Middle East democracy. Control over asthma. Warren wins GG award.
Concordia in the news
Posted on October 28, 2015
Researchers in the news
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- AMEQ en ligne (behind a paywall) picks up a Concordia release on new research illustrating the need to emphasize pluralism and individual rights in any drive for democracy in the Middle East. Study co-authors Ceren Belge, an associate professor in the Dpartment of Political Science, and Ekrem Karakoç from Binghamton University, arrived at their conclusion after examining the level of support for authoritarianism among minorities in Turkey, Morocco and Egypt. The study was recently published in Political Research Quarterly.
- Healio, La Dépêche and Centre Presse are the latest a to report on the work of researchers from Concordia, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal and the Montreal Chest Institute, led by exercise science professor Simon Bacon, who found that exercise gives asthma patients significantly greater control over their symptoms.
- A story in the Montreal Gazette about the latest winners of the Governor General’s Literary Awards lists Jean-Philippe Warren, professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, for his book Honoré Beaugrand: la plume et l’épée (1848-1906).