Stanley Asah, Dalhousie University

Research

Clean technology adoption and diffusion behavior change/influencing behaviors preparatory behaviors end-state behaviors social impacts social acceptability social license to operate Qualitative and quantitative methods

Latest funding

Accelerating Widespread Adoption and Retention of Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices in Canada: A Multidisciplinary Mixed Methods Approach
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$29,546
The Canadian Soil Data Portal - Transforming Canada's Soil Data Infrastructure to Facilitate GHG Reductions and Climate Change Mitigation
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$2,000,000
Social Dimensions of Clean Technology
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$400,000

All 4 grants and awards

Accelerating Widespread Adoption and Retention of Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices in Canada: A Multidisciplinary Mixed Methods Approach

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Preparatory funds for sustainable agriculture

Principal investigators: Asah, Stanley

Keywords: Agriculture and primary food production; Social sciences

$29,546

The Canadian Soil Data Portal - Transforming Canada's Soil Data Infrastructure to Facilitate GHG Reductions and Climate Change Mitigation

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Heung, Brandon BL

Keywords: applied behaviour analysis; chemometrics; cost-benefit analysis; data mining; data sharing & privacy; digital soil data management; machine learning; pedometrics; predictive digital soil mapping; soil spectroscopy

$2,000,000

Social Dimensions of Clean Technology

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Asah, Stanley

$400,000

Social Dimensions of Clean Technology

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Asah, Stanley

Keywords: Clean technology adoption and diffusion; behavior change/influencing behaviors; preparatory behaviors; end-state behaviors; social impacts; social acceptability; social license to operate; Qualitative and quantitative methods; simulation modelling

$300,000

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: Clean technology adoption and diffusion Dear Professor Asah, 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 clean technology adoption and diffusion 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 NSERC-funded project "Accelerating Widespread Adoption and Retention of Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices in Canada: A Multidisciplinary Mixed Methods Approach" (2023), 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]