Shepherd Steiner, University of Manitoba

Research

pandemic climate crisis time futurity new liberalism social justice ecology inhuman

Latest funding

Relative time/little time
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$23,913

Relative time/little time

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Steiner, Shepherd F.

Keywords: pandemic; climate crisis; time; futurity; new liberalism; social justice; ecology; inhuman; race; global South; collaboration; politics; energy humanities

$23,913

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: pandemic Dear Professor Steiner, 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 pandemic 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 "Relative time/little time" (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]