He is also director of the Centre d'études de l'Asie de l'Est (CETASE) and coordinator of the Réseau d'études des dynamiques transnationales et de l'action collective (REDTAC) - scientific unit of the Centre d'études et de recherches internationales de l'Université de Montréal (CÉRIUM). After working for more than 7 years in international co-operation NGOs, Dominique Caouette joined the Department of Political Science in 2004. Today, his teaching focuses on transnational relations, Southeast Asia and development theories. In terms of research, he is interested in interactions between non-governmental players and multilateral processes in Asia, in different forms of collective action and resistance in rural areas, in particular in the Philippines, and lastly in international development issues and what is described as alterglobalism.