Benoît Lévesque
PhD. in Sociology (Université Paris 5 – René Descartes, 1974); Master’s Degree in Human Sciences (Université de Sherbrooke, 1971); Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and at École nationale d’administration publique (ÉNAP).
Skills mobilised
Benoît Lévesque is the co-founder of the Center for Research on Social Innovations (CRISES) and was its Director until June 2003. He is now a regular member of CRISES. Benoît Lévesque was also the Director of Community-University Research Alliances in Social Economy until June 2003. He is author and co-author of more than an hundred scientific publications and books and has been part of many collective publications. Professor Lévesque has international recognition for his publications on Economic Sociology, Sociology of Business Firms, Social Economy and Local Development. Relevant other activities include: Scientific President of the International Centre of Research and Information on Public and Cooperative Economy (CIRIEC?International) since 2002; Co-responsible of the Committee on Economy of the Association internationale des sociologues de langue française (International Association of French Speaking Sociologists), since 1994; member in charge of the organization of 5 international symposiums, of 8 national symposiums and various other scientific events; he has been part of the Evaluation Committee for many important publications.
Relevant publications
· Lévesque, B., Bourque, G. L.and Forgues, É. (2001), La nouvelle sociologie économique. Originalité et tendances nouvelles, Paris, Desclée de Brouwer.
· Lévesque, B. and Mendell, M (1999). «L’économie sociale au Québec : éléments théoriques et empiriques pour le débat et la recherche» in Lien social et Politiques (anciennement Revue internationale d’action communautaire), no 41, pp.105-18.
· Lévesque, B., Malo, M.-C. and Rouzier, R (1997), « The Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec and the Mouvement des Caisses populaires et d’économie Desjardins. Two Financial Institutions, the Same Convergence Towards the General Interest? », in Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics (Blackwell, Oxford), Vol. 68:3, pp. 481-97.
· Lévesque, B.and Mendell, M (avec la coll. de L. Mager et S. Van Kemenade) (1998), « Les fonds régionaux et locaux de développement au Québec: des institutions financières relevant principalement de l’économie sociale », in Marc-Urbain Proulx (Sous la dir.), Territoire et développement économique, Paris et Montréal, L’Harmattan, pp. 220-70.
· Grant, M., Bélanger, P. R. and Lévesque, B. (1997). Nouvelles formes d’organisation du travail, Études de cas et analyses comparatives, Paris et Montréal, L’Harmattan.