Kathleen Millar, Simon Fraser University

Research

debt financial inclusion urban poverty informal economy economic anthropology Brazil

Latest funding

Dealing with Default: The Lived Experience of Consumer Debt in Brazil
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$84,102
Dealing with Default: The Lived Experience of Consumer Debt in Brazil
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$126,117

All 2 grants and awards

Dealing with Default: The Lived Experience of Consumer Debt in Brazil

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Millar, Kathleen M.

Keywords: debt; financial inclusion; urban poverty; informal economy; economic anthropology; Brazil

$84,102

Dealing with Default: The Lived Experience of Consumer Debt in Brazil

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Millar, Kathleen M.

Keywords: debt; financial inclusion; urban poverty; informal economy; economic anthropology; Brazil

$126,117

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: debt Dear Professor Millar, 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 debt 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 "Dealing with Default: The Lived Experience of Consumer Debt in Brazil" (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]