CV

Specialized Scientific Advisor

• Under the Direction du développement des individus et des communautés (DDIC)

Computational Methods Researcher (AI & NLP) – Automated Political Analysis

• Developed the machine learning models used by vitrinedemocratique.com

Researcher – Digital Sovereignty

• Digital Sovereignty: The Changing Geography of Transnational Data Flows (SSHRC-funded project)

Researcher – Policy, Emotions, and Evidence in Punctuated Equilibrium Theory

Joint Postdoctoral Fellow

• FRQSC Postdoctoral Fellowship

Researcher – ENDURE Project

• Inequalities, Community Resilience, and New Governance Modalities in a Post-Pandemic World (FRQ & Horizon funded project). endure-project.org

Ph.D, Political Science

• Rector's Honour List & Best Dissertation Award

M.A., Political Science

B.A., History

Confirmed workshop — Computational methods using YouPol as a case study

• Workshop co-led with Tristan Boursier for CRIDAQ and its members on using computational methods, with YouPol as a case study.

Course Design — PHE6200 'Public Policy and Social Influence Strategies'

• Course framework designed (graduate level)

Lecturer

• POL1330 'Public Administration and Public Policy'

Lecturer and Track Co-Director

• 'Artificial Intelligence and Research' training track

Lecturer

• POL5731 'Comparative Administration and Public Policies'

Lecturer

• POL5731 'Comparative Administration and Public Policies'

Lecturer

• Textual Data in Research: Tools and Scientific Uses of AI

Lecturer

• POL1901 'Dynamics of political life' — Fall 2021, 22, 23, 24 (4 years)

Teaching Assistant

• POL1330 'Public policy and administration'
• POL3321 'Comparative Public Administration'
• POL2102 'Contemporary Political Thought'

Internship in knowledge transfer evaluation in public health

• Internship in knowledge transfer evaluation supervised by Marc Lemire

Best Dissertation Award, Department of Political Science

• Université de Montréal

University Rector's Honor List

• Awarded to doctoral graduates ranking in the top 10% of their program

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Development Grant

• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) — $65,000 (Principal Investigator: Louis-Robert Beaulieu-Guay; Collaborator: Antoine Lemor)

Bourse postdoctorale (B3Z) (Postdoctoral Fellowship)

• Fonds de recherche du Québec - Société et culture (FRQSC) (Quebec Research Fund - Society and Culture)

Bourse postdoctorale conjointe — RFICS & CIRST (Joint Postdoctoral Fellowship — RFICS & CIRST)

• Réseau francophone international en conseil scientifique (RFICS) (International Francophone Network for Scientific Advice) & Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur la science et la technologie (CIRST) (Interuniversity Research Center on Science and Technology)

Three Minutes Thesis Competition, Second Place

• Canadian Political Science Association (CPSA) (12-14 June 2024)

Bourse de doctorat en recherche (B2Z) (Doctoral Research Scholarship)

• Fonds de recherche du Québec - Société et culture (FRQSC) (Quebec Research Fund - Society and Culture)

Bourse pour stage en milieu de pratique (BSMP) (Practice-Based Internship Fellowship)

• Fonds de recherche du Québec - Société et culture (FRQSC) (Quebec Research Fund - Society and Culture), awarded for the internship at the Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ) (National Public Health Institute of Quebec)

Bourse d'études supérieures (Graduate Studies Scholarship)

• Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur la science et la technologie (CIRST) (Interuniversity Research Center on Science and Technology)

Three Minutes Thesis Competition, Second Place

• Société québécoise de science politique (SQSP) (Quebec Society of Political Science)

Agenda, Authority, and Accountability: Actors, Issues, and Policy Influence in Canada and Quebec

• Submitted application. Collaborator: Antoine Lemor. Principal investigator: Shannon Dinan.

CRIDAQ — SSHRC Insight Grant application

• Application in preparation. Confirmed inclusion of YouPol in the application of the Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire sur la diversité et la démocratie (CRIDAQ).

