Team

Clara Goutieres holds a law degree specializing in European and international law, and is currently studying for a master’s degree in applied political studies, with a focus on security and intelligence. As part of her master’s program, she is studying religious violent extremism in France, with a particular focus on understanding and preventing the phenomenon of jihadist radicalization.

Samuel Grenier is a master’s student in applied political studies specializing in security and intelligence at the University of Sherbrooke. He holds a bachelor’s degree in applied politics with a focus on international cooperation and participated in the RANOSOA project in Madagascar. He then coordinated the Kazoza project in Uganda, further enriching his experience in international project management. His research interests focus primarily on disinformation, conspiracy theories, foreign interference, development models, and the use and regulation of artificial intelligence. He also participated in the LIRIC summer school, where he deepened his analysis of contemporary risks and crises.

Currently in her final year of the tridiploma in international political communication and democratic risks, a program offered by the Université de Sherbrooke, the Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium) and Sciences Po Aix (France), Perrine aspires to specialize in the study of radicalization phenomena. Her final dissertation is an analysis of crisis communication and misinformation related to cyclone Chido in Mayotte, which occurred on December 5, 2024.

Alexandra Joseph is a doctoral student in law, lawyer and lecturer at the Université de Sherbrooke. Her research interests include the regulation of content on social networking sites and communicative approaches to law.

Enzo Laborda is a final-year student in the tridiploma in International Political Communication and Democratic Risks, offered by the Université de Sherbrooke in collaboration with the Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium and Sciences Po Aix in France. He is particularly interested in the topics explored by the Chair, notably the prevention of radicalization and the analysis of related dynamics. He also hopes to deepen his knowledge of these subjects within the Chair. For his final dissertation, he studies the media and institutional coverage of the 2016 EU-Turkey migration agreement, at the intersection of communication and political science.

A professional in international economic development and dispute prevention and resolution, Philippe Lafrance has worked in public policy analysis and crisis management in numerous private, community, and public ecosystems, notably as a policy advisor to various levels of government. His areas of expertise include strengthening democratic resilience, political polarization, far-right ecosystems, disinformation, and survey and interview analysis methodologies. These topics are central to Mr. Lafrance’s doctoral studies in applied ethics and politics at the University of Sherbrooke.

Currently a master’s student in political science at the Université de Montréal, Zachary Lemyre is conducting research on the role of U.S.-based social media platforms in ideological radicalization and violent extremism in Canada. He completed his bachelor’s degree at the Université de Montréal in April 2026, combining a major in political science with a minor in philosophy. He is also a member of the Network for Strategic Analysis, where he collaborates with several experts on research projects related to national defense issues.

Marie-Ève Martel is a professional journalist and lecturer in journalism at the University of Montreal. She is also the author of several essays on journalism. She served as an administrator for the Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec (FPJQ) between 2015 and 2022, and was its vice president for two years. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in communication at the University of Sherbrooke, where she is interested in the ethical uses of artificial intelligence in journalism. She is supervised by Professor Marie-Eve Carignan.

Elise Mazaloubaud is an applied political studies student in the international relations program at the Université de Sherbrooke. Her areas of interest are security, masculinism and religious and political extremism. She plans to continue her studies at graduate level with a master’s degree in security and crisis management.