Patrik Marier, PhD

Professor, Political Science

Research areas: Aging, Comparative Public Policy; Policy Analysis, Public Administration; Social Gerontology; Welfare State

Contact information

Email:

patrik.marier@concordia.ca

Biography

Dr. Patrik Marier obtained his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Pittsburgh. He held a Canada Research Chair in Comparative Public Policy between 2005 and 2015 and a Concordia University Research Chair in Aging and Public Policy between 2015-2020

Dr. Marier is a scholar in Comparative Public Policy and his research is at the crossroads of social gerontology and public policy. A key interest is the biomedicalization of aging and its ubiquitous consequences in public policy, programs, and service delivery. He also focuses on the impact of aging populations across policy fields including pensions, healthcare, and labour policy. He recently published The Four Lenses of Population Aging, a comprehensive study on how Canadian provinces are preparing themselves to face the consequences and opportunities of an aging population. Dr. Marier has also written numerous publications on the politics of pension reforms in industrialized countries.

Dr. Marier is also the Scientific Director of CREGÉS, a university research centre housed at the Integrated Health and Social Services University Network for West-Central Montreal. It is a unique centre devoted to the field of social gerontology that encourages the development of research and innovating practices. The centre has more than 50 members, 35 of which are regular members. This includes university researchers from 11 different disciplines and six Quebec universities (Concordia, Laval, McGill, Université de Montréal, UQAM and UQTR). Dr. Marier is also a member of CIRANO.

Education

PhD, University of Pittsburgh

Research interests

Aging, Comparative Public Policy; Policy Analysis; Public Administration; Social Gerontology; Social Policies.

Research activities

Ongoing Research Grants As Principal Investigator

FRQSC Action concertée thématique, Programme de recherche sur les personnes aînées vivant des dynamiques de marginalisation et d’exclusion sociale (Principle investigator – 12 members). Les actions gouvernementales au Québec: impacts sur des personnes aînées marginalisées ou vivant des dynamiques d’exclusion sociale, ($190,500), 2020-2024.

FRQSC Soutien aux infrastructures de recherche des Instituts et des Centres affiliés universitaires du secteur social (SI) (Principal Investigator – 57 members), Regards sur la vieillesse et le vieillissement: de l'expérience singulière aux enjeux collectifs, ($2 030 760), 2014-2025. (Sole infrastructure to receive an “A” assessment.)

SSHRC Connection Grant (PI withMeghan Joy and Shari Brotman, co-investigators). Colloque Agir sur lamarginalisation des personnes âgées : des savoirs à l’action,($25,000), 2024.

Recent Publications

Full List on Google Scholar

Publications

Books

Marier, Patrik (2021). The Four Lenses of Population Aging: Planning for the Future in Canadian Provinces. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Billette, Véronique, Patrik Marier and Anne-Marie Séguin (eds.) (2020). Getting Wise about Getting Old: Debunking Myths about Aging. Vancouver: UBC Press, PurichBooks.

Billette, Véronique, Patrik Marier and Anne-Marie Séguin (eds.) (2018). Les vieillissements sous la loupe: entre mythes et réalités. Québec : Les Presses de l’Université Laval.

Marier, Patrik (ed.) (2012). Le vieillissement de la population et les politiques publiques: enjeux d’ici et d’ailleurs. Québec : Les Presses de l’Université Laval.

Marier, Patrik (2008; 2011 in paperback). Pension Politics: Consensus and Social Conflict in Ageing Societies. London: Routledge. In the Routledge/EUI Studies in the Political Economy of the Welfare State Series.

Recent Peer-reviewed journals

Marier, Patrik,Meghan Joy, Sandra Smele, Rym Zakaria, Julie Beauchamp, ValérieBourgeois-Guérin, Pierre-Luc Lupien, and Tamara Sussman (first view). A ScopingReview on Coordination and Governance Issues Facing Marginalized Older Adults.TheGerontologist.

Marier, Patrik and Marina Revelli (2024). The Biomedicalization of Expertisein Public Administrations and in the Policy-Making Process: A ComparativeAnalysis of Canada, Sweden, and the United States. Journal of Global Ageing 1(1): 9-26.

Benoit, Maude et Patrik Marier (2024). When Hidden Politics Become Visible:Administrative burden experiences of older adults and professionals in homecare. InternationalJournal of Social Welfare 33(4): 832-845.

Marier,Patrik, Loic Trabut, and Alexandra Garabige (2024). National Intentions andLocal Welfare Markets: A Comparative Analysis of Market Tools to SupportSeniors in France and Québec. Journal of Comparative PolicyAnalysis.

