Nicole Robitaille, Queen's University

Research

Financial Literacy Behavioral Interventions Gamification Consumer Well-being Debt

Latest funding

Empowering Canadians to Manage Debt: Testing the Effectiveness of Gamification-based Interventions for Reducing Credit Card Debt
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$24,599

All 1 grants and awards

Empowering Canadians to Manage Debt: Testing the Effectiveness of Gamification-based Interventions for Reducing Credit Card Debt

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Robitaille, Nicole

Keywords: Financial Literacy; Behavioral Interventions; Gamification; Consumer Well-being; Debt

$24,599

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: Financial Literacy Dear Professor Robitaille, 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 financial literacy 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 "Empowering Canadians to Manage Debt: Testing the Effectiveness of Gamification-based Interventions for Reducing Credit Card Debt" (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]