Galit Sarfaty, University of British Columbia

Research

human rights transnational business supply chains international law global governance ethnography empirical analysis human rights, transnational business, supply chains, international law, global governance, corporate accountability, ethnography, empirical analysis

Latest funding

Supply Chain Governance at a Distance: How Technocratic Tools Shape the Implementation of Human Rights Due Diligence
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$13,011
Global Economic Governance
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$450,000
Global Economic Governance
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$50,000

All 4 grants and awards

Supply Chain Governance at a Distance: How Technocratic Tools Shape the Implementation of Human Rights Due Diligence

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Sarfaty, Galit A.

Keywords: human rights; transnational business; supply chains; international law; global governance; corporate accountability

$13,011

Global Economic Governance

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Sarfaty, Galit

Keywords: human rights; transnational business; supply chains; international law; global governance; corporate accountability; ethnography; empirical analysis

$450,000

Global Economic Governance

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Sarfaty, Galit

Keywords: human rights; transnational business; supply chains; international law; global governance; corporate; accountability; ethnography; empirical analysis

$50,000

Canada Research Chair in Global Economic Governance

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Sarfaty, Galit

Keywords: international economic law, regulatory governance, development, sustainability, human rights

$500,000

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 rights Dear Professor Sarfaty, 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 rights 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 "Supply Chain Governance at a Distance: How Technocratic Tools Shape the Implementation of Human Rights Due Diligence" (2023), 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]