Andrew Biro, Acadia University

Research

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Latest funding

Canada Research Chair in Political Ecology and Environmental Political Theory
SSHRC · 2007 · Principal investigator
$466,666
Critical Ecologies: The Frankfurt School and Environmental Politics in the 21st Century
SSHRC · 2006 · Principal investigator
$19,225
Canada Research Chair in Political Ecology
SSHRC · 2002 · Principal investigator
$500,000

All 3 grants and awards

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Canada Research Chair in Political Ecology and Environmental Political Theory

Principal investigatorSSHRC2007Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Biro, Andrew W

Keywords: critical theory, discourse analysis, environmental political economy, environmental political theory, frankfurt school, green theory, ideology, social construction of nature, water politics

$466,666

Critical Ecologies: The Frankfurt School and Environmental Politics in the 21st Century

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Biro, Andrew W.

Keywords: Adorno; critical theory; domination of nature; environmental politics; Frankfurt School; Marcuse

$19,225

Canada Research Chair in Political Ecology

Principal investigatorSSHRC2002Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Biro, Andrew W

Keywords: environmental politics; globalization; postmodernity; social construction of nature; ideology

$500,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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