Ning Nan, University of British Columbia

Research

pro-environmental behavior mobile app IT infrastructure fractal is design business strategy gamification cooperation

Latest funding

Societal Outcomes of Low-Carbon Consumer Choices
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$47,480
Incorporating agentic artificial intelligence in business processes
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$115,333
Gamification for Pro-Environmental Social Cooperation
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$27,707

All 7 grants and awards

Societal Outcomes of Low-Carbon Consumer Choices

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Nan, Ning

Keywords: pro-environmental behavior; digital technology; incentive; mobile app; decarbonization; consumer choice

$47,480

Incorporating agentic artificial intelligence in business processes

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Vial, Gregory

$115,333

Gamification for Pro-Environmental Social Cooperation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Nan, Ning

Keywords: pro-environmental behavior; gamification; mobile app; cooperation; competition; affordance; emission reduction; green behavior

$27,707

Gamification for Pro-Environmental Social Cooperation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Nan, Ning

Keywords: pro-environmental behavior; gamification; mobile app; cooperation; competition; affordance; emission reduction; green behavior

$28,905

Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies Training Program

Co-investigatorNSERC2019Collaborative Research and Training Experience

Principal investigators: Lemieux, Victoria L

Keywords: blockchain technology; distributed ledger technology; distributed systems; financial cryptography; trusted computing

$1,618,550

Design without final goals: fractal-based design principles for IT infrastructure

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Nan, Ning

Keywords: IT infrastructure; fractal; is design; business strategy

$129,160

The second symposium of IT and complex adaptive systems

Principal investigatorSSHRC2013

Principal investigators: Nan, Ning

Keywords: complex adaptive systems; information technology; symposium

$7,000

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: pro-environmental behavior Dear Professor Nan, 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 pro-environmental behavior 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 "Societal Outcomes of Low-Carbon Consumer Choices" (2025), 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]