Status
Active
Email Address
thomas.bergeron@mail.utoronto.ca
Website
Major
Canadian Government
Supervisor(s)
Bergeron, Thomas
Dissertation:
The Minds of Humans Are Mirrors to One Another: Essays on the Place of Empathy in Individual Decision-Making and Opinion Formation
Biography
Thomas is a Research Fellow in the Policy, Elections, and Representation Lab (PEARL) at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy. He is also involved in the Media Ecosystem Observatory (MEO), an interdisciplinary research group studying digital threats to democracy. Thomas’s research examines how cognition influences information processing, selection, and political behaviours more generally. His dissertation focuses on the implications of empathy in individuals’ opinion formation and behaviours.
Thomas received his Master of Science (MSc) in Political Science from the Université de Montréal where he was also a visiting student and intern at MILA (Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms). He received his Bachelor of Arts from Université de Sherbrooke in Applied Politics.
Publications
https://scholar.google.fr/citations?user=e7QRYWYAAAAJ&hl=fr
Research Interests
Empathy, Political Psychology, Political Behaviour, Canadians Politics, Experimental Political Science
Previous Degrees
M.Sc., Political Science, Université de Montréal (2020)
BA., École de politique appliquée, Université de Sherbrooke
Teaching Experience
Instructor for POL729: Electoral Behaviour: A Comparative Perspective (Université de Sherbrooke)
Co-instructor for POL382HF: Topics in Canadian Politics, Public Opinion and Voting (University of Toronto)