Simon Tremblay-Pepin
Associate Professor | Faculty staff
Associate Professor | Faculty staff
Profile
Simon Tremblay-Pepin teaches social innovation. His research focuses on three areas: the democratization of the economy, public finance, and media critique.
Master in economics – Charg茅 d’茅tudes 茅conomiques et sociales – 2015 to 2017
UNIVERSIT脡 PARIS I PANTH脡ON-SORBONNE (PARIS, FRANCE)
PhD in Political science – 2008 to 2015
YORK UNIVERSITY (TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA)
Master in political science – 2005 to 2007
UNIVERSIT脡 DU QU脡BEC 脌 MONTR脡AL (UQAM)
BA in political science 聽– 2002 to 2005
UNIVERSIT脡 DU QU脡BEC 脌 MONTR脡AL (UQAM)
1 YEAR DONE AT THE UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL
(PORTO ALEGRE, BR脡SIL)
- Political economy
- Capitalism and post-capitalism
- Public finance in Qu茅bec and Canada
- 果冻传媒視頻 and solidarity economy
- Public relations
- Postcapitalist Political Economy
Since 2018, I have been one of the coordinators of the research group on democratic economic planning at CRITS. We have three objectives: (1) to understand and compare the different theoretical models in postcapitalist political economy; (2) to extract from these models a set of 鈥渕odules鈥 concerning specific institutions and conduct comparative studies of them; (3) to gain a better understanding of Qu茅bec鈥檚 economic sectors in order to explore how the insights coming from these models and modules could be applied.
- Poverty, Inequality, and Public Finance
Since 2006, I have participated in the work of the Institut de recherche et d’information socio茅conomiques (IRIS). As part of this work, I helped develop indicators that intersect poverty, inequality, and public finance metrics. These indicators are now compiled annually by Statistics Canada. I am currently involved in designing training programs that will enable other researchers to use them effectively.
- Media and Public Relations
I worked as a communications professional for several years. I have published two books on these topics: Illusions : Petit manuel pour une critique des m茅dias, Lux, 2013, and Intrigues : Petit manuel pour une critique des relations publiques, Lux, 2025. In this project, I seek to theorize the challenges encountered in communication practice through a diverse body of literature.
Books
- Tremblay-Pepin, Simon, , Montr茅al: Lux, 2025.
- Chateauvert, Julie, Philippe Dufort, Jonathan Durand Folco, Christopher Gunter, Krys Maki, Anahi Morales Hudon, Philippe N茅m茅h-Nombr茅, Julie Paquette, Jamel Stambouli, Simon Tremblay-Pepin, Amanda Wilson, , Bristol: Bristol University Press and Policy Press, 2025.
- Laurin-Lamothe, Audrey, Fr茅d茅ric Legault and Simon Tremblay-Pepin, , Montr茅al: Lux, 2023.
- Chateauvert, Julie, Philippe Dufort, Jonathan Durand Folco, Anahi Morales Hudon, Jamel Stambouli, Simon Tremblay-Pepin and Amanda Wilson, , Montr茅al: Lux, 2020.
- IRIS (Simon Tremblay-Pepin and Bertrand Schepper-Valiquette), , Montr茅al: Lux, 2019.
- IRIS, , coordinated by Simon Tremblay-Pepin, Montr茅al: Lux, 2015.
- Tremblay-Pepin, Simon, , Montr茅al: Lux, 2013.
Selected Recent Articles, Chapters, and Reports
- Dufort, Philippe, Mathieu Dufour, Alexandre Michaud, Colin Pratte and Simon Tremblay-Pepin, 芦聽R茅ponse 脿 Beno卯t L茅vesque: la tradition collectiviste comme inspiration, la d茅mocratisation comme projet聽禄, Interventions 茅conomiques, 2025.
- Russell, Ellen and Simon Tremblay-Pepin, 芦 Economic Expertise in Postcapitalist Democratic Economic Planning 禄, Critical Sociology, 2025.
- Dufour, Mathieu, Sophie Elias-Pinsonnault and Simon Tremblay-Pepin, 芦 An international interface: democratic planning in a global context 禄, Competition and Change 29: 1, 2025, p.83-100.
- P茅pin, Christian, Mathieu Dufour and Simon Tremblay-Pepin, 芦 La d茅mocratisation de la finance au Qu茅bec : approches concurrentes, histoire contest茅e 禄, Interventions 茅conomiques, 71, 2024.
- Durand Folco, Jonathan, Ambre Fourrier and Simon Tremblay-Pepin, 芦 Red茅finir d茅mocratiquement les besoins pour planifier l鈥櫭ヽonomie 禄, Politique et Soci茅t茅s 43: 2, 2024, p.35-60.
- Beaucaire, Krystof, Jo毛lle Saey-Volckrick and Simon Tremblay-Pepin, 芦 Integration of approaches to social metabolism into democratic economic planning models 禄, Studies in political economy, 104:2, 2023, p.73-92.
- Dufort, Philippe, Mathieu Dufour, Alexandre Michaud, Colin Pratte and Simon Tremblay-Pepin, 芦 La tradition collectiviste qu茅b茅coise : renouer avec une pens茅e 茅conomique supprim茅e pour renouveler le mod猫le de d茅veloppement du Qu茅bec 禄, Interventions 茅conomiques 67, 2022.
- Tremblay-Pepin, Simon, 芦 Five Criteria to Evaluate Democratic Economic Planning Models 禄, The Review of Radical Political Economy 54: 3, 2022, p.265-280.
- Planning for Entropy (collective author composed of: Bengi Akbulut, Mathieu Dufour, Fr茅d茅ric Legault, Eric Pineault and Simon Tremblay-Pepin), 芦 Democratic Economic Panning, 果冻传媒視頻 Metabolism and the Environment.禄 Science & Society 86: 2, 2022, p. 293鈥314.
- Dufour, Mathieu, Viviane Labrie and Simon Tremblay-Pepin, 芦 Using the Market Basket Measure to Discuss Income Inequality from the Perspective of Basic Needs 禄,聽Social Indicator Research聽volume 155: 2, 2021, p.455鈥478.
Interviews
- on Le Balado de Fred Savard, June 14, 2025
- on Tout peut arriver, Radio-Canada, Ici Premi猫re, May 5, 2025
- on Future Histories Podcast, January 7, 2024.
- on Blast, July 25, 2023
Recorded Recent Conferences
- Ellen Russel and Simon Tremblay-Pepin, , INDEP Online Talks, June 4, 2025
- Sophie Elias-Pinsonnault and Simon Tremblay-Pepin, , INDEP Online Talks, March 27, 2025
- Simon Tremblay-Pepin, , 颁辞苍蹿茅谤别苍肠别蝉 du CRITS, April 25, 2022