David Wright, University of Calgary

Research

environmental law natural resources law environmental impact assessment cost-benefit analysis administrative law sustainability sustainable development (1) Impact Assessment

Latest funding

Building a Janus Perspective of Cost-Benefit Analysis in Impact Assessment
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$40,757
Building a Janus Perspective of Cost-Benefit Analysis in Impact Assessment
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$17,547
Social Cost of Carbon in Impact Assessment: Exploring Potential Roles and Legal Pathways
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$15,323

All 4 grants and awards

Building a Janus Perspective of Cost-Benefit Analysis in Impact Assessment

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Wright, David V.

Keywords: environmental law; natural resources law; environmental impact assessment; cost-benefit analysis; administrative law; sustainability; sustainable development

$40,757

Building a Janus Perspective of Cost-Benefit Analysis in Impact Assessment

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Wright, David V.

Keywords: environmental law; natural resources law; environmental impact assessment; cost-benefit analysis; administrative law; sustainability; sustainable development

$17,547

Social Cost of Carbon in Impact Assessment: Exploring Potential Roles and Legal Pathways

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Wright, David

Keywords: (1) Impact Assessment; (2) Social Cost of Carbon; (3) Environmental Assessment; (4) Environmental Law; (5) Greenhouse Gas Emissions; (6) Cost-Benefit Analysis; (7) Regulatory Law; (8) Carbon pricing

$15,323

Modern treaty implementation research: strengthening our shared future

Co-investigatorSSHRC2017Partnership Grants

Keywords: modern treaties; Indigenous peoples; land claims; self-government; Aboriginal rights and title; colonialism; Indigenous land relationship

$2,499,963

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: environmental law Dear Professor Wright, 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 environmental law 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 "Building a Janus Perspective of Cost-Benefit Analysis in Impact Assessment" (2023), 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]