My research interests lie in urban and grassroots informal politics and my projects focus on clientelism, violence, and forms of resistance and resilience in marginalized communities in Latin America and the Caribbean. While my training is in comparative politics, my work is multidisciplinary, situated at the intersections of political science, sociology, geography, and anthropology.
I have held several Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and Fonds de recherche du Québec grants, including a current SSHRC Insight Grant for a project with Jean François Mayer, "Informality, Violence, and Resistance in Latin America and the Caribbean". I am also a researcher on the Fonds de recherche du Québec funded Équipe de recherche sur l'inclusion et la gouvernance en Amérique latine (Research Team on Inclusion and Governance in Latin America, erigal.org).
I direct Concordia's Lab for Latin American and Caribbean studies (llacs.ca) as well as the Informal Cities Working Group, and am a member of the Montreal Latin American Studies Network / Réseau d'études latino-américaines de Montréal (RÉLAM).
Research interests
Comparative Politics; Political Sociology; Informal Politics; Subnational Politics; Urban Politics; Clientelism; Urban Violence; Developing Areas; Latin America; Caribbean; Brazil; Jamaica; Mexico
Courses
EXCI 250: Research Methods and Statistics
EXCI 420: Physical Activity Epidemiology
EXCI 610: Statistics and Research Design
Information for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows
Details of Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellowship opportunities and how to apply for them can be found at: https://mbmc-cmcm.ca/study/
Students wishing to pursue graduate studies under Dr. Bacon should first read the following documents.
Graduate Student General Information
Expectations of the Graduate Student
