Julie-Anne Boudreau is Associate Professor at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique and holds Canada’s chair for research on urbanity, insecurity and political action. She is the founder of the Laboratoire multimédia Ville et ESPAces politiques (VESPA). Her research examines the impact of the experience of mobility on sociopolitical engagement. She is the editor of the journal International Journal of Urban and Regional Research (IJURR).