Susan Erikson, Simon Fraser University

Research

global finance aid capital market solutions planetary health humanitarian aid venture capital philanthropy charity

Latest papers

Pandemics show us what government is for.
Nature human behaviour · 2020 · first author
'Worse than HIV': The logics of cancer screening avoidance in Swaziland.
Global public health · 2018 · senior author
Antiretroviral Therapy Helps HIV-Positive Women Navigate Social Expectations for and Clinical Recommendations against Childbearing in Uganda.
AIDS research and treatment · 2014

All 3 publications

Latest funding

Financing Planetary Health: New Forms of Aid and Advantage in the Capitalocene
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$52,972
Financing Planetary Health: New Forms of Aid and Advantage in the Capitalocene
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$138,802
Finance matters: a study of venture investment in humanitarian aid
SSHRC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$207,040

All 5 grants and awards

3 publications.

01

Pandemics show us what government is for.

Erikson S

Nature human behaviour2020First author

DOI: 10.1038/s41562-020-0871-4 PMID: 32246104

02

'Worse than HIV': The logics of cancer screening avoidance in Swaziland.

Malambo N, Erikson S

Global public health2018Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2017.1339821 PMID: 28631983

03

Antiretroviral Therapy Helps HIV-Positive Women Navigate Social Expectations for and Clinical Recommendations against Childbearing in Uganda.

Kastner J, Matthews LT, Flavia N, Bajunirwe F, Erikson S, Berry NS, Kaida A

AIDS research and treatment2014

DOI: 10.1155/2014/626120 PMID: 25328693

Financing Planetary Health: New Forms of Aid and Advantage in the Capitalocene

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Erikson, Susan

Keywords: global finance; aid; capital market solutions; planetary health

$52,972

Financing Planetary Health: New Forms of Aid and Advantage in the Capitalocene

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Erikson, Susan

Keywords: global finance; aid; capital market solutions; planetary health

$138,802

Finance matters: a study of venture investment in humanitarian aid

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Erikson, Susan L.

Keywords: global finance; humanitarian aid; venture capital; philanthropy; charity; global political economy

$207,040

How numbers travel statistics across commerce and humanitarian sectors in an age of the digital divide

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: Erikson, Susan L.

Keywords: digital divide; information technology; technology infrastructure; global governance; humanitarianism; commerce; international trade; statistics; indicators

$74,976

Corporate influences on declining global public health indicators? An interdisciplinary approach to developing comparative methodology and analyses of the causal links between corporate praxes and non-communicable diseases

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Planning Grants - Priority Announcement: International Research Collaborations

Principal investigators: Lee, Kelley

Keywords: Corporations; Global Health; Health Indicators; Health Policy; Non-Communicable Diseases; Risk Factors

$21,000

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

Frequent collaborators

Angela Kaida

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2014

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: global finance Dear Professor Erikson, 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]. I read your paper "Pandemics show us what government is for." (2020), and it 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 "Financing Planetary Health: New Forms of Aid and Advantage in the Capitalocene" (2022), 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]