
Jean Guy PREVOST
- Position
- Adjunct Professor
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jeanguy.prevost@unive.it
- Website
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www.unive.it/people/jeanguy.prevost (personal record)
JEAN-GUY PRÉVOST – CURRICULUM VITAE
1. Current appointments:
Visiting Professor, Ca’Foscari University, Department of Management, Winter-Spring 2024
Honorary Professor, Department of Political Science, Université du Québec à Montréal, since September 2023
Member, Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur la science et la technologie (CIRST), 2000-…
2. Past appointments and functions:
Full Professor, Department of Political Science, Université du Québec à Montréal, 2001-2023.
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Université du Québec à Montréal, 1994-2001.
Chair, Department of Political Science, Université du Québec à Montréal (2005-2011, 2020-2023).
Director, Ph. D. program in Political Science, Université du Québec à Montréal (2016-2019).
Vice-Dean, Academic, Faculty of Law and Political Science (2012-2015).
Director, Bachelor Program in Public Management, Université du Québec à Montréal (2012-2019).
Member, Academic Senate, Université du Québec à Montréal (2006-2008).
Director, Bachelor Program in Political Science, Université du Québec à Montréal (2001-2004).
Director, Graduate Studies in Political Science, Université du Québec à Montréal (1995-1997, 1998-2001).
3. Education:
Ph. D., Political Science, Université du Québec à Montréal, 1990.
Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection, Essex University (U.K.), 1987 and 1989.
M. A., Political Science, Université du Québec à Montréal, 1986.
B. A., Literature, Université du Québec à Montréal, 1976.
4. Publications (selection):
4.1. Monographs:
- The Independence of Official Statistics. Norms, Arrangements, Instruments, Springer Science, 2023.
- Statistics, Public Debate and the State, 1800-1945: A Social, Political and Intellectual History of Numbers, London, Pickering & Chatto, 2012 (paperback: Routledge, 2016). (Co-author: Jean-Pierre Beaud)
- A Total Science. Statistics in Liberal and Fascist Italy, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2009.
4.2. Edited books and journals :
- Statistica Applicata/Italian Journal of Applied Statistics, Thematic Issue: Corrado Gini, Innovator and Leader in Italian Statistics, vol. 28, no 2-3, 2016. (Co-editor: Luigi Fabbris)
- La figura e l’opera di Francesco Coletti, Milan, FrancoAngeli, 2015. (Co-editor: Stefano Spalletti)
- L'Ère du chiffre : Systèmes Statistiques et traditions nationales/The Age of Numbers : Statistical Systems and National Traditions, Sillery, Presses de l'Université du Québec, 2000. (Co-editor: : Jean-Pierre Beaud)
4.3. Chapters :
- Politik und Grundsätze der statistischen Unabhängigkeit, in Prutsch, Markus J., Hsrg. Wissenchaft, Zahlen und Politik, Macmillan, 2023, p. 165-196.
- Politics and Policies of Statistical Independence, in Prutsch, Markus J. (ed.). Science, Numbers and Politics, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019, p. 153-80.
- Statistical Theory, Scientific Rivalry and War Politics in Fascist Italy (1939-1943), in Brian Balmer and Amparo Gomez (eds). Science Policy Between Democracy and Dictatorship: A Twentieth Century History of Science in Spain, Italy and Argentina, London, Ashgate, 2015, p. 159-177.
- Technocracy and Totalitarianism: Paolo Fortunati from Corporative to Marxist Statistics, in Jaci Eisenberg and Davide Rodogno (eds). Ideas and Identities: A Festschrift for Andre Liebich, Bern, Peter Lang, 2014, p. 63-82.
- The originality of Italian statistics: Genesis, structure and logic of a scientific field, Il percorso della statistica nell’Italia unita, Roma, ISTAT, 2013, p. 147-160.
- Mesurer le coût de la guerre. Statistique, expertise et politique en Italie (1915-1925), in Durand, A., Mazliak, L. et R. Tazzioli (dir.). Des mathématiciens et des guerres. Histoires de confrontations (XIXe-XXe siècles), Paris, CNRS éditions, 2013, p. 55-69.
