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Carol Liao

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Professor and UBC Sauder Distinguished FellowPeter A. Allard School of LawUniversity of British Columbia

Carol Liao

Professor and UBC Sauder Distinguished Fellow

Peter A. Allard School of Law

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Principal investigator on 5 research grants (5 SSHRC), most recently in 2026.

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Business, corporate and commercial law Environmental law, natural resources, and climate change Feminist legal studies Law and social justice Legal ethics and the legal profession

Latest funding

Mapping Gender Justice in Canada
SSHRC · 2026 · Principal investigator
$62,500
Cross-border collaborations for climate justice in the US and Canada
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$86,721
(re)Imagining an Indigenous-led Sustainable Mineral Resource Sector in Canada
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$250,000

All 6 grants and awards

Mapping Gender Justice in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Liao, Carol

$62,500

Cross-border collaborations for climate justice in the US and Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Liao, Carol M.

Keywords: climate justice; social movements; green industrial policy; political economy

$86,721

(re)Imagining an Indigenous-led Sustainable Mineral Resource Sector in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Ghebremusse, Sara

$250,000

A Canadian Model of Sustainable Corporate Governance: 30 Years to the Dey

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Liao, Carol M.

Keywords: corporate governance; corporate law; sustainability; corporate social responsibility; social purpose; diversity; shareholder primacy; stakeholder interests; directors; fiduciary duties; business model innovation; management; business ethics

$5,397

A Canadian Model of Sustainable Corporate Governance: 30 Years to the Dey

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Liao, Carol M.

$93,601

The role of corporate law in advancing the social economy an analysis of the effectiveness and potential of hybrid corporate governance models

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: Liao, Carol M.

Keywords: corporate law; social economy; hybrid corporate governance; social value; legal theory; for-profit; non-profit; shareholder primacy; corporate social responsibility; social enterprise; socio-economic development; environmental sustainability; Canada: UK

$40,000

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

Profile data last refreshed on September 27, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.

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