$3.6 million boost for social sciences and humanities research
June 16, 2022
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Today the Government of Canada and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) announced the results of grants under the umbrella of the Insight Program, which aims to advance our understanding of how individuals and societies think, live, and interact with each other and with the world around them. The program has a special focus on research that addresses complex societal challenges and opportunities.
“Now, more than ever, social sciences and humanities research plays an integral role as we navigate through the post-COVID-19 reality and continue to build a healthier, stronger and more prosperous Canada,” said the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry. “These grants enable scholars to address complex issues about communities and societies, and to further our collective understanding so we can build a better future for all Canadians.”
Twenty one Queen’s researchers received funds totaling $ 3.6 million to advance their research projects.
“These important SSHRC programs fund projects at all stages of the research continuum – from early investigation to the dissemination of results,” says Nancy Ross, Vice-Principal (Research). “The Queen’s projects all approach societal challenges in creative and innovative ways and, ultimately, support us in better understanding the world around us.”
The Insight Grants provide long term support (over two to five years) to research initiatives led by emerging and established scholars. Applicants are encouraged to consider addressing one or more of the 16 future global challenges identified by the SSHRC’s Imagining Canada’s Future initiative.
The Partnership Development Grants fund new or existing teams doing research or activities – including knowledge mobilization – in the social sciences and humanities, or designing and testing new models for research and related activities that can be amplified to a regional, national, or international level.
Finally, the Aid to Scholarly Journals aims to increase the dissemination of research results and encourage open-access publishing by supporting journals and their distribution on Canadian non-profit platforms.
For more information on the Queen’s recipients, please see below:
Insight Grants
|
Researcher |
Project |
Awarded amount |
|
Robert Clark |
AI-Powered Algorithmic Pricing and Collusion |
$ 82,224 |
|
Dan Cohen |
Engine of inequality? Central Banks, Economic Crisis, and Uneven Development |
$ 359,643 |
|
Christopher DeLuca |
Addressing Systemic Assessment Challenges and Inequities: A Pan-Canadian Study Mobilizing Teacher-led Assessment Innovation |
$ 330,300 |
|
W. George Lovell |
Tracking the Archbishop: Cartography and the Depiction of Empire in Pedro Cortés y Larraz's Moral Geography of Guatemala, 1768-70 |
$ 97,093 |
|
Ryan Riordan |
Carbon Finance: Can markets help in the fight against climate change? |
$ 223,358 |
|
Darryl Robinson |
A Critical Path for Ecocide |
$ 83,276 |
|
Awet Weldemichael |
Somalia after Piracy: The Political Economy of Maritime Resource Conflict in the Western Indian Ocean |
$ 98,815 |
|
Beverley Baines |
Transforming Judicial Outcomes for Women in Canada and Brazil |
$ 69,745 |
|
Leandre Fabrigar |
Solving the Objective-Subjective Attitude Structure Measurement Puzzle |
$ 214,585 |
|
J. Andrew Grant |
From International Best Practices to Conflict Prevention: Improving Security Governance and Protecting Human Rights in Natural Resource Sectors |
$ 252,969
|
|
Thorsten Koeppl |
Payments and Privacy |
$ 61,940 |
|
Valerie Kuhlmeier |
The Social Learning of Sharing Behaviour |
$ 184,233 |
|
V. Carolyn Prouse |
Tracking the Virus Hunters: The Power-Laden Geographies of Biosurveillance Economies |
$ 216,875 |
|
Evan Dudley |
Human-machine interactions in the over-the-counter market |
$ 173,611 |
|
Laila Haidarali |
Beauty and 'The Unfinished Business of Democracy': Black Women, Fashion, and Modelling, 1945 -1955 |
$ 145,436 |
|
David Parker |
Policymaking in the Mirror: Global Knowledge, National Image, and the "Social Question" in South America 1889-1943 |
$ 65,044 |
|
Sergio Sismondo |
Epistemic Corruption |
$ 266,369 |
|
Rebecca Hall |
Futures of Care: Community Challenges to Extraction in South Africa and Canada |
$ 384,694 |
Partnership Development Grants
|
Researcher |
Project |
Awarded amount |
|
Eva Purkey |
Mobilizing Community-Led Action: What Helps Families Thrive in the Context of Adversity During the COVID19 Pandemic and Beyond |
$ 189,062 |
Aid to Scholarly Journals
|
Researcher |
Project |
Awarded amount |
|
David Murakami Wood |
Surveillance & Society |
$ 88,200 |
|
David Gordon |
Canadian Planning and Policy |
$ 68,700 |