Dr. Astrid Brousselle

Professional information & research Interests

Dr. Brousselle joined the School of Public Administration as Director and Professor in December 2017. Her main expertise is in evaluation approaches and methods and in health system analysis. She is particularly interested in contributing to the building of more sustainable and equitable societies.

Her research is focused on identifying approaches for accelerating the ecological transition. In 2017 she received the recognition Mention coup de coeur of the Jean-Pierre-Bélanger  Prize from the  Association pour la santé publique du Québec (ASPQ)  for her public positions defending the universality, integrality and accessibility of the healthcare system.

She received her PhD in 2002 from the health administration department of the University of Montreal. During 2011 and 2016, she held the Canada Research Chair in Evaluation and Health System Improvement at the Université de Sherbrooke. She was the French editor of the Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation/Revue canadienne d'évaluation de programme (2015-2019) and she is a member of the editorial board of Evaluation and Program Planning.  

Research interests

• evaluation approaches and methods
• theory-based evaluation
• ecological transition
• public health
• health system analysis
• collaborative/participative/community based approaches
• qualitative methods
• evaluation approaches and tools for the design and implementation of planetary health intervention

Selected publications

Brousselle A., Curren M., Dunbar B., McDavid J., Logtenberg R., Ney T. (2024) Planetary health: Creating Rapid Impact Assessment Tools, Evaluation: The International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice. Online first: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/13563890241227433

Alunni-Menichini, K., Bertrand, K., Brousselle, A. (2023) Improving the Response to Substance Use and Homelessness and psychoactive substance use in Montreal: A Systemic and Intersectoral Perspective, International Journal on Homelessness, 2(2): 1–21. https://doi.org/10.5206/ijoh.2022.2.13640

Alunni-Menichini, K., Bertrand, K., Brousselle, A. (2023) Combining the World Café and the Deliberative Democratic Evaluation: A Win-Win Strategy for the Field of Addiction, Journal of Participatory Research Methods, 4(1): https://jprm.scholasticahq.com/article/66191-combining-the-world-cafe-and-the-deliberative-democratic-evaluation-a-win-win-strategy

Hurtubise, K., Brousselle, A., Noel M., Caldwell K., Rayner L., Dawson M., Rasic N., Camden, C., (2022) The effect domains, measures, and methods reported in pediatric specialized outpatient pain rehabilitation programs: An integrated review, Pain Practice, online first: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/papr.13171

Brousselle A., McDavid J., Curren M., Logtenberg R., Dunbar B., Ney T. (2022) A theory-based approach to designing interventions for Planetary Health, Evaluation: The International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, first published online, July 14, 2022: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/13563890221107044

van den Berg, R., Bours, D., Brousselle, A., Čekan, J., Chaplowe, S., Chelimsky, E., Davies, I., Felcis, W., Leiter, T., Menezes, D., Picciotto, R., Rogers, P., Rowe, A., & Uitto, J. (2022). What should evaluation learn from COP 26? Views of evaluation practitioners. Evaluation, 28(1), 7–35: https://doi.org/10.1177/13563890221074173

Hudon C, Chouinard MC, Bisson M, Brousselle A, Lambert M, Danish A, Rodriguez C, Sabourin V. (2022) Case management programs for improving integrated care for frequent users of healthcare services: an implementation analysis. International Journal of Integrated Care, 22(1): 1-13. Open access: https://www.ijic.org/articles/10.5334/ijic.5652/

Brousselle A., Contandriopoulos A-P. (2021) A avaliação não salvará o mundo. Diálogo com Zulmira Hartz sobre os fundamentos da avaliação/ L’évaluation ne sauvera pas le monde. Dialogue avec Zulmira Hartz sur les fondements de l’évaluation./ Evaluation won’t save the world. A Dialogue with Zulmira Hartz on evaluation foundations. Special Issue or book to honour Zulmira Hartz under the direction of Fernando Passos Cupertino de Barros, Zulmira Hartz: inovaçao, humanidade e dinamismo na pesquisa, na gestao e na avaliaçao em saude, Conselho Nacional de Secretarios de Saude, LEIASS, V.7 : https://www.conass.org.br/biblioteca/zulmira-hartz-inovacao-humanidade-e-dinamismo-na-pesquisa-no-ensino-na-gestao-e-na-avaliacao-em-saude/

Breton, M., Smithman M-A., Kreindler S.A, Jbilou J., Wong S., Marshall E., Sasseville M., Sutherland J, Crooks V.A., Shaw, J., Contandriopoulos D., Brousselle A., Green M. (2021) Designing centralized waiting lists for attachment to a primary care provider: considerations from a logic analysis, Evaluation and Program Planning: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149718921000574?via%3Dihub

Turcotte, P.-L., Rey, L., Brousselle, A. (2021). L’évaluation évolutive, de la théorie à la pratique: perspective des praticiens québécois. Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, 36(1): 22-42. Open access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cjpe/issue/view/5261

Brousselle, A., McDavid, J. (2020) Evaluation for Planetary Health, Evaluation: The International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 27(2): 168-183.

Brousselle, A., McDavid, J. (2020) Evaluators in the Anthropocene, Evaluation: The International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 26 issue: 2, page(s): 190-204.

Brousselle, A., Kennedy C., Brunet-Jailly E. (2020) More crises to come: managing risk and fostering resilience with COVID-19 pandemic recovery, Beyond COVID-19: Five commentaries on reimagining governance for future crises and resilience, Canadian Public Administration/ Administration Publique du Canada, 63(3): 391-408.