Roberta Hawkins, University of Guelph

Research

international development responsibility consumption social media ethics neoliberal institution feminist

Latest funding

Feminist social media research methodologies
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$38,446
Exploring the intersection of community care and collective artmaking through Art in a Just Recovery: A community mural project
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$23,729
Media convergence and environmental change: content providers and practices in the digital era
SSHRC · 2017 · Co-investigator
$171,874

Feminist social media research methodologies

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Militz, Elisabeth

Keywords: Feminist methodologies; Feminist digital methods; Social media; Feminist digital geographies; Positionality; Reflexivity; Digital justice

$38,446

Exploring the intersection of community care and collective artmaking through Art in a Just Recovery: A community mural project

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Hawkins, Roberta

Keywords: community care; COVID-19 recovery; non-profit; collective artmaking; community-based research

$23,729

Media convergence and environmental change: content providers and practices in the digital era

Co-investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Silver, Jennifer J.

Keywords: culture; digital media; environment; information

$171,874

New responsibilities of international development: everyday practices of caring at a distance

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Hawkins, Roberta

Keywords: international development; responsibility; consumption; social media; ethics; neoliberal; institution; feminist; social enterprise; marketization; philanthropy; everyday; institutional ethnography; non-governmental organization; global citizenship

$188,800

Shopping to save the world a multi-sited study of consumption as development intervention

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: Hawkins, Roberta

Keywords: cause-related marketing; ethical consumption; networks; development intervention; north-south; connections; sustainable consumption; corporate social responsibility; philanthropy; non-governmental organization; fundraising; awareness raising

$71,320

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: international development Dear Professor Hawkins, 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 international development 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 "Exploring the intersection of community care and collective artmaking through Art in a Just Recovery: A community mural project" (2022), 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]