Tara Cookson, University of British Columbia

Research

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Latest funding

'Doing' gender and development with data and digital technology
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$65,068
Gender, Development, and Global Public Policy
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$215,000
Gender, Development, and Global Public Policy
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$240,000

All 3 grants and awards

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'Doing' gender and development with data and digital technology

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Cookson, Tara

Keywords: Gender data; Gender and development; Gender equality; Digital technology; Data-driven development; Gender Data Revolution; Governance; Institutional ethnography; Digital ethnography; Social network analysis

$65,068

Gender, Development, and Global Public Policy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Cookson, Tara

Keywords: Gender; development; gender data; measurement; digital technology; care; social policy; institutional ethnography; global public policy; governance.

$215,000

Gender, Development, and Global Public Policy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Cookson, Tara

$240,000

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 Dear Professor Cookson, 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 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 "'Doing' gender and development with data and digital technology" (2021), 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]