• "Machine learning, natural language processing and large language models for policy issues", Co-chair with Igor Tkalec and Louis-Robert Beaulieu-Guay, 5th International Workshop on Public Policy (IWPP5) of the International Public Policy Association, Ottawa, 6-8 July.
• "Intelligence artificielle, algorithmes, communication politique et méthodes computationnelles" (AI, Algorithms, Political Communication and Computational Methods), workshop co-organised with Camille Arteau-Leclerc et al., 63rd SQSP Congress, Université de Montréal, 5-7 May.
• "L'intelligence artificielle au service de l'analyse politique : apports et défis du NLP, ML et des LLMs pour la science politique" (Artificial Intelligence for Political Analysis: Contributions and Challenges of NLP, ML, and LLMs for Political Science), Chair, 63rd Congress of the Société québécoise de science politique (SQSP), Université de Montréal, 5-7 May.

• "Advanced Computational Methods for Public Policy: NLP, ML, and LLMs" Chair of the panel, co-chaired with Louis-Robert Beaulieu-Guay and Igor Tkalec, at the 6th International Conference on Public Policy (ICPP6) of the International Public Policy Association (IPPA), Chiang Mai, 2–4 July. Panel details
• "Science et politiques publiques : enjeux, défis et perspectives des politiques publiques informées par la science" (Science and Public Policy: Challenges and Perspectives of Science-Informed Public Policies) Co-chair of the panel with Alizée Pillod, at the annual conference of the Société québécoise de science politique (SQSP), Montreal, 21–23 May. Panel details
• Roundtable « Les leçons de la pandémie : mobilisation des connaissances scientifiques et soutien aux politiques publiques » (Lessons from the pandemic: mobilizing scientific knowledge and supporting public policies), co-organized with Précrisa as part of the colloquium of the Réseau francophone international en conseil scientifique (RFICS) at the 92nd Congress of the Association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS), Montreal, 8 May.
• Moderation of the panel « Santé numérique et accès aux soins : quelles stratégies de coopération internationale ? » (Digital Health and Access to Care: What Strategies for International Cooperation?) as part of the colloquium « Dialogues transnationaux en science » (Transnational Dialogues in Science) organized by the School of Public and International Affairs at the Université de Montréal, Montréal, May 1.

• "Colloque des grands enjeux politiques du XXIe siècle" (Conference on Major Political Issues of the 21st Century) Co-organized with the Association of Graduate Students in Political Science at Université de Montréal (AECSSPUM), 13–15 May.

• "Science et prise de décision politique dans la gestion de la pandémie" (Science and Political Decision-Making in Pandemic Management) Co-organized with Jacques Bélair and Éric Montpetit. Panel organized as part of the 90th Congress of the Association francophone pour le savoir (Congress of the Francophone Association for Knowledge [ACFAS]), Montreal, 12 May. Panel details

• Pillod, Alizée and Antoine Lemor. "CCF & LLM Tool: Machine Learning for Climate Research and Social Science". Institute of Geography and Sustainability, Team M3, University of Lausanne, June 29. [slides]
• Lemor, Antoine. "From Large Language Models to Information Cascades". École de politique appliquée, Université de Sherbrooke, March 17. [event] [slides]

• Lemor, Antoine. "Knowing or Acting in the Face of Uncertainty? Scientific Advice in Times of Crisis and Other Research" (Connaître ou agir face à l'incertitude ? Le conseil scientifique en temps de crise et autres recherches). Organizational Affairs Committee, Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ), December 12.
• Lemor, Antoine. Invited to the doctoral synthesis seminar in Public Policy and Management, Şule Tomkinson, Université Laval, November 28.
• Lemor, Antoine. "Presentation of the LLM Tool Platform". Centre d'analyse des politiques publiques (CAPP), Université Laval, November 27. [event] [video]
• Lemor, Antoine, Alizée Pillod, and Matthew Taylor. "CCF Database: A Machine-Learning-Preprocessed Media Corpus of 266,000 Climate Articles with 65 Sentence-Level Annotation Categories (1978–2024)". Research seminar (Political Science), Université de Montréal, October 1.

