LABORDA, Enzo

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.

Emma Vargas Lemeltier is a student in the Master’s program in Applied Politics – Security and Intelligence at the Université de Sherbrooke. Her interdisciplinary background in international relations and law has led her to focus on national security issues ranging from the protection of democratic institutions to contemporary forms of ideological violence.

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.

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.

Alix Dusablon is a master’s student in applied politics – intelligence and security at the Université de Sherbrooke. She is particularly interested in issues related to foreign interference and its repercussions. Throughout her academic and professional career, she has cultivated a keen interest in national security issues. Through her involvement with the UNESCO-PREV Chair, she hopes to deepen her research skills and actively contribute to the advancement of knowledge in her fields of interest.

Fakhreddine Riahi is a student in applied politics – public policy path – at the Université de Sherbrooke. He plans to pursue a master’s degree. Throughout his academic journey, he has nurtured an interest in issues concerning the governance of data, artificial intelligence and disruptive technologies. He is also interested in the effects of social networks and search engines on political attitudes. He aims to develop his knowledge and research expertise within the UNESCO-PREV Chair.

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.

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.

After a bachelor’s and master’s degree in anthropology (ULaval, 2011 and 2013), Frédérick Nadeau completed a doctorate in urban studies at INRS (2020). He then pursued his work through postdoctoral internships, first at the Centre d’expertise et de formation sur les intégrismes religieux, les idéologies politiques et la radicalisation (2020-2022), then at the Chaire de recherche France-Québec sur les enjeux contemporains de la liberté d’expression (2023-2024). He is now a research professional with the UNESCO Chair in the Prevention of Violent Radicalization. Dr. Nadeau specializes in political ideologies and social movements, particularly those labelled “radical”. More specifically, he is interested in emerging forms of political ideology and activism in a context where the institutions of liberal democracy are being challenged. Among other things, he carried out a four-year ethnographic survey during which he infiltrated Quebec’s extreme right to share the daily lives of activists and understand their paths of commitment. His work earned him the Relève Étoile Paul-Gérin-Lajoie prize from the Fonds de recherche du Québec (June 2020). He has published in various French- and English-language journals (Bulletin d’histoire politique, Anthropologica, Canadian Ethnic Studies, Recherches sociographiques), and his expertise is frequently sought by local, national and international media (Radio-Canada/CBC, Le Devoir, La Presse, RTS-Radio Télévision Suisse, Le Monde, El País, TVA, Montreal Gazette).

Léonie Roy is a master’s candidate in international political communication and democratic risks (Sciences Po Aix, UCLouvain, and Université de Sherbrooke) and holds a bachelor’s degree in applied political studies with a focus in international relations from the Université de Sherbrooke. As part of her work at the Chair, she primarily works on anti-gender discourses (antifeminism, transphobia, masculinism).