Louis-Robert Beaulieu-Guay PhD, MSc, BA

Dr. Louis-Robert Beaulieu-Guay is an Assistant Professor in Canadian governance at the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan campus.

Throughout his career, Dr. Beaulieu-Guay has held various roles, including postdoctoral fellow at the Réseau francophone international en conseil scientifique at Université Laval, researcher at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Montréal at McGill University, Analyst at the Office de Consultation Publique de Montréal, and consultant for the Canada School of Public Service. His specialization in public administration and public policy have equipped him with an expertise in Canadian regulations, text mining tools, and advanced quantitative analysis.

Dr. Beaulieu-Guay's research focuses on the impact of information and stakeholder interests on the work of public administrators and policy formulation. Specifically, he examines how government stakeholders influence decision-making and how administrators collect, process, and integrate different types of information. His research challenges the commonly held belief that public consultations are, at best, useless or, at worst, another venue for corporate lobbying.

Dr. Beaulieu-Guay holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Montreal and an MSc in Economics from McGill University. 

Designations

• PhD in Political Science, Université de Montréal
• MSc, Economics, Agricultural Economics, McGill University
• BA, Political Science and Economics, Université de Montréal

Louis-Robert Beaulieu-Guay is currently accepting applications from new MPP students for September 2026 in the following research areas: science/expertise and public policy, Canadian public administration, public consultation, regulation, and natural language processing.

• Insight Development Grant, SSHRC-CRSH Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, 2025-2027
• Salary supplements for postdoctoral fellow, Université du Québec 2023-2024
• Mention of Excellence - doctoral dissertation, Université de Montréal, 2023
• Doctoral Fellowship, SSHRC-CRSH Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council 2020-2022
• Doctoral Fellowship, FRQSC [partially declined] Fonds de recherche du Québec - Société et culture
  2020-2022

Peer-Reviewed

• Lemor, Antoine, Maria Alejandra Costa, Louis-Robert Beaulieu-Guay and Éric Montpetit.
  “Science, Worst-Case Scenarios and Time: Erosion of Epidemiological Projections’ Influence During the COVID-19 Pandemic”. Policy and Politics 53(2): 383-402.
• Beaulieu-Guay, Louis-Robert, Maria Alejandra Costa and Éric Montpetit. 2023. “Policy
  Change and Information Search: A Test of the Politics of Information Using Regulatory Data”.
  Policy Sciences 56: 377-418.
• Beaulieu-Guay, Louis-Robert. 2022. “The Many Faces of Knowledge: Do Science and
  Traditional Ecological Knowledge Coexist in Federal Impact Assessments?”. Canadian Public
  Administration 63 (3) : 403-420.
• Lemor, Antoine, Louis-Robert Beaulieu-Guay, PerÖla Öberg and Éric Montpetit. 2022.
  “Listening to Science to Develop Policies: The Contrasting Cases of Quebec and Sweden
  During the COVID-19 Pandemic”. In Peters, B. Guy et Guillaume Fontaine (ed). Research
  Handbook of Policy Design. Edward Elgar. 176-193.
• Beaulieu-Guay, Louis-Robert, Marc Tremblay‐Faulkner and Éric Montpetit. 2021. “Does
  business influence government regulations? New evidence from Canadian impact
  assessments”. Regulation & Governance 15 (4): 1419-1435.

Reports

• Beaulieu-Guay, Louis-Robert. "20 ans de plaidoyer pour la sauvegarde du patrimoine montréalais: une analyse quantitative des consultations publiques de l’OCPM". June 2025. Ville de Montréal.
• Beaulieu-Guay, Louis-Robert, Marc Tremblay Faulkner, Louis Renaud-Desjardins and
  Philippe Nazair. “Machine Readable Regulatory Impact Analysis Statements.” March 2021.
  Canada School of Public Service.
• Tremblay-Faulkner, Marc, Louis-Robert Beaulieu-Guay, Éric Montpetit, Maxime Sainte-
  Marie, Jean-François Chartier and Vincent Larrivière. “RegCan: Analyzing Regulatory
  Constraint in Canadian Regulation.” October 2018. Treasury Board of Canada and the
  Canada School of Public Service.