• Lemor, Antoine, Shannon Dinan, and Jérémy Gilbert. "LLM Tool: A Hybrid Pipeline for Automated Large-Scale Text Annotation Using Local Language Models and BERT Classifiers". 5th International Workshop on Public Policy (IWPP5), Ottawa, July 6-8.
• Boursier, Tristan and Antoine Lemor. "Le rôle des influenceurs politiques d'extrême droite en période de campagne électorale (2017-2024)". Congress of the Association française de science politique (AFSP), Lyon, June 30 - July 2. [slides]
• Lemor, Antoine and Shannon Dinan. "The Making of Target Publics and Its Layers of Inertia". Congress of the Association française de science politique (AFSP), Lyon, June 30 - July 2. [slides]
• Lemor, Antoine, Shannon Dinan, and Jérémy Gilbert. "LLM Tool". EPSS 2026 Annual Conference, Belfast, June 18-20. [slides]
• Lemor, Antoine, Alizée Pillod, and Matthew Taylor. "CCF Database". EPSS 2026 Annual Conference, Belfast, June 18-20. [slides]
• Montpetit, Éric, and Antoine Lemor. "Does Scientific Expertise Serve Policy Inertia While Emotions Drive Policy Change?". Comparative Agendas Project (CAP) Conference, Paris, June 17-19.
• Lemor, Antoine, Shannon Dinan, and Jérémy Gilbert. "LLM Tool". Canadian Political Science Association (CPSA), Ottawa, June 2-4. [slides]
• Boursier, Tristan and Antoine Lemor. "YOU.POL: a database for measuring and studying political ideas". CPSA, Ottawa, June 2-4. [slides]
• Beaulieu-Guay, Louis-Robert and Antoine Lemor. "Do Consultations Matter? Evidence from the Canadian Regulatory Process". CPSA, Ottawa, June 2-4.
• Pillod, Alizée, Antoine Lemor, and Matthew Taylor. "How Do Regional Differences in Fossil Fuel Dependence Shape Media Coverage of Climate Change in Canada?". CPSA, Ottawa, June 2-4.
• Lemor, Antoine, Alizée Pillod, and Matthew Taylor. "Quand les scientifiques parlent du climat, les politiciens répondent-ils ?". 93rd ACFAS Congress, Trois-Rivières, May 11-15.
• Lemor, Antoine, Alizée Pillod, and Matthew Taylor. "CCF Database". 63rd SQSP Congress, Université de Montréal, May 5-7.
• Lemor, Antoine and Shannon Dinan. "Mesurer et quantifier la fabrique de l'action publique par les textes". 63rd SQSP Congress, Université de Montréal, May 5-7.
• Lemor, Antoine et al. "Credible Science, Influential Science?". 63rd SQSP Congress, Université de Montréal, May 5-7.
• Boursier, Tristan, Arnaud Miranda, and Antoine Lemor. "Identifier la circulation transnationale des discours néoréactionnaires". Colloquium AI and Ideology, INALCO, Paris, April 28.
• Lemor, Antoine. "Utiliser les méthodes computationnelles pour étudier les idées politiques". Colloquium AI and Ideology, INALCO, Paris, April 27.

