Natasha Affolder, University of British Columbia

Research

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Environmental law, natural resources, and climate change International law

Latest funding

Contagious Lawmaking: How Environmental Law Moves and Why it Matters
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$42,134
Contagious Lawmaking: How Environmental Law Moves and Why it Matters
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$195,958
Training our Future Ocean Leaders
NSERC · 2016 · Co-investigator
$1,650,000

All 5 grants and awards

No publications available.

Contagious Lawmaking: How Environmental Law Moves and Why it Matters

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Affolder, Natasha A.

Keywords: transnational law; legal globalization; global law; transnational environmental law; legal transplants; comparative environmental law

$42,134

Contagious Lawmaking: How Environmental Law Moves and Why it Matters

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Affolder, Natasha A.

Keywords: transnational law; legal globalization; global law; transnational environmental law; legal transplants; comparative environmental law

$195,958

Training our Future Ocean Leaders

Co-investigatorNSERC2016Collaborative Research and Training Experience

Principal investigators: Donner, Simon

$1,650,000

Contracting for biodiversity conservation in global mining projects: emerging environmental law

Principal investigatorSSHRC2008Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Affolder, Natasha A.

Keywords: international environmental law; mining; environmental contracting; natural resources law; environmental law; environmental governance; global business regulation

$83,129

Fostering a scholarly network: international law and democratic theory

Co-investigatorSSHRC2005International Opportunities Fund

Principal investigators: Craik, Alastair N.

Keywords: international law; democratic theory; constitutional law; accountability; deliberative democracy; United Nations; environmental law; comparative law

$23,720

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: Environmental law, natural resources, and climate change Dear Professor Affolder, 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 environmental law, natural resources, and climate change 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 "Contagious Lawmaking: How Environmental Law Moves and Why it Matters" (2019), 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]