Chris Cochrane

Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto Scarborough
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Biography

Main Bio

Christopher Cochrane is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto and the University of Toronto Scarborough. He is the author of Left and Right: The Small World of Political Ideas (MQUP, 2015) and co-author, with Kelly Blidook and Rand Dyck, of Canadian Politics: Critical Approaches (Nelson, 2016). His research interests are Canadian politics, ideology, party competition, and computational social science. Cochrane and colleagues run the Linked Parliamentary Data Project (www.lipad.ca), which is digitizing and analyzing the written record of debate in the Canadian House of Commons. He is also working with Zane Schwartz to update and analyze the first comprehensive database of donations to federal and provincial candidates and parties (https://special.nationalpost.com/follow-the-money/about).

Select publications

  • (2013) Canadian Politics: Critical Approaches. 7th ed. Toronto, ON: Nelson. Forthcoming. (w/ Rand Dyck).
  • (2013) “Scapegoating: Unemployment, Far-Right Parties, and Anti-Immigrant Sentiment.” Comparative European Politics. Forthcoming. (w/ Neil Nevitte)
  • (2012) “The Origin and Structure of Left/Right Opinions,” in James Farney and David Rayside (eds.) Conservatism in Canada. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press. Forthcoming.
  • (2012) “Regions, Regionalism, and Regional Differences in Canada.” Canadian Journal of Political Science. Forthcoming. (w/ Andrea Perella).
  • (2012) “The Asymmetrical Structure of Left/Right Disagreement: Left-Wing Coherence and Right-wing Fragmentation in Comparative Party Policy.” Party Politics. Forthcoming.
  • (2010) “Left/Right Ideology and Canadian Politics.” Canadian Journal of Political Science 43(3): 583-605.

Awards & recognition

  • Early Researcher Award, Connaught Fellowship, 2011-2013.
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship, Laurier Institute for the Study of Public Opinion and Policy, 2009-2010.