• Pillod, Alizée, Antoine Lemor and Matthew Taylor. "Regions, Media, and Climate Change: How Provincial and Linguistic Contexts Shape Framing Strategies". Presented at the annual conference of the Prairie Political Science Association (PPSA), Banff, 19–21 September.
• Lemor Antoine, Alizée Pillod and Matthew Taylor. "When Climate Scientists Speak, Do Policymakers Respond? A Computational Study". Presented at the conference of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Vancouver, 11-14 September.
• Pillod, Alizée, Antoine Lemor and Matthew Taylor. "Tracing the Frames: Canadian Media Coverage of Climate Change, 1988-2023". Presented at the conference of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Vancouver, 11-14 September.
• Lemor Antoine, Alexandre Fortier-Chouinard, Gabriel Saso-Baudaux, Francis Lareau, François Claveau, Adrien Cloutier. "Influential Science? A Computational Analysis of Canada's Public Health Agencies". Presented at the conference of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Vancouver, 11-14 September.
• Lemor, Antoine. "Credible Science, Influential Science? A Computational Study on the Influence and Credibility of Public Scientific Research Agencies in Public Health in Canada". Presented at the 7th International Conference on Public Policy (ICPP7) of the International Public Policy Association (IPPA), Chiang Mai, 2–4 July.
• Louis-Robert Beaulieu-Guay and Antoine Lemor. "Credible Science, Influential Science? A Computational Study on the Influence and Credibility of Public Scientific Research Agencies in Public Health in Canada". Presented at the 7th International Conference on Public Policy (ICPP7) of the International Public Policy Association (IPPA), Chiang Mai, 2–4 July.
• Lemor, Antoine. "L'interface science-politique à l'ère des problèmes complexes : une analyse de l'influence des agences scientifiques sur les politiques publiques au Canada" (The Science-Policy Interface in the Era of Complex Issues: An Analysis of the Influence of Scientific Agencies on Public Policies in Canada). Canadian Political Science Association Congress (CPSA), Toronto, 3-5 June.
• Lemor, Antoine, and Tristan Boursier. "Une science extrême : usage stratégique du discours scientifique par l'extrême droite en ligne" (Extreme Science: The Strategic Use of Scientific Discourse by the Online Far Right). Canadian Political Science Association Congress (CPSA), Toronto, 3-5 June.
• Boursier, Tristan, and Antoine Lemor. "Unifier, influencer et monétiser la haine : les fonctions stratégiques de l'antiféminisme en ligne au sein de l'extrême droite" (Unify, Influence, and Monetize Hate: The Strategic Functions of Online Antifeminism within the Far Right). Canadian Political Science Association Congress (CPSA), Toronto, 3-5 June.
• Pillod, Alizée, Antoine Lemor and Matthew Taylor. "Régions, Médias et Changements Climatiques : Comment les Contextes Provinciaux et Linguistiques Orientent les Stratégies de Cadrage" (Regions, Media, and Climate Change: How Provincial and Linguistic Contexts Shape Framing Strategies). Presented at the annual conference of the Société québécoise de science politique (SQSP), Montreal, 21–23 May.
• Lemor, Antoine, Alexandre Fortier-Chouinard, Gabriel Saso-Baudaux, Francis Lareau, François Claveau, Adrien Cloutier. 2025. "Quand la science fait-elle autorité ? Mesurer la crédibilité scientifique des organisations de santé publique dans les médias canadiens (When Does Science Have Authority? Assessing the Scientific Credibility of Public Health Organizations in Canadian Media)", 92th Congress of the Francophone Association for Knowledge (ACFAS), Montreal, May 8, 2025.
• Lemor, Antoine, Alexandre Fortier-Chouinard, Gabriel Saso-Baudaux, Francis Lareau, François Claveau, Adrien Cloutier. "Quand la science fait-elle autorité ? Mesurer la crédibilité scientifique des organisations de santé publique dans les médias canadiens (When Does Science Have Authority? Assessing the Scientific Credibility of Public Health Organizations in Canadian Media)", 92th Congress of the Francophone Association for Knowledge (ACFAS), Montreal, May 7, 2025.
• Fortier-Chouinard, Alexandre, Mathieu Ouimet, Antoine Lemor, Francis Lareau, and Adrien Cloutier. 2025. "Le conseil scientifique et la politique : une typologie exhaustive et collaborative" (Science Advice and Politics: A Comprehensive, Collaborative Typology), 92th Congress of the Francophone Association for Knowledge (ACFAS), Montreal, May 7, 2025.
• Francis Lareau, Alexandre Fortier-Chouinard, Antoine Lemor, Adrien Cloutier, Louis-Renaud Desjardins, and Jérémie Dion. 2025. "Comprendre le conseil scientifique : une analyse conceptuelle computationnelle" (Understanding Science Advice: A Computational Conceptual Analysis), 92th Congress of the Francophone Association for Knowledge (ACFAS), Montreal, May 7, 2025.
• Lemor, Antoine and Philippe Bourbeau. 2025. "Building Lasting Trust. Analyzing the Resilience of Science-to-Policy Institutions in Quebec and Sweden During the COVID-19 Pandemic", ENDURE Brazil Workshop, São Paulo, March 12, 2025.

