This cluster encompasses research in global inequalities, theories of power, capitalism and social theory, social movements and resistance, race and racialization, anti-racism, the political economy and cultural sociology of development, the cultural and economic dimensions of globalization, post-colonialism and de-colonization, the political economy of climate change, the lived experience of inequalities and social justice movements.
| Redefining the Social Contract: Rebalancing Formal and Natural Support for People with Disabilities and their Families Thomas Abrams (Co-applicant). SSHRC Partnership Grant, Awarded Budget, 2021-2024 |
$195,672 |
| Reframing childhood disability: Bridging political and disciplinary boundaries to improve disabled children's lives Thomas Abrams (Co-applicant). SSHRC Insight Grant, Awarded Budget, 2020-2022 |
$53,106 |
| Transition of Youth with Disabilities: Experiences, Needs, Current Practices and the Way Forward in Ethiopia Thomas Abrams (CO-PI). University of Gondar/Queen’s University Mastercard Scholars program, 2020-2022 |
$60,000 USD |
| Roma in Canada: Transnational Peoples, Transnational Practices Cynthia Levine-Rasky (Collaborator), SSHRC IDG, 2016-18 |
$55,000 |
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An Ethnography of the Toronto Roma Community
Cynthia Levine-Rasky (PI), Senate Advisory Research Committee, 2012-14
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$5,600 |
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Climate Change and Social Conflict in the Himalayan Watershed
Marcus Taylor (PI), SSHRC Insight Development Grant, 2011-2014
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$37,120 |
| Web Space/Community Space: Developing Qualitative Research for Canadian Roma through Digital Media Cynthia Levine-Rasky (PI), SSHRC Insight Development Grant, 2011-2012 |
$17,543 |
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Who Works for Globalization: A Sociological Analysis of Labour Markets for Labour Intensive Export Industry in Mexico and China
Marcus Taylor (PI), SSHRC Standard Research Grant, 2007 – 2011 |
$52,000 |
| ABRAMS, Thomas Email: thomas.abrams@queensu.ca Research Areas: Disability Studies; Sociological Theory; Social Inequality; Sociology of Health and Illness; Sociology of the Body |
GOLRIZ, Golshan |
| HUSAIN, Fauzia Email: fauzia.husain@queensu.ca Research Areas: Muslim women, sexuality and gender, globalization, inequality, South Asia |