He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Toronto where he completed his dissertation entitled, Energy Security and Climate Change Policy in the OECD: The Political Economy of Carbon Energy Taxation. Author of two dozen peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, Erick is the lead researcher for the Canadian Surveys on Energy and the Environment, and is also a Research Partner with EcoAnalytics. His research examines the politics of climate change and energy policy, environmental public opinion, risk perception, and political communication around climate policy and the transition toward a clean economy from both a comparative and international perspective.