Yu Lee, University of Guelph

Research

food security child marriage climate change food price age of marriage sub-Saharan Africa women's empowerment gender equality

Latest funding

Gendered vulnerability to food price shocks and uncertainty
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$30,608
Climate Variability, Food Prices, and Child Marriage
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$51,380

All 2 grants and awards

Gendered vulnerability to food price shocks and uncertainty

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Lee, Yu Na

Keywords: agricultural economics; development economics; food security; food consumption and nutrition; gender issues; women; child marriage; migration

$30,608

Climate Variability, Food Prices, and Child Marriage

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Lee, Yu Na

Keywords: climate change; food security; child marriage; food price; age of marriage; sub-Saharan Africa; women's empowerment; gender equality; poverty; agriculture

$51,380

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: food security Dear Professor Lee, 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 food security 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 "Gendered vulnerability to food price shocks and uncertainty" (2025), 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]