Mahdi Khelfaoui

Mahdi Khelfaoui has been Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Sciences at UQTR since December 2020. He completed his master’s and doctoral degrees in science, technology and society at the Université du Québec à Montréal, followed by a post-doctorate at the Jarislowski Chair in Public Sector Management at the University of Ottawa. His current projects focus on the evolution of industrial and innovation policies of the Quebec and Canadian governments from 1960 to the present day. He is also interested in the history of science, technology and energy, with a particular focus on nuclear power. He has also published widely in the field of bibliometrics, with interests ranging from research evaluation to scientific network analysis.