Simon Tremblay-Pepin
Associate Professor | Faculty staff
Associate Professor | Faculty staff
Profile
Simon Tremblay-Pepin teaches social innovation. His research focuses on three areas: the democratization of the economy, public finance, and media critique.
Master in economics – Chargé d’études économiques et sociales – 2015 to 2017
UNIVERSITÉ PARIS I PANTHÉON-SORBONNE (PARIS, FRANCE)
PhD in Political science – 2008 to 2015
YORK UNIVERSITY (TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA)
Master in political science – 2005 to 2007
UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL (UQAM)
BA in political science – 2002 to 2005
UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL (UQAM)
1 YEAR DONE AT THE UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL
(PORTO ALEGRE, BRÉSIL)
- Political economy
- Capitalism and post-capitalism
- Public finance in Québec and Canada
- Social and solidarity economy
- Public relations
- Postcapitalist Political Economy
Since 2018, I have been one of the coordinators of the research group on democratic economic planning at CRITS. We have three objectives: (1) to understand and compare the different theoretical models in postcapitalist political economy; (2) to extract from these models a set of “modules” concerning specific institutions and conduct comparative studies of them; (3) to gain a better understanding of Québec’s economic sectors in order to explore how the insights coming from these models and modules could be applied.
- Poverty, Inequality, and Public Finance
Since 2006, I have participated in the work of the Institut de recherche et d’information socioéconomiques (IRIS). As part of this work, I helped develop indicators that intersect poverty, inequality, and public finance metrics. These indicators are now compiled annually by Statistics Canada. I am currently involved in designing training programs that will enable other researchers to use them effectively.
- Media and Public Relations
I worked as a communications professional for several years. I have published two books on these topics: Illusions : Petit manuel pour une critique des médias, Lux, 2013, and Intrigues : Petit manuel pour une critique des relations publiques, Lux, 2025. In this project, I seek to theorize the challenges encountered in communication practice through a diverse body of literature.
Books
- Tremblay-Pepin, Simon, Intrigues – Petit manuel pour une critique des relations publiques, Montréal: Lux, 2025.
- Chateauvert, Julie, Philippe Dufort, Jonathan Durand Folco, Christopher Gunter, Krys Maki, Anahi Morales Hudon, Philippe Néméh-Nombré, Julie Paquette, Jamel Stambouli, Simon Tremblay-Pepin, Amanda Wilson, Social Innovation for Real-World Transformation – Roadmaps for Changing the World, Bristol: Bristol University Press and Policy Press, 2025.
- Laurin-Lamothe, Audrey, Frédéric Legault and Simon Tremblay-Pepin, Construire l’économie postcapitaliste, Montréal: Lux, 2023.
- Chateauvert, Julie, Philippe Dufort, Jonathan Durand Folco, Anahi Morales Hudon, Jamel Stambouli, Simon Tremblay-Pepin and Amanda Wilson, Manuel pour changer le monde, Montréal: Lux, 2020.
- IRIS (Simon Tremblay-Pepin and Bertrand Schepper-Valiquette), Du vin et des jeux : Le virage commercial de la SAQ et de Loto-Québec, Montréal: Lux, 2019.
- IRIS, Dépossession – Une histoire économique du Québec – 1. Les ressources, coordinated by Simon Tremblay-Pepin, Montréal: Lux, 2015.
- Tremblay-Pepin, Simon, Illusions : Petit manuel pour une critique des médias, Montréal: Lux, 2013.
Selected Recent Articles, Chapters, and Reports
- Dufort, Philippe, Mathieu Dufour, Alexandre Michaud, Colin Pratte and Simon Tremblay-Pepin, « Réponse à Benoît Lévesque: la tradition collectiviste comme inspiration, la démocratisation comme projet », Interventions économiques, 2025. https://journals.openedition.org/interventionseconomiques/28193
- Russell, Ellen and Simon Tremblay-Pepin, « Economic Expertise in Postcapitalist Democratic Economic Planning », Critical Sociology, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1177/08969205251329582
- Dufour, Mathieu, Sophie Elias-Pinsonnault and Simon Tremblay-Pepin, « An international interface: democratic planning in a global context », Competition and Change 29: 1, 2025, p.83-100. https://doi.org/10.1177/10245294231212681
- Pépin, Christian, Mathieu Dufour and Simon Tremblay-Pepin, « La démocratisation de la finance au Québec : approches concurrentes, histoire contestée », Interventions économiques, 71, 2024. https://doi.org/10.4000/11qwd
- Durand Folco, Jonathan, Ambre Fourrier and Simon Tremblay-Pepin, « Redéfinir démocratiquement les besoins pour planifier l’économie », Politique et Sociétés 43: 2, 2024, p.35-60. https://doi.org/10.7202/1106250ar
- Beaucaire, Krystof, Joëlle Saey-Volckrick and Simon Tremblay-Pepin, « Integration of approaches to social metabolism into democratic economic planning models », Studies in political economy, 104:2, 2023, p.73-92. https://doi.org/10.1080/07078552.2023.2234753
- Dufort, Philippe, Mathieu Dufour, Alexandre Michaud, Colin Pratte and Simon Tremblay-Pepin, « La tradition collectiviste québécoise : renouer avec une pensée économique supprimée pour renouveler le modèle de développement du Québec », Interventions économiques 67, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4000/interventionseconomiques.17207
- Tremblay-Pepin, Simon, « Five Criteria to Evaluate Democratic Economic Planning Models », The Review of Radical Political Economy 54: 3, 2022, p.265-280. https://doi.org/10.1177/04866134221093747
- Planning for Entropy (collective author composed of: Bengi Akbulut, Mathieu Dufour, Frédéric Legault, Eric Pineault and Simon Tremblay-Pepin), « Democratic Economic Panning, Social Metabolism and the Environment.» Science & Society 86: 2, 2022, p. 293–314. https://doi.org/10.1521/siso.2022.86.2.291
- Dufour, Mathieu, Viviane Labrie and Simon Tremblay-Pepin, « Using the Market Basket Measure to Discuss Income Inequality from the Perspective of Basic Needs », Social Indicator Research volume 155: 2, 2021, p.455–478. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-020-02580-9
Interviews
- Interview with Fred Savard about Intrigues on Le Balado de Fred Savard, June 14, 2025
- Interview with Marie-Louise Arsenault about Intrigues on Tout peut arriver, Radio-Canada, Ici Première, May 5, 2025
- Interview with Jan Groos, Sophie Elias-Pinsonnault and Mathieu Dufour about our research collective on Future Histories Podcast, January 7, 2024.
- Interview with Salomé Saqué about Construire l’économie postcapitaliste on Blast, July 25, 2023
Recorded Recent Conferences
- Ellen Russel and Simon Tremblay-Pepin, Rethinking Expertise in Democratic Economic Planning, INDEP Online Talks, June 4, 2025
- Sophie Elias-Pinsonnault and Simon Tremblay-Pepin, From Models to Modules: Rethinking Postcapitalist Political Economy, INDEP Online Talks, March 27, 2025
- Simon Tremblay-Pepin, Les critères pour évaluer les modèles de planification démocratiques, Conférences du CRITS, April 25, 2022