Background
Hon. B.A., D.É.A., M.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Queen's)
Christian Leuprecht is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Economics at the Royal Military College of Canada, and cross-appointed to the Department of Political Studies and the School of Policy Studies at Queen’s University where he is also a fellow of the Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, the Queen’s Centre for International and Defence Policy, and the Chair in Defence Management Studies, Christian Leuprecht’s research priorities include national security and defence policy, political violence/terrorism, the political, economic, security, social and cultural implications of demographic change, horizon scanning of emerging security threats, civil-military relations, federalism and intergovernmental relations, dynamics of ethno-national conflict, comparative constitutional politics, and Canadian as well as German politics. He holds a Ph.D. from Queen’s University (2003), and earned graduate degrees in Political Science (1998) and French (1999) from the University of Toronto as well as the Institut d’Études Politiques at the Université Pierre-Mendès France in Grenoble (1997). Leuprecht has been a visiting professor at the University of Augsburg in Germany (2011) and the Swedish National Defence College (2009), the Bicentennial Visiting Associate Professor in Canadian Studies at Yale University (2009-2010), and a research fellow at the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (since 2010), the Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict at the University of Pennsylvania and Bryn Mawr College (2003), the World Population Program at the International Institute for Advanced Systems Analysis in Vienna, Austria (2002), and at Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada as doctoral (2001-2003) and post-doctoral fellow (2003-2005). He collaborates with federal agencies on issues of national security and horizon scanning. His research has attracted in excess of $3 million in extra-mural funding and has taken him to the United States, Mexico, Germany, Sweden, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Mauritius, India and Singapore. His award-winning publications have appeared in English, German, French, and Spanish, and include nine books as well as over 50 scholarly articles and book chapters. He is a frequent commentator in national and international media and a regular contributor on CTV News Channel and Sun News Network.
Christian leuprecht est professeur agrégé dans le Département de science politique et d’économique au Collège militaire royal du Canada ainsi que dans le Département d’études politique et l’École des politiques publiques a l’université Queen’s où il est également rattaché comme chercheur associé à l’Institut des relations intergouvernementales, au Centre d’études des politiques internationales et de la défense, et à la chaire en gestion de la défense, les priorités de recherche de Christian Leuprecht portent sur la sécurité et défense nationale, la violence politique et le terrorisme, les implications politiques, économiques, sociales et culturelles des changements démographiques, les nouveaux défis de sécurité, les relations entre les forces armées et la société, le fédéralisme et les relations intergouvernementales, les dynamiques des conflits ethno-nationalistes, les politiques constitutionnelles comparées, et la politique canadienne et allemande. Il a obtenu son doctorat de l’université Queen’s (2003) ainsi que des maîtrises en science politique (1998) et en français (1999) de l’Université de Toronto et de l’Institut d’Études Politiques de l’Université Pierre Mendès-France à Grenoble (1997). M. Leuprecht était professeur invité à l’université d’Augsburg (2011) et au Collège suèdois de la défense nationale (2009), Bicentennial Visiting Associate Professor in Canadian Studies à l’université Yale (2009-2010), et associé de recherche à l’Institut autrichien en politique européenne et de la sécurité (depuis 2010), au Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict à l’University of Pennsylvania et au Bryn Mawr College (2003), le programme d’études de la population mondiale à l’Internationale Institute for Advanced Systems Analysis à Vienne en Autriche (2002), et au Counseil de la recherche scientifique du Canada comme doctorant (2001-2003) et comme post-doctorant (2003-2005). Il est au service du gouvernement fédéral dans la capacité d’expert-counseil en matière de la sécurité nationale et des nouveaux défis de sécurité. Il a obtenu plus de $3 million en fonds de recherche; sa recherche l’a amené aux États-Unis, au Mexique, en Allemagne, en Suède, en France, au Pays-Bas, en Italie, en Bosnie-Herzegovine, à l’île de Maurice, en Inde et au Singapore. Ses publications primées sont parues en anglais, en allemand, en français et en espagnol et comportent neuf livres et une cinquantaine d’articles scolaires et chapitres. Il est apparaît dans les médias nationaux et internationaux et contribue régulièrement au CTV News Channel ainsi qu’au Sun News Network.
Current Research Projects
- Principal Investigator of the "National Security Data Initiative: Enhancing the Canadian evidence base for policy and operations" funded by Defence Research and Development Canada, managed by Public Safety Canada, and in collaboration with the RCMP, Statistics Canada, Correctional Services Canada, and CSIS;
- Co-Principal Investigator, Harnessing 21st Century Skills, funded through Defence Research and Development Canada’s Technology Investment Fund
- Research Director of a cross-national project on Security and Public Safety in Federal Systems, funded by the Forum of Federations and Spain's Gimenes Abad Foundation;
- A project mapping dark networks in Canada, behavioural patterns of Canadian terrorists, and attitudinal structures of people sympathetic to political violence;
- A project mapping illicit cross-border networks and implications for border security and border policy;
- In collaboration with David Skillicorn: (1) a project on inductive real-time risk modelling, (2) modelling deception in political speech and (3) speech patterns in State of the Union addresses;
- Implications of transnational threats and demographic change for Canada's national and border security;
- Implications of demographic change for recruitment and retention in the armed forces in general and the Canadian Forces in particular, with special attention to under-represented minority groups.
Select Recent Publications
For my most recent working papers and other publications, see also my SSRN Author Page: http://ssrn.com/author=1129374
- Leuprecht, C and Winn, C. 2011. What Do Muslim Canadians Want? The Clash of Interpretations and Public Opinion. Ottawa: MacDonald-Laurier Institute, True North Study Paper.
Follow some of the media coverage of this study including Sun News Network and on canoe.ca - McCauley, C, Leuprecht, C, Hataley, T, Winn C and Biswas, B. 2011. Tracking the War of Ideas: A Poll of Ottawa Muslims. Terrorism and Political. Violence 23(5): 804-819
- Leuprecht, C and Russell P.H. Eds. 2011. Essential Readings: Canadian Constitutional Politics. Toronto: University of Toronto Press Higher Education.
- Courchene, T and Allan, J, Leuprecht, C, Verrelli, N. Eds. 2011. Comparative Federal Systems: A Tribute to Ronald L. Watts. Kingston & Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press.
- Szvirczsev Tresch, T and Leuprecht, C Eds. 2010. Europe without Soldiers? Recruitment and Retention among Europe’s Armed Forces. Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press.
- Leuprecht, C, Troy, Jodok and Last, D. 2010. Mission Critical: The Role of Smaller Democracies in Global Stability Operations. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press.
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Recent Media (Please see my media page here)
Christian appearing on Global National in January 2012 to discuss President Obama's new defence strategy
Christian Leuprecht
Department of Political Science and Economics
Royal Military College of Canada
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Institute of Intergovernmental Relations
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