration of some central tensions in postpositivist sociological research
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$68,743
Shifting interactions between employment and social policies: new welfare regimes in OECD countries and Canadian provinces
SSHRC · 2008 · Principal investigator
$110,750
Incentives, labour market policies and flexibility: a study of the determinants of labour market transitions
SSHRC · 2003 · Principal investigator
$151,567

All 5 grants and awards

3 publications.

01

Assessing the impact of road safety agencies and health systems in traffic outcomes across 146 countries, 1994-2012.

Ignacio Nazif-Munoz J, Quesnel-Vallée A, van den Berg A

Accident; analysis and prevention2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2023.107122 PMID: 37235967

02

Did Chile's traffic law reform push police enforcement? Understanding Chile's traffic fatalities and injuries reduction.

Nazif-Munoz JI, Quesnel-Vallée A, van den Berg A

Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention2015Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2014-041358 PMID: 25432938

03

Explaining Chile's traffic fatality and injury reduction for 2000-2012.

Nazif-Muñoz JI, Quesnel-Vallée A, Van den Berg A

Traffic injury prevention2014Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2014.939270 PMID: 25307399

Cutting the branch on which we are sitting: an empirical exploration of some central tensions in postpositivist sociological research

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Grants

Principal investigators: van den Berg, Axel P.M.

Keywords: epistemology; sociological theory; critique of positivism; public sociology

$68,743

Shifting interactions between employment and social policies: new welfare regimes in OECD countries and Canadian provinces

Principal investigatorSSHRC2008Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: van den Berg, Axel P.M.

Keywords: comparative social and employment policy; welfare state regimes; labour market flexibility; employment patterns; labour market transitions; lifecourse perspective; flexicurity

$110,750

Incentives, labour market policies and flexibility: a study of the determinants of labour market transitions

Principal investigatorSSHRC2003Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Van Den Berg, Axel P.M.

Keywords: labour market transitions; incentives; labour market policies; labour market deregulation

$151,567

Making drawings, judging drawings: a cross-cultural study of graphic development and aesthetic assessment

Co-investigatorSSHRC2000Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Kindler, Anna

Keywords: artistic development; art education; cross-cultural comparative research; cognitive development; aesthetic judgement

$131,000

Homo economicus versus homo sociologicus: towards a socio-economic research agenda

Principal investigatorSSHRC1998Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: van den Berg, Axel

Keywords: Rational choice theory; economic models; sociological models; economic theory; sociological theory

$25,300

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: epistemology Dear Professor van den Berg, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Assessing the impact of road safety agencies and health systems in traffic outcomes across 146 countries, 1994-2012." (2023), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]