Thomas Bergeron -

Hi! My name is Thomas Bergeron. I am a Ph.D student at the University of Toronto and a Research Fellow in the Policy, Elections, and Representation Lab (PEARL) at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.

My fields of interest are political psychology and political behaviour. My research focuses on how individual differences and cognition influence information processing and selection, opinion formation, and, more generally, behaviours. I am particularly interested in the implications of empathy. I mostly employ experimental methods to address these questions.

Here are my latest publications:

Environment versus economy policy preferences: follow-up questions reveal substantial heterogeneity within the environmental coalition

Are environmentalists identified using forced-choice dichotomous questions constitutes a heterogeneous coalition?

Nadeau et al. (2022)

Communicating safety precautions can help maintain in-person voter turnout during a pandemic

Does COVID-19 reduces turnout intention? If so, how can election agencies mitigate this effect?

Merkley et al. (2022)

The Political Implications of Personality in Canada

What are the effects of personality in Canada? Does it influence ideology? Partisanship?

Bergeron and Galipeau (2021)

Citizens Willingness to Support New Taxes for COVID-19 Measures and the Role of Trust

Are Canadians willing to contribute, through paying a new tax, to the costs of the COVID-19 pandemic?

Lachapelle et al. (2021)