Vaarun Vijairaghavan, University of Calgary

Research

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Latest funding

The Impact of Information Technology on Firm Costs and Financial Reporting Quality
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$119,854
Improving Energy Productivity through Information Technology
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$65,400
The Impact of data portability on competition, privacy, and welfare
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$48,504

All 4 grants and awards

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The Impact of Information Technology on Firm Costs and Financial Reporting Quality

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Vijairaghavan, Vaarun

$119,854

Improving Energy Productivity through Information Technology

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Vijairaghavan, Vaarun

Keywords: Energy Productivity; Information Technology; Platforms; IT Productivity; Electricity Productivity; Smart Grid; Demand Response; Two-sided Markets

$65,400

The Impact of data portability on competition, privacy, and welfare

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Hidaji, Hooman

Keywords: data portability; data privacy regulation; data ownership; data analytics; platform competition

$48,504

The Impact of data portability on competition, privacy, and welfare

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Hidaji, Hooman

Keywords: data portability; data privacy regulation; data ownership; data analytics; platform competition

$20,890

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 Dear Professor Vijairaghavan, 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 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 "The Impact of Information Technology on Firm Costs and Financial Reporting Quality" (2025), 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]