Warren Bernauer, University of Manitoba

Research

Energy Transitions Extraction Critical Minerals Hydroelectric Development Wind Power Small Modular Reactors Inuit Social Justice

Latest papers

COVID-19, extractive industries, and indigenous communities in Canada: Notes towards a political economy research agenda.
The extractive industries and society · 2020 · first author

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Kayask Kiskethitamowinah. Legacy mines, Indigenous wellbeing, and a just green transition
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$57,875
Reimaging relations with land, water, and each other: Co-producing a theory and practice of Sustainability Transitions from Below
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$484,897
Energy Transitions, Extraction, and Social Justice in Nunavut
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$30,370

All 5 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

COVID-19, extractive industries, and indigenous communities in Canada: Notes towards a political economy research agenda.

Bernauer W, Slowey G

The extractive industries and society2020First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2020.05.012 PMID: 32837927

Kayask Kiskethitamowinah. Legacy mines, Indigenous wellbeing, and a just green transition

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: McLachlan, Stéphane M.

Keywords: mining legacy; critical minerals; reclamation; impact assessment; Indigenous-led research; environmental justice and racism; environmental health; knowledge mobilization; action research; participatory video; economic reconciliation

$57,875

Reimaging relations with land, water, and each other: Co-producing a theory and practice of Sustainability Transitions from Below

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Davidson-Hunt, Iain J.

$484,897

Energy Transitions, Extraction, and Social Justice in Nunavut

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Bernauer, Warren

Keywords: Energy Transitions; Extraction; Critical Minerals; Hydroelectric Development; Wind Power; Small Modular Reactors; Inuit; Social Justice; Decolonization; Environmental Governance

$30,370

Building on a Global Stage: Transnationalism and Mid-Century Canadian Architecture

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral

Principal investigators: Filek, Katie

Keywords: architecture; architectural history; canada; transnationalism; media; technology; global history

$60,000

Energy Transitions and Social Justice in the North

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Bernauer, Warren

$45,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Gabrielle Slowey

Other Political Science

1 shared papers, latest 2020

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Energy Transitions Dear Professor Bernauer, 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]. I read your paper "COVID-19, extractive industries, and indigenous communities in Canada: Notes towards a political economy research agenda." (2020), and it 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 "Energy Transitions, Extraction, and Social Justice in Nunavut" (2024), 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]