Laval University
Yannick Dufresne is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Laval University, holder of the Chair in Leadership in Teaching Digital Social Sciences (CLESSN), and Director of the Centre for Public Policy Analysis (CAPP). Yannick Dufresne has contributed to the design and development of several large-scale digital data collection applications such as the Vote Compass, Project Quorum, Datagotchi, and the Polimeter. He is also a researcher in various social science research groups such as the Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship (CSDC), the Research Group in Political Communication (GRCP), as well as in health and digital fields like the Centre for Research in Big Data at Laval University (CRDM), the National Public Health Institute (INSPQ), the VITAM Sustainable Health Research Centre, and the International Observatory on the Societal Impacts of AI and Digital Technology (OBVIA). Yannick Dufresne specializes in public opinion and in measuring attitudes on complex political issues. His research has been funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), the Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ), and the Ministry of International Relations (MRI). His work has been published in various journals including Public Opinion Quarterly, International Journal of Forecasting, British Journal of Political Science, and Political Analysis.