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Simon Dubé, PhD, is a research psychologist and a Research Fellow at the Kinsey Institute. He is also an Affiliate Professor in the Department of Sexology at the Université du Québec à Montréal, Scientific Director for the International Sexual Health & Wellness Research Institute, and Chief of Psychosocial Medicine for the Advanced Spacelife Research Institute.
His research focuses on human sexuality, sextech, erobotics, and space sexology, including the effects of gravity and radiation on reproduction in space.
Dr. Dubé has written or co-written over 20 academic publications and has appeared in multiple television, radio, podcast, and journal interviews. He has been featured in the documentary series, Sexe+Techno, and in Rudolf and Werner Herzog's Discovery+ documentary, Last Exit: Space.
Selected Publications
- Lafortune D, Bonneau J, Lapointe VA, Dubé S, Castillo-Calazana F, Labrie C, Canivet C, Godbout N. Examining Erectile Disorder Manifestations and the Impact of Point-Of-View in Virtual Reality Erotica. J Sex Res, 2025 Mar 28:1-15. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2025.2478574.
- Lapointe, Valerie & Dubé, Simon & Rukhlyadyev, Sophia & Kessai, Tinhinane & Lafortune, David. (2025). The Present and Future of Adult Entertainment: A Content Analysis of AI-Generated Pornography Websites.Archives of Sexual Behavior. 1-19. 10.1007/s10508-025-03099-1.
- Lafortune D, Dubé S, Lapointe V, Bonneau J, Champoux C, Sigouin N. (2024). Virtual Reality Could Help Assess Sexual Aversion Disorder. J Sex Res, May;61(4):588-602. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2023.2241860.
- Dubé S, Gesselman AN, Kaufman EM, Bennett-Brown M, Ta-Johnson VP, Garcia JR. (2024). Beyond words: Relationships between emoji use, attachment style, and emotional intelligence.PLoS ONE 19(12): e0308880. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0308880
- Dubé, S., Santaguida, M., Anctil, D., Zhu, C. Y., Thomasse, L., Giaccari, L., … Johnson, A. (2022). Perceived stigma and erotic technology: From sex toys to erobots. Psychology & Sexuality, 14(1), 141–157. https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2022.2067783
- Dubé S, Anctil D. (2021). Foundations of Erobotics. Int J Soc Robot, 13(6):1205-1233. doi: 10.1007/s12369-020-00706-0.
- Dubé, S., Santaguida, M., Anctil, D., Giaccari, L., & Lapierre, J. (2021). The Case for Space Sexology. The Journal of Sex Research, 60(2), 165–176. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2021.2012639
Research Interests
- erobotics
- space sexology
- therapeutic virtual reality
- sexual behavior