Paul E. J. Thomas
Biography:
PAUL E. J. THOMAS is the Director at the Parliamentary Internship Programme, and an Adjunct Research Professor at the Clayton Riddell Graduate Program in the Department of Political Management at Carleton University.
Thomas' research centres on questions related to political institutions and representation in Canada. In particular, he explore the role of legislators as the primary point of intersection between the various mechanisms of political representation in Canada, including elections, political parties, social movements, and professional lobbyists.
He is also deeply interested in the relationship between religion and politics. Together with David Rayside and Jerald Sabin, he co-authored the book, Religion and Canadian Party Politics, which examines how Canadian political parties at both the federal and provincial levels attempt to manage their relationships with religious conservatives.
Prior to his current roles, Thomas has been both a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow in and a Visiting Research with the Bell Chair for Studies in Canadian Democracy In the Department of Political Science at Carleton University.
Thomas has also been a Senior Research Associate at The Samara Centre for Democracy, in Toronto. There he led a research project exploring how Canadian political parties shape the quality of Canadian democracy.
Prior to starting his PhD, Thomas was a Parliamentary Affairs Assistant with Cancer Research UK, where I helped with lobbying to toughen tobacco controls measures in England and Wales.
Before moving to London, he also worked as a Research Assistant to Senator Yoine Goldstein and was a participant in the Canadian Political Science Association’s Parliamentary Internship Programme in 2005/06.
Thomas has a PhD, Comparative Politics, from the University of Toronto, a Master of Arts, Political Science, from Carleton University, and Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, from Wilfred Laurier University.
Sources: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-e-j-thomas-28b60533 | https://pauledwinjames.wordpress.com/about
Activities:
- 2018-11-20 – Samara Parties and Democracy Project: Project Scoping Roundtable
- 2025-05-01 – Social Media Disinformation: How to Prevent, Identify, and Combat