Carbonneau,Hélène, Ginette Aubin, Marie Beaulieu, Martin Caouette, Eugénie Ferdais, JulieFortier, Lyson Marcoux, Patrik Marier, Valérie Poulin, and Pierre-YvesThériault (2023). Participation sociale des aînés faisant face à des dynamiquesde marginalisation et d’exclusion : Étude de cas auprès de divers acteursdu milieu communautaire de loisir. Leisure/Loisir, 47(4) : 579-599.

Aubrecht, Katie, Emily Reid-Musson, MarkEmbrett, Lars Hallström, Barb Hamilton-Hinch, Shanthi Johnson, Christine Kelly,Marilyn McDonald, Patrik Marier, Elain Moody, and Meaghan Sim (2023 firstview).“Participatory evaluation of an individualized funding program in Nova Scotia,Canada for equity in dementia care: A study protocol”. InternationalJournal of Qualitative Methods.

Béland, Daniel, Shannon Dinan, Olivier Jacques,and Patrik Marier (2023). PolicyFeedback and the Partisan Politics of Social Policy: The case of a new centerright government in Quebec. Canadian Journal of PoliticalScience, 56(3): 636-655.

Beauchamp, Julie, Maude Lecompte,Patrik Marier, Line Chamberland, Isabelle Wallach, and Laurent Breault. (2022).Interventions en promotion de la santé auprès des personnes aînées LGBTQ:réalités québecoises. SantéPublique, 34:237-240.

Sokolon, Marlene and Patrik Marier (2022). PolicyInstruments and Infant Feeding for Mothers on Social Assistance: A ComparativeStudy of Canadian Provinces. CanadianReview of Social Policy, 82: 1-21

Marier,Patrik, Amanda Grenier, Karen Kobayashi, Debbie Rudman, Yoana Garcia-Poulin*,Stephanie Hatzifilalithis, and Chris Philipson. (2022). Recognizing Precarity?A Comparative Analysis of Governmental Documents in Provincial and FederalAdministrations. Canadian Public Administration, 60(2): 278-294.

Cooper, Christopher, Patrik Marier, AliHalawi* (2022). The Politics of Senior Bureaucratic Turnover in the WestminsterAdministrative Tradition: Trust, Control and the Choice between Internal andExternal Appointments. PublicPolicy and Administration,37(2): 179-202.

Dickson, Daniel*, Patrik Marier and Anne-Sophie Dubé* (2021). Do Assessment Tools Shape Policy Preferences? Analysing Policy Framing Effects on Older Adults’ Conceptualisation of Autonomy. Journal of Social Policy. First View.

Cox, Robert, Daniel Dickson* and Patrik Marier (2021). Resistance, Innovation and Improvisation: Comparing the Responses of Nursing Home Workers to the Covid-19 Pandemic in Canada and the United States. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis. 23(1): 41-50.

Recent Book chapters

Breton, Anthony* and Patrik Marier (2023).‘Long-Term Care Reform in Canada in the wake of COVID-19: The Poverty ofthe National Standards Solution,’ in André Lecours, Daniel Béland, TrevorTombe, and Éric Champagne. Fiscal Federalism in Canada: Analysis,Evaluation, Prescription (Toronto: University of Toronto Press). P.237-262.

Daniel Béland, Shannon Dinan, OliverJacques, et Patrik Marier (2022). ‘La protection sociale à travers le parcoursde vie,’ in Lisa Birch, Dominic Duval, Yannick Dufresne, and CamilleTremblay-Antoine. Le gouvernement de la CAQ de François Legault: 251promesses (Québec : PUL). P. 99-111.

DanielBéland, and Patrik Marier (2022). ‘The Magic is in the Mix: How the GuaranteedIncome Supplement and the Old Age Security Interact in Canada’s Pension System toTackle Successfully Poverty in Old Age,’ in Evert Lindquist. Michael Howlett,Grace Skogstad, Geneviève Tellier, and Paul T’Hart. Policy Successful PublicPolicy in Canada (New York: Oxford University Press). P. 206-224.

Marier, Patrik, Margaux Reiss, and Isabelle VanPevenage (2022). ‘Social Policies for Older Adults in Industrialised Countries’in Guillaume Fontaine and Guy Peters (eds.) Handbook of Research onPolicy Design. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. P. 282-294. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839106606.00026

Cooper, Chris and Patrik Marier (2021). ‘Executive Policy Styles’ in Micheal Howlett and Jale Tosun (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Policy Styles. London: Routledge.

Teaching activities

Courses

POLI 330                 Principles of Public Administration
POLI 604                 Comparative Public Policy
POLI 607/815B        Ageing and Public Policy
POLI 622                 Comparative Public Administration
POLI 636/805          Theories of Public Policy and Public Administration