Valentin Pautonnier

Valentin Pautonnier is a PhD candidate in political science at the Université de Montréal and a fellow at McGill University’s Consortium on Analytics for Data-Driven Decision-Making. He was a research intern at the Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) from February to July 2025, where he contributed to the IRPP-Future Skills Centre project. His research focuses on electoral geography, rural-urban political divides and the impact of economic conditions on voting behaviour. He holds a BA in economics from Sciences Po Grenoble. He also holds master’s degrees from Sciences Po Grenoble and Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, where he specialized in survey methods and political behaviour.