Vanessa de Oliveira Andreotti, University of British Columbia

Research

social innovation social entrepreneurship decolonization global justice, global citizenship, social innovation, international development, experiential education, inequalities, global crises, sustainability, resilience, decolonization, reconciliation, wellbeing international development education, race, inequalities, global change, global ethics, social cartography, postcolonial studies, international relations, service learning, intercultural education, global citizenship, volunteer abroad

Latest funding

Conceiving the Future: Dystopia and Reproductive Politics
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$37,366
Decolonial Systems Literacy for Confronting 'Wicked' Social and Ecological Problems
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$55,581
Ethical social innovation for decolonial global futures
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$146,450

All 6 grants and awards

Conceiving the Future: Dystopia and Reproductive Politics

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Latimer, Heather D.

Keywords: dystopia; reproduction; futurism; migration; climate; borders; race; sexuality; gender; abortion; speculative; science fiction

$37,366

Decolonial Systems Literacy for Confronting 'Wicked' Social and Ecological Problems

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Stein, Sharon

Keywords: systems change; decolonization; social and global change; social innovation

$55,581

Ethical social innovation for decolonial global futures

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: De Oliveira Andreotti, Vanessa

Keywords: social innovation; social entrepreneurship; decolonization

$146,450

Imagining education and societies beyond existing socio-economic systems: co-creating a decolonial framework for social innovation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Connection Grants

Principal investigators: De Oliveira Andreotti, Vanessa

Keywords: social innovation; transition movement; decolonization; higher education

$25,000

Re-imagining Aboriginal education for a shared future: examining Aboriginal education enhancement agreements

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Ahenakew, Cash R.

Keywords: decolonization; Aboriginal education policy; Aboriginal education

$173,566

Race, Inequalities, and Global Change

Principal investigatorSSHRC2013Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: de Oliveira Andreotti, Vanessa

Keywords: international development education, race, inequalities, global change, global ethics, social cartography, postcolonial studies, international relations, service learning, intercultural education, global citizenship, volunteer abroad

$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: social innovation Dear Professor de Oliveira Andreotti, 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 social innovation connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]