Simon Laflamme



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Simon Laflamme

Full Professor

Sociology
Humanities and Social Sciences

705.675.1151 ext. 4217
A-326
Sudbury Campus

Simon Laflamme studied philosophy and sociology. He has been teaching at Laurentian University since 1984 where he lectures in theory and methodology in the sociology program and the interdisciplinary Ph.D. in human studies. He partners as well with the Université de Toulouse 1 – Capitole by getting involved in the Master Program Économie du développement territorial. He is one of the founders of the journal Nouvelles perspectives en sciences sociales : revue internationale de systémique complexe et d'études relationnelles. He is the author of several books including Suites sociologiques (Sudbury, Prise de parole, 2006), Homogénéité et distinction (Sudbury, Prise de parole, 2003, with Ali Reguigui), Des Biens, des idées et des personnes au Canada (1981-1995): un modèle macrologique relationnel (Sudbury/Paris, Prise de parole / L'Harmattan, 2000), Communication et émotion. Essai de microsociologie relationnelle (Paris, L'Harmattan, 1995), La Société intégrée (New York/Paris, Peter Lang, 1992).

Education
  • Doc. du 3e cycle (Sociology), Paris 7, 1983
  • Master in Arts (Sociology), Ottawa, 1981
  • Master in Arts (Philosophy), Ottawa, 1979
  • B.A. (Philosophy), Ottawa, 1977
Research Focus

His research focuses on various issues of communication, economics and relationships between populations according to whether they constitute a minority or a majority. He develops a relational theory at the macrological and micrological levels.

Awards
  • Laurentian University Research Excellence Award, 1996

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