Erick Lachapelle, Université de Montréal

Research

public opinion climate change media public policy environmental values environmental behaviours public engagement environmental citizenship

Latest papers

The Five Canadas of Climate Change: Using audience segmentation to inform communication on climate policy.
PloS one · 2022 · senior author
Is the Unequal COVID-19 Burden in Canada Due to Unequal Levels of Citizen Discipline across Provinces?
Canadian public policy. Analyse de politiques · 2022
A guilt-free strategy increases self-reported non-compliance with COVID-19 preventive measures: Experimental evidence from 12 countries.
PloS one · 2021

All 4 publications

Latest funding

Financial Analyst's Conflicts of Interest during M&A deal and activist short campaign
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$47,432
Climate change misinformation in Canada: Its prevalence, determinants, and potential for inoculation and correction
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$60,324
Social and political responses to climate change in Canada: media, public opinion and public policy, 2010-2020
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$168,028

All 8 grants and awards

4 publications.

01

The Five Canadas of Climate Change: Using audience segmentation to inform communication on climate policy.

Martel-Morin M, Lachapelle E

PloS one2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0273977 PMID: 36417352

02

Is the Unequal COVID-19 Burden in Canada Due to Unequal Levels of Citizen Discipline across Provinces?

Daoust JF, Bélanger É, Dassonneville R, Lachapelle E, Nadeau R

Canadian public policy. Analyse de politiques2022

DOI: 10.3138/cpp.2021-060 PMID: 36039065

03

A guilt-free strategy increases self-reported non-compliance with COVID-19 preventive measures: Experimental evidence from 12 countries.

Daoust JF, Bélanger É, Dassonneville R, Lachapelle E, Nadeau R, Becher M, Brouard S, Foucault M, Hönnige C, Stegmueller D

PloS one2021

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0249914 PMID: 33882102

04

The Distribution of Climate Change Public Opinion in Canada.

Mildenberger M, Howe P, Lachapelle E, Stokes L, Marlon J, Gravelle T

PloS one2016

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159774 PMID: 27486659

Financial Analyst's Conflicts of Interest during M&A deal and activist short campaign

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Zhang, Li (Jenny) J.

Keywords: financial analysts; activist short campaign; stock recommendation; conflict of interest; M&A advisor; analyst forecast accuracy

$47,432

Climate change misinformation in Canada: Its prevalence, determinants, and potential for inoculation and correction

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Turgeon, Mathieu

Keywords: public opinion; climate change; misinformation; environment; Canada

$60,324

Social and political responses to climate change in Canada: media, public opinion and public policy, 2010-2020

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Lachapelle, Erick

Keywords: public opinion; climate change; media; public policy

$168,028

EcoAnalytics partnership: exploring pathways to environmental engagement in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Lachapelle, Erick

Keywords: environmental values; environmental behaviours; public engagement; environmental citizenship

$187,926

@Risk: strengthening Canada's ability to manage risk

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Gattinger, Monica M.

Keywords: risk management; public values; governance; evidence-based decision-making; risk perception; motivated reasoning; energy; genomics; public health

$97,583

Bias in the use of science in policy-making: political beliefs and perceptions of scientific credibility

Co-investigatorSSHRC2012Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Montpetit, Éric

Keywords: political beliefs; perceptions of science; scientific credibility; science and policy

$154,780

Explaining sub-federal climate policy in Canada and the U.S. a mixed-methods analysis

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: Lachapelle, Erick

Keywords: environmental policy; energy policy; climate change

$42,736

Sustainable prosperity research and policy network

Co-investigatorSSHRC2007

Principal investigators: Elgie, Stewart A.G.

Keywords: environment; sustainabiltiy; economic policy; law and economics; law

$1,730,000

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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Richard Nadeau

Political Science

2 shared papers, latest 2022

Ruth Dassonneville

Political science

2 shared papers, latest 2022

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: public opinion Dear Professor Lachapelle, 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 "The Five Canadas of Climate Change: Using audience segmentation to inform communication on climate policy." (2022), 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]