Paul Varella Connors, Mount Royal University

Research

Corporate sustainability Cross-Sector Collaboration Social Inovation Green Corporate Initiatives Institutional Theory (1) Corporate sustainability (2) Cross-Sector Collaboration (3) Social Inovation

Latest funding

Sustainability through Cross-Sector Innovation: Synergies between Environmental NGOs and Resource Intensive Companies
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$44,176

All 1 grants and awards

Sustainability through Cross-Sector Innovation: Synergies between Environmental NGOs and Resource Intensive Companies

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Varella Connors, Paul

Keywords: Corporate sustainability; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Social Inovation; Green Corporate Initiatives; Institutional Theory

$44,176

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Corporate sustainability Dear Professor Varella Connors, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on corporate sustainability connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Sustainability through Cross-Sector Innovation: Synergies between Environmental NGOs and Resource Intensive Companies" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]