- La statistique comme ressource informationnelle de la gestion publique, dans Pierre P. Tremblay (dir.). L’administration contemporaine de l’État : une perspective québécoise et canadienne, Québec, Presses de l’Université du Québec, 2012, p. 113-135. (Co-author: : Jean-Pierre Beaud)
4.4. Articles in peer-reviewed journals :
- Italian debates on variability and concentration in the 1910s and 1930s: structure of a methodological controversy, Metron, accepted for publication in 2024.
- Pandémie, statistiques et fédéralisme : la COVID au Canada, Statistique et Société, 10, 2, 2022, p. 65-79.
- The Battle over Greek Deficit Statistics, Journal of Modern Greek Studies, 39, 2, October 2021, p. 439-457.
- Past, present and future of Canadian statistics, Statistical Journal of the IAOS, 36 (2), June 2020, p. 355–363.
- Independent official statistics: origins and challenges, Canadian Public Administration/ Administration publique du Canada, 63 (2), June 2020, p. 318-323.
- The 1946 Allied Mission to Observe Greek Elections: An Experiment in Quantitative Political Science, Histoire et mesure, vol. XXXIII, 2, 2018, p. 163-192.
- Statisticians and Economists and the ‘new economic order’ in Wartime Italy (1940-1943), Journal of Modern Italian Studies, 23, 2, p. 156-175.
- Methodology, Theory and Inquiry in Italian Economic and Social Thought: The Making of Francesco Coletti, European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 24, 5, 2017, p. 1027-1052. (Co-authors: Stefano Spalletti and Stefano Perri)
- Statistics, expertise and politics: Corrado Gini and the course of Italian history, Metron, 74, 2, 2016, p. 145-165.
- La lunga Grande Guerra degli statistici italiani, Lettera matematica, no 92-93, 2015, p. 61-71.
- Francesco Coletti nella storia delle scienze statistiche ed economiche italiane, Il Pensiero economico italiano, XXII, 1, 2014, p. 25-51. (Co-author: Stefano Spalletti)
- Fin du recensement ou fin du recensement traditionnel? Cahiers québécois de démographie, vol. 42, no 1, automne 2012, p. 189-206. (Co-author: Réjean Lachapelle)
- The Gospel of Statistics and Its Prophet: The Ideas and Praxis of W. E. Deming, Estatistica e Sociedade, no 1, 2011, p. 182-196.
- The Italian Exception: Statisticians and Statistics in the Interwar Years, Rivista Italiana di Economia Demografia e Statistica, vol. LXV, no 2, April-June 2011, p. 29-40.
- Statistiques linguistiques, rhétorique quantitative et effets de perspective, Sociologie
et sociétés, 43, 2, 2011, p. 19-40.
- Espace public, action collective et savoir social: Robert Gourlay et le Statistical Account of Upper Canada, Histoire sociale/Social History, XXXV, no 69, 2003, p. 109-139.
- Statistical Inquiry and the Management of Linguistic Plurality in Canada, Belgium and Switzerland, Journal of Canadian Studies/Revue d’études canadiennes, vol. 36 number 4, 2002, p. 88-117. (Co-author: Jean-Pierre Beaud)
- Genèse particulière d’une science des nombres. L’autonomisation de la statistique en Italie entre 1900 et 1914, Actes de la recherche en sciences sociales, no 141-142, mars 2002, p. 98-109.
- Une pathologie politique : Corrado Gini et la critique de la démocratie parlementaire, Revue française d'histoire des idées politiques, 13, 2001, p. 105-128.
