Bio
Meryem holds a master's degree in political science from McGill University and a bachelor's degree in economics and politics from the Université de Montréal (UdeM). She specialises in international political economy and social statistics. After working as an analyst and research assistant at several research centres in Quebec (CÉRIUM, CIRANO and IREC), she is now preparing a thesis in international relations at the CEE and the MaxPo at Sciences Po, where she is also a teaching assistant. Her research focuses on the evolution of energy policies. Her previous work focuses on the impact of changes in oil prices on the bargaining power of member countries of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). She is working under the joint supervision of Cornelia Woll (Hertie School) and Colin Hay (Sciences Po Paris).
CV
- Research officer | CÉRIUM, University of Montreal | 2020-2021
- Research assistant | CIRANO, Montreal | 2020
- Analyst | Media Monitoring Africa, South Africa | February - March 2020
- Political attaché | Registry Department, City of Montreal | 2019 - 2020
- Junior Communications, Public Affairs, and International Relations Assistant | Quebec’s government office in New York | Autumn 2018
- Research and editorial assistant | Kari Polanyi | 2017 - 2018
- Research officer | IREC, Montréal | Summer 2018
- Research assistant (translation) | Prof. Mili Lake et Stéphanie Sunata, LSE | Summer 2017
Areas of research
- Political economy
- Energy policies
- Energy transition
- Ideas and discourse
- Natural resources
- European Union
- Transformations of capitalism
- Teaching
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The Political Economy of Natural Resources | Meryem Bezzaz | Bachelor | Paris Campus | Winter 2024
https://syllabus.sciencespo.fr/fr/?202320/243266
Sustainable Development in EU Policies | Sébastien Treyer and Vera Radeva | Master | Paris Campus | Autumn 2023https://syllabus.sciencespo.fr/en/?mapping/177984
Introduction to Political Science | Cyril Benoît | Bachelor | Reims Campus | Winter 2022 Comparative Politics | Patrick Le Bihan | Bachelor | Reims Campus | Autumn 2022 Governance, democracy and public policy: Analytical approaches to public policy | Colin Hay | Master | Paris Campus | Autumn 2023 - Research
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Project on the evaluation of environmental policies | LIEPP, Sciences Po | Ongoing
Thesis on energy policies in the European Union | Since 2021
The COVID Effect - a comparative perspective | CERIUM Publications | 2020 - 2021
Africa on the move | CÉRIUM conference | February 2021 Defining food autonomy/ self-sufficiency | CIRANO | 2020 - Publications
- The COVID Effect: A comparative perspective on economic recovery and public investment | CÉRIUM Working Papers | with Prof. Marcelin Joanis and Prof. Frédéric Mérand | October 2021 Food autonomy: definitions and concepts | CIRANO | with Prof. Michel Poitevin | 2020 Reflection on the establishment of a universal public prescription drug insurance scheme and on industrial policy in the biopharmaceutical field | IREC | commissioned by the FTQ | 2018 (Confidential)