Office Location
MU 264S
Email Address
Area Group(s)
- Comparative Politics
- Development Studies
Education
- B.A., McGill University
- M.Sc., London School of Economics and Political Science
- M.A., Princeton University
- Ph.D., Princeton University
Jacques Bertrand
Professor
Biography
Research interests: comparative politics; ethnic politics; ethnic conflict; nationalism; democratic change; natural resources; inequality; Southeast Asia. He is the author of ‘Winning by Process: The State and Neutralization of Ethnic Minorities in Myanmar’ (Cornell University Press, 2022); ‘Democracy and Nationalism in Southeast Asia: From Secessionist Mobilization to Conflict Resolution’ (Cambridge University Press, 2021); ‘Political Change in Southeast Asia’ (Cambridge University Press, 2013) and ‘Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Indonesia’ (Cambridge University Press, 2004), as well as co-editor of ‘Democratization and Ethnic Minorities: Conflict or Compromise’ (Routledge, 2014) and ‘Multination States in Asia’ (Cambridge University Press, 2010). He has also published several articles and book chapters.
Research Interests
- Comparative Politics
- Ethnic Politics
- Ethnic Conflict
- Nationalism
- Democratic Change
- Southeast Asia
Recent News
- Jacques Bertrand receives 2024 Dean’s Research Excellence Award
- Lee Kong Chian Fellow
- Jacques Bertrand leads new $400,000 IDRC project in Myanmar
- Conducting research in Indonesia
- Myanmar explained
- Exploring Violence and Peace in Divided Societies
- Professor Jacques Bertrand recently published two books
Recent Publications
- Democracy and Nationalism in Southeast Asia: From Secessionist Mobilization to Conflict Resolution
- Winning by Process: The State and Neutralization of Ethnic Minorities in Myanmar
- Multination States in Asia: Accommodation or Resistance
- Political Change in Southeast Asia
- Democratization and Ethnic Minorities