Ndiaga Loum (Ph.D) is a jurist, political scientist, communicologist and full professor at the Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO), director of the doctoral program in applied social sciences. Author of over a hundred peer-reviewed scientific publications, he is the holder of the Chaire Senghor de la Francophonie, co-founder of the PéRICOM Laboratory (Politiques et régulation interdisciplinaire en communication), member of the ethics committees of the three Canadian government research granting agencies (SSHRC, NSERC, CIHR) and of the working committee on access to government data by the private sector and non-profit organizations (NPOs) in Quebec. His current SSHRC- and OIF-funded research focuses on the political, ethical and legal regulation of communications. He was the recipient of the Prix d'Excellence Christiane Mélançon en Enseignement pour les professeurs (2018). In addition to his academic activities, he is an expert in international humanitarian law, and as such has collaborated with several organizations around the world.