• Lemor, Antoine and Éric Montpetit. 2024. “Beyond Evidence: How Framing Shapes Public Health Policies During Health Crises.” French Political Science Association Congress (AFSP), Grenoble, July 4, 2024.
• Lemor, Antoine and Éric Montpetit. 2024. “Beyond Evidence: How Framing Shapes Public Health Policies During Health Crises.” Canadian Political Science Association Congress (CPSA), Montreal, June 12, 2024.
• Pillod, Alizée, Lemor, Antoine, and Matthew Taylor. 2024. “The Construction of Climate Change in National Print Media” (La construction du changement climatique dans les médias imprimés nationaux). Canadian Political Science Association Congress (CPSA), Montreal, June 12, 2024.
• Lemor, Antoine and Éric Montpetit. 2024. “Beyond Evidence: How Framing Shapes Public Health Policies During Health Crises.” Conference on Policy Process Research (COPPR), Syracuse, May 15, 2024.
• Lemor, Antoine and Éric Montpetit. 2024. “Beyond Evidence: How Framing Shapes Public Health Policies During Health Crises.” International Political Science Association (IPSA) Conference, Syracuse, April 26, 2024.
• Lemor, Antoine and Éric Montpetit. 2024. “Science ou émotions ? Le rôle de l’incertitude et des émotions dans les politiques pendant la pandémie de COVID-19” (Science or Emotions? The Role of Uncertainty and Emotions in Policies During the COVID-19 Pandemic). Research Day of the Centre for Policy and Social Development (CPDS), Montreal, March 22, 2024.

• Lemor, Antoine. 2023. “Science ou émotions ? Le rôle de l’incertitude et des émotions dans les politiques pendant la pandémie de COVID-19” (Science or Emotions? The Role of Uncertainty and Emotions in Policies During the COVID-19 Pandemic). 23rd Colloquium of the Centre for Research on Science and Technology (CIRST), Montreal, December 14, 2023.
• Lemor, Antoine, Éric Montpetit, Shoghig Téhinian, Clarisse Van Belleghem, Steven Eichenberger, PerOla Öberg, Frédéric Varone, David Aubin, and Jean-Louis Denis. 2023. “A Network Analysis of Scientific Advice for COVID-19: Belgium, Quebec, Sweden, and Switzerland.” 6th International Conference on Public Policy (ICPP6), Toronto, June 27, 2023.
• Lemor, Antoine, Éric Montpetit, Shoghig Téhinian, Clarisse Van Belleghem, Steven Eichenberger, PerOla Öberg, Frédéric Varone, David Aubin, and Jean-Louis Denis. 2023. “L’organisation des réseaux d’expertise au Québec, en Suisse, en Belgique et en Suède” (The Organization of Expert Networks in Quebec, Switzerland, Belgium, and Sweden). 90th Congress of the Francophone Association for Knowledge (ACFAS), Montreal, May 12, 2023.
• Lemor, Antoine. 2023. “Autonomie bureaucratique et autonomie de la recherche dans une organisation de recherche publique” (Bureaucratic Autonomy and Research Autonomy in a Public Research Organization). Conference of the Centre for Policy and Social Development and the Centre for Administrative, Political, and Social Research (CPDS and CERAPS), Lille, February 26, 2023.

