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Christopher Cochrane
Assistant Professor

Contact Information:
Phone: (416) 208-5121
Office: MW238
Email: christopher.cochrane@utoronto.ca
Department: Political Science

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Research Interests & Work in Progress

  • Canadian Politics
  • Political Disagreement
  • Public Opinion / Anti-Immigrant Sentiment

Teaching Interests & Responsibilities

  • POLC40 Topics in Politics: "Culture Wars"
  • POLA51 Critical Issues in Canadian Democracy
  • POL2504 Statistics for Political Scientists

Affiliations

  • Canadian Political Science Association
  • American Political Science Association
  • Society for Political Methodology

Awards & Grants

  • Postdoctoral Fellowship, Laurier Institute for the Study of Public Opinion and Policy, 2009-2010
  • Doctoral Fellowship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, 2003-2006
  • Mary H. Beatty Fellowship, University of Toronto, 2003-2004
  • Master's Fellowship, McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, 2000-2001
  • McGill Graduate Fellowship, 2000

Publications

  • (2010) "Left/Right Ideology and Canadian Politics." Canadian Journal of Political Science 43:3 (September).
  • w/ Neil Nevitte. (2009). " Policy Disagreement in Advanced Industrial States: The Content and Structure of Left-Right Opinions." In Y. Esmer, H. Klingemann, & B. Puranen eds. Religion, Democratic Values and Political Conflict. Festschrift in honor of Thorleif Petterson. Uppsala: Acta Universities Upsaliensis.
  • w/ Neil Nevitte and Steve White. (2007). "Value Change in Europe and North America: Convergence or Something Else?" In J. Kopstein & S. Steinmo eds. Growing Apart? America and Europe in the 21st Century. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
  • w/ Neil Nevitte. (2007). "Value Change and the Dynamics of the Canadian Partisan Landscape," in Gagnon & Tanguay eds. Canadian Parties in Transition. 3rd ed. Peterborough, ON: Broadview Press.
  • w/ Neil Nevitt. (2006). "Individualization in Europe and America: Connecting Religious and Moral Values." Comparative Sociology 5:203-230.