Julien Labarre
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
Office SBS C 338
Phone number: 310-243-3478
Education
Ph.D., (Political Science) University of California, Santa Barbara - 2024
M.A., (Political Science) University of California, Santa Barbara - 2020
M.A., (American Studies) Université de Strasbourg (France) - 2017
B.A., (English and North American Studies) Université de Strasbourg (France) - 2015
Research Interests
Julien Labarre's research straddles political communication, political behavior and psychology. Specifically, Dr. Labarre studies how the media and political psychology contribute to pathologies of democracy, such as epistemic vulnerability, polarization, and populist or extreme attitudes, in the United States and in France. He is a proud affiliate of the International Panel on the Information Environment, an initiative that was officially launched at the 2023 Nobel Prize Summit with the support of the Nobel Foundation.
His academic work has been published in top-tier political science, communication, and computer science journals, including Political Communication, the International Journal of Press/Politics, the Journal of Information Technology & Politics, and the Proceedings of the ‘24 IEEE World Conference on Computational Intelligence.
Julien Labarre is committed to public-facing scholarship. His work has made its way into parliamentary reports, as well as prominent international media, including The New York Times, ABC News, Bloomberg, Le Monde, FRANCE 24, CBC Radio Canada, The Times, Libération, Le Figaro, Diplomatic Courier, RTBF, and Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS).
Dr. Labarre accepts all requests for op-eds and interviews, or other forms of public-facing communication. You can visit his personal website for more information.
Courses
- POL 101: American Institutions
- POL 370: Public Opinion and Propaganda
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