David Grondin
Department of Communication
Université de Montréal
C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-ville
Montréal (Québec) H3C 3J7
Pavillon Marie-Victorin
90 Vincent-d’Indy, bur. B-432
Phone : (514) 343-6111 #55511
Fax : (514) 343-2269
Bluesky : dgrondin.bsky.social
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David Grondin is a full professor in the Department of Communication and Faculty Head of the graduate programs in international studies at the University of Montreal, where he teaches on the role of the United States in the world, war, international and political communication, mobility, media, technopolitical infrastructures and popular culture, as well as power and counter-powers. Trained in political science, international relations, and American history, he has published extensively on border security, surveillance, war, US national security, digital technologies and infrastructure, US foreign policy, and international relations. His research combines themes associated with different disciplinary fields and is thus situated at the crossroads of communication, political science, geography, and security studies, with a strong focus on the American context. His current research focuses on three areas: 1) contemporary forms of war, security, policing, and governance that mobilize big data, algorithms, socio-technical infrastructures, and border security technologies in the North American context (with Anthony Amicelle); 2) the study of new ways of imagining and waging war deployed by the American national security state, with a particular focus on (the false) promises of military artificial intelligence technologies (with Simon Hogue); and 3) the illiberal American foundations of Trumpism and the political, cultural, and societal impacts of Donald Trump’s presidency on the federal system, democratic governance, and American socio-political life. Finally, David Grondin is also a regular researcher at the International Center for Comparative Criminology (CICC), a researcher at the International Observatory on the Societal Impacts of AI and Digital Technology (OBVIA), a researcher at the Center for International Studies and Research at the University of Montreal (CÉRIUM), and a member of the Popular Culture, Knowledge, and Critique Laboratory (CPCC).
