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PhD Candidate in the Department of Political Science, McGill University

Esli Chan is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Political Science at McGill University. Her research focuses on the intersection of gender issues, disinformation and social media, and far-right extremism. She is affiliated with the Centre for Media, Technology, and Democracy and the Center for International Peace and Security Studies. She has former experience in foreign relations and international security in the federal government.

Experience

  • –present
    PhD Student in the Department of Political Science , McGill University

Education

  • 2020 
    King's College London, MSc Risk Analysis
  • 2019 
    McGill University, BA (Honours) Political Science

Publications

  • 2022
    Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence Against Women and Risk Assessment: Exploring Online Involuntary Celibate Groups in Canada, Violence Against Women
  • 2021
    Reframing International Standards Against Online Violence Against Women: The Rise of the Manosphere and Extremist Gender-Based Ideological Groups’ , Harvard Women's Policy Journal
  • 2019
    Neoliberalism’s Effects on Asian Immigration: A Gender Based Analysis of Systemic Inequality in Canadian Immigration Policy’ , Flux: McGill International Relations Review

Grants and Contracts

  • 2023
    Canada Graduate Scholarship
    Role:
    Doctoral Fellowship
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada