David Bunn, University of British Columbia

Research

human-animal coexistence protected area governance local ecological knowledge conservation buffer zones sovereignty multispecies ethnography

Latest funding

Sovereigns and shapeshifters: animal interlocutors in the global management of protected areas
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$55,861

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Sovereigns and shapeshifters: animal interlocutors in the global management of protected areas

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Bunn, David

Keywords: human-animal coexistence; protected area governance; local ecological knowledge; conservation buffer zones; sovereignty; multispecies ethnography

$55,861

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: human-animal coexistence Dear Professor Bunn, 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 human-animal coexistence 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 "Sovereigns and shapeshifters: animal interlocutors in the global management of protected areas" (2024), 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]