Philippe Chassé is a PhD candidate in political science at Sciences Po and the Université de Montréal. He is a graduate of McGill University (BA, MA), where he was a Guy Drummond Scholar from 2018 to 2020. As part of his research activities, he is affiliated with both the CEVIPOF and the Centre pour l'étude de la citoyenneté démocratique (CECD).

His thesis supervisors are Professors Martial Foucault and Richard Nadeau.

His research focuses on the link between linguistic practices and political attitudes, the role of language in shaping the image of political figures and, more generally, political behaviours. He is also interested in issues related to political representation. His doctoral thesis examines voters' attitudes to the language style of those seeking their vote. Adopting an experimental approach, he aims to determine whether the way political candidates express themselves has an impact on voters' assessment of their ability to represent them. His work has been published in Electoral Studies: Publius. The Journal of Federalism, The Canadian Political Science Review and the sociolinguistics journal Glottopol.

Philippe Chassé is the recipient of a Doctoral Fellowship at the CEVIPOF and also has a Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS

Thesis working title : Les électeurs et les styles langagiers des candidats politiques : une étude comparative entre le Québec et la France. (FR)

• Olivier Jacques, Philippe Chassé. Priorité à la santé : Les préférences des Québécois en perspective comparée. 2025RP-09, CIRANO. 2025. ⟨hal-04948711⟩
• Philippe Chassé, Matthew Taylor. Bridging the Gap: Bilingualism and the End of the Two Solitudes. Canadian Journal of Political Science / Revue canadienne de science politique, In press. ⟨hal-04996860⟩
• Richard Nadeau, Michael S. Lewis-Beck, Martial Foucault, Philippe Chassé. Ideology and Voting in France: A Weakening Relationship?. French Politics, In press. ⟨hal-04920771⟩
• Camille Gélix, Philippe Chassé. Are Young Candidates “Sacrificial Lambs”? Evidence from the 2012, 2017, and 2022 French Legislative Elections. Electoral Studies, 2024, 90, pp.102829. ⟨10.1016/j.electstud.2024.102829⟩. ⟨hal-04702821⟩
• Philippe Chassé, Olivier Jacques, Colin Scott. Between Decentralization and Asymmetry: Explaining Preferences toward the Division of Power in Canada. Publius: The Journal of Federalism, 2024, ⟨10.1093/publius/pjae034⟩. ⟨hal-04702833⟩
• Philippe Chassé, Alizée Pillod. J’ai un accent, moi ? Les médias et les caractéristiques « atypiques » des personnalités politiques. Glottopol : Revue de sociolinguistique en ligne, 2023, 39, pp.185-211. ⟨10.4000/glottopol.3972⟩. ⟨hal-04702802⟩
• Philippe Chassé, Éric Bélanger. Ideology and Public Opinion. Comparative Public Opinion, Routledge, pp.173-193, 2022, ⟨10.4324/9781003121992-12⟩. ⟨hal-04702761⟩
• Éric Bélanger, Philippe Chassé. The 2018 Provincial Election in Quebec. Canadian Political Science Review, 2021, 15 (1), pp.34-43. ⟨10.24124/c677/20211839⟩. ⟨hal-04702720⟩