- Statistics as a ‘Science of Government’: The Stillborn ‘British Empire Statistical Bureau’ (1918-1920), Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, vol. 33, no. 3, September 2005, p. 369-391. (Co-author: Jean-Pierre Beaud)
- The Politics of Measurable Precision: The Emergence of Sampling Methods in Canadian Official Statistics, Canadian Historical Review, 79, 4, 1998, p. 691-725. (Co-author: Jean-Pierre Beaud)
- Controversy and Demarcation in Social Science: Early Twentieth-Century Demography and Walker's Theory of Immigration and the Birth-Rate, Social Science History, vol. 22 no 2, 1998, p.131-158.
- La forme est le fond : la structuration des appareils statistiques nationaux, 1800-1945, Revue de synthèse, tome 118, no 4, 1997, p. 419-456. (Co-author: Jean-Pierre Beaud)
- Immigration, Eugenics and Statistics: Measuring Racial Origins in Canada (1921-1941), Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 28, no 2, 1996, p. 1-24. .(Co-author: Jean-Pierre Beaud)
- Models for recording age in 1692-1851 Canada: the political-cognitive functions of census statistics, Scientia Canadensis, vol. 18 no 2, 1994, p. 135-150. . (Co-author: Jean-Pierre Beaud)
- La structuration de l'appareil statistique canadien, 1912-1921, Canadian Historical Review, LXXIV, 3, septembre 1993, p. 395-413. (Co-author: Jean-Pierre Beaud)
- La classification canadienne des occupations pendant l'entre-deux-guerres : réflexion sur un cas d'indépendance statistique, Revue canadienne de science politique, XXV, 3, septembre 1992, p. 489-512. (Co-author: Jean-Pierre Beaud)
4.5. Bibliographical essays :
- Statistique et politique: leçons américaines à l’usage des Canadiens, Politique et Sociétés, vol. 30 no 1, 2011, p. 165-172.
- Presentacion: Los peligros della Estadistica, Empiria, no 20, 2010, p. 189-194.
- Totalitarianism and Fascist Italy : A Review Essay , Totalitarian Movements and Political Religions, vol. 10. nos 3-4, 2009, p. 361-367.
- The Neverending Story: A Note on Statistical Significance and its Critics, Empiria, no 18, 2009, p. 225-229.
4.8. Recent public interventions:
- Vers un référendum sur l’unification de l’Irlande. Pas si vite, Le Devoir, 13 octobre 2022 :
https://www.ledevoir.com/opinion/idees/763511/idees-vers-un-referendum-sur-l-unification-de-l-irlande-pas-si-vite
- Italie : la victoire de Giorgia Meloni s’explique par la stabilité du vote conservateur, La Conversation, 6 octobre 2022 : https://theconversation.com/italie-la-victoire-de-giorgia-meloni-sexplique-par-la-stabilite-du-vote-conservateur-191557.
- Les statistiques sur la COVID-19 et le fédéralisme, Options politiques/Policy Options, 29 avril 2021 : https://policyoptions.irpp.org/fr/magazines/april-2021/les-statistiques-sur-la-covid-19-et-le-federalisme/
- Tecnici e politici per uscire dall’emergenza pandemia, Correre italiano, 25 février 2021 : https://www.flipsnack.com/metromedia/corriere-italiano-25-fe-vrier-2021.html
- Big Brother, Big Data and Statistics Canada, Options politiques/Policy Options, 16 janvier 2020 : https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/january-2020/big-brother-big-data-and-statistics-canada/
- Per capire l’Italia e il suo funzionamento politico, Correre italiano, 22 janvier 2020 : https://www.corriereitaliano.com/attualita/in-primo-piano/5608/per-capire-litalia-e-il-suo-funzionamento-politico/
- Statistiques et COVID, Bulletin de l’Institut d’études internationales de Montréal, 15 juin 2020:
ww.ieim.uqam.ca/IMG/pdf/regards_ieim_covid-19_statistiques_et_covid_j-g_pre_vost.pdf
- COVID, statistiques et effet de perspective : les décès survenus en soins de longue durée, Blogue du CIRST, 14 juillet 2020, https://www.cirst.uqam.ca/nouvelles/2020/covid-statistiques-et-effet-de-perspective-les-deces-survenus-en-soins-de-longue-duree/
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