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Laurier researchers awarded SSHRC Insight and Insight Development Grants
Oct 1/12
| Contact: | Elin Edwards, eedwards@wlu.ca, 519-884-0710, extension 3533 |
Laurier faculty members were awarded a total of
$1,501,649 by the Social
Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada through their Insight Grant and Insight Development Grant
competitions.
The grants were announced Monday, October 1 by the
Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for Science and Technology, at
Carleton University in Ottawa.
“Through this funding support, we are generating insights
and developing innovative solutions for today’s social, economic and cultural
issues, while training the next generation of researchers and leaders,” said
Dr. Chad Gaffield, president of SSHRC.
The goal of the Insight program is to build knowledge and
understanding about people, societies and the world by supporting research
through its Insight Grant and Insight Development Grant competitions.
“The breadth of research at Laurier represented here by both
new and established scholars illustrates Laurier’s growing contribution to
knowledge creation in Canada,” said Abby Goodrum, Laurier’s Vice-President:
Research. “That we are also ahead of
national averages, especially in comparison to other universities in our
sector, is a further indication that good work is going on at Laurier and being
recognized on the national stage.”
Insight Grants
support research by both emerging and established scholars for long-term
research. Four Laurier researchers were
funded for a total of $995,287, putting our average grant well above the
national average amount.
Funded Insight Grant projects at Wilfrid Laurier University
include:
· Philippa Gates, Film Studies (4 years, $99,920), “Detecting Chinatown: Criminalization, Assimilation, and the Code in the Hollywood B-Film”
· Tobias Krettenauer, Psychology (4 years, $220,557), “Moral Identity: Context, Culture, and Development”
· Brenda Murphy, Geography and Environmental Studies/Brantford (5 years, $380,542), “Maple Syrup, Climate Change and Resilience: A Longitudinal Study”
· Kim Roberts, Psychology (5 years, $294,268), “"Developing an Evidence-Based Forensic Procedure to Enable Children to Report Individual Incidents of a Repeated Event"
SSHRC’s Insight
Development Grants are designed to support research in its initial stages,
with a full half of the funding reserved for new scholars (within 5 years of
receiving their PhD).
Ten Laurier researchers were awarded one or two year
grants. The national success rate for
Insight Development Grants was 35% of applicants. Laurier had a 37% overall success rate,
including 35% of our new scholar applicants and 50% of the regular scholars who
applied.
Succesful Insight Development Grants awarded to Laurier
include:
Two-year grants:
· Gavin Brockett, History ($63,750), “International Islam and the Origins of Islamism: Egypt, Turkey and the World Muslim Congress (1945-54)”
· Tripat Gill, Business - Marketing ($71,175), “The Role of Ethnic Stereotypes in the Evaluation of Services”
· Christopher Lemieux, Geography and Environmental Studies ($74,793), “’Last Chance Tourism’ and Canada's Protected Areas: Towards an Understanding of Visitor Behaviour and Manager Perceptions” (post-doctoral fellow 2011-2012; now at Trent University)
· Shelly McGill, Business - Policy ($68,157), “The State of The People's Court: An Empirical Analysis of Disputes and Disputants in the Toronto Small Claims Court”
· Marcos Fabricio Perez, Business - Finance ($47,500), “The Market Valuation of Managerial Attributes and Executive Compensation”
· Trevor Tombe , Economics ($40,810), “Internal Trade and Aggregate Productivity” (now at the University of Calgary)
· Jin Wang, Business - Finance ($53,626), “The Rise of Exchange Traded Funds and Its Impact on Capital Markets”
One-year grants:
· Ke Pang, Economics ($28,188), “The Effects of Trade on the Choice of Exchange Rate Regime and the Canadian Economy”
· Ghislain Thibault, Communication Studies ($28,233), “Stream: A Media Archaeology”
· Yujie Zhan, Business - OB/HRM ($30,130), “Being Mistreated by Customers: Exploring the Different Types of Customer Mistreatment and the Role of Employee Attributions”
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
(SSHRC) is the federal agency that promotes and supports postsecondary-based
research and training in the humanities and social sciences. Through its
programs, SSHRC works to develop talented leaders for all sectors of society,
helps generate insights about people, ideas and behaviour, and builds
connections within and beyond academia that will build a better future for
Canada and the world. For more information, visit (www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca).
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