Alexandre Legault

Summer is knocking on the door, which means it’s time to read! I genuinely love reading, even if it tends to become a “side quest” and ends up making me manage my time poorly. It’s an academic guilty pleasure; what can I say?

The first book I finished in May is The Researcher’s Guide to Influencing Policy by Mark S. Reed, Professor of Rural Entrepreneurship and Co-Director of the Thriving Natural Capital Challenge Centre at Scotland’s Rural College. I’m currently working on a short review of the book for EIUI’s blog, so stay tuned for my impressions.

Next up on my reading list is Alexander Rosenberg’s Philosophy of Social Science (5th edition). I’ve been meaning to finish this book for a few months now and, although I’m only a few chapters in, it’s been such a pleasant read. Most importantly, I’m learning a lot about the factors that inevitably underpin methodologies.

I hope you are all finding time to read as well!

The books by Mark Reed and Alexander Rosenberg are my first summer reads of the year. I took this picture in May 2025.