Director, Graduate School of International Studies
Chairholder, Canada Research Chair in Immigration and Security
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science


Expertise

Political science

Security

Migrations

International relations

Comparative politics

Multidisciplinary

Methodological pluralism

Biography

Philippe Bourbeau is the first Director of the Graduate School of International Studies of Université Laval. Bourbeau is Chairholder of the Canada Research Chair in Immigration and Security and Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University Laval. His work adopts a multidisciplinary approach to international issues. He has published articles on the securitization of migration, the power of numbers in global governance, resilience as applied to world politics, the practice approach in international relations, and a multidisciplinary theorization of security. His most recent books include On Resilience, Genealogy, Logics and World Politics (Cambridge University Press, 2018), Security: Dialogue across Disciplines (Cambridge University Press, 2015) and The Securitization of Migration (Routledge, 2013). He holds a PhD from the University of British Columbia. Prior to coming to Université Laval he was Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge, UK.


Previous positions

Lecturer, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge

Assistant professor, Department of Political Science, University of Namur, Belgium

Formation :

PhD – University of British Columbia

M.A. – Université du Québec à Montréal

B.A. – Université du Québec à Montréal