$3.6 million boost for social sciences and humanities research

Today the Government of Canada and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) under the umbrella of the , 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 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 initiative.

The 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 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