• Lemor, Antoine, M. Alejandra Costa, Louis-Robert Beaulieu-Guay, and Éric Montpetit. 2022. “La science contre le temps. La diminution de l’influence des experts pendant la pandémie de COVID-19 au Québec” (Science Against Time: The Decline of Experts’ Influence During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Quebec). 89th Congress of the Francophone Association for Knowledge (ACFAS), Montreal, May 11, 2022.
• Lemor, Antoine, M. Alejandra Costa, Louis-Robert Beaulieu-Guay, and Éric Montpetit. 2022. “La science contre le temps. Diminution de l’influence des experts pendant la pandémie de COVID-19” (Science Against Time: The Decline of Experts’ Influence During the COVID-19 Pandemic). Canadian Political Science Association Congress (CPSA), May 27, 2022.
• Lemor, Antoine, M. Alejandra Costa, Louis-Robert Beaulieu-Guay, and Éric Montpetit. 2022. “Evidence Against Time: Experts’ Influence Erosion During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” 3rd International Workshop on Public Policy (IWPP3), Budapest, June 28, 2022.

• Reviewer for: Regulation & Governance, Policy & Politics, Science & Public Policy, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Public Health Challenges

• Treasurer (reelected in 2021, 2022, 2023), Association of Graduate Students in Political Science, Université de Montréal (AECSSPUM)

• Graduate Student Representative, International Affairs Planning and Orientation Committee (COPAI), Université de Montréal

• (research cited) Legros, Claire. 2025. "Comment les idées d'extrême droite se sont diffusées dans les discours institutionnels de la Vᵉ République". 5 décembre 2025, Le Monde.
• (research cited) Molénat, Xavier. 2025. « Sous Macron, les Premiers ministres ont de plus en plus adopté la rhétorique de l'extrême droite ». Alternatives économiques, 14 novembre 2025
• (research cited) Blin, Simon. 2025. « En France, des Premiers ministres de plus en plus perméables aux idées d'extrême droite». 28 octobre 2025, Libération.
• (research cited) Boursier, Tristan. 2025. « Quand les mots changent, la politique change : comment le centre fait le jeu de l'extrême droite ». 22 octobre 2025, Le Club de Mediapart.

• (interviewee) Faculti. "Listening to Science in Policy Design". Faculti, september 10, 2024.

• (interviewee) Desrochers, Annie. 2022. "La gestion du 'zéro COVID' de la Chine est-elle durable ?" (Is China's 'Zero COVID' Management Sustainable?). Le 15-18, Ici Radio-Canada Première Montréal.
• (interviewee) Boissonneault, Alex. 2022. "Leçons à tirer de la pandémie" (Lessons to Be Learned from the Pandemic). Première Heure, Ici Radio-Canada Première Québec.

• (op-ed) Lemor, Antoine. 2026. "Legault démissionne et offre un discours de bilan plus que de départ". January 21, 2026, Le Devoir.
• NLP-POL: François Legault's Resignation — Departure Speech Analysis. January 17, 2026. [interactive analysis]
• NLP-POL: Macron's Speech to Ambassadors — Diplomatic Discourse Analysis. January 11, 2026. [interactive analysis]
• NLP-POL: Trump's Press Conference on Venezuela — Discourse Analysis. January 4, 2026. [interactive analysis]

• YOUPOL — Political YouTube & TikTok Database. you-pol.com
• CCF Project — Canadian Climate Framing. ccf-project.ca

• LLM Tool — AI-assisted annotation pipeline and BERT model training for social sciences. github.com/antoinelemor/LLM_Tool
• Transcribe Tool — Audio extraction, transcription (Whisper) and speaker diarisation pipeline for YouTube, TikTok, and local audiovisual files. github.com/antoinelemor/Transcribe-tool
• CCF Media Cascade Detection — High-performance framework for detecting information cascades in large-scale media corpora. github.com/antoinelemor/CCF-media-cascade-detection
• Augmented Social Scientist Fork — Lightweight fork for fine-tuning BERT and CamemBERT models for social science research. github.com/antoinelemor/AugmentedSocialScientistFork