Jacqueline Best, University of Ottawa

Research

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Latest funding

What if Costs Go Up as the Climate Breaks Down? Between the Everyday and Global Political Economies of 'Climateflation'
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$172,786
Lessons from the Great Depression: Failure, Ignorance and the Challenge of New Economic Thinking
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$144,698
Varieties of ignorance in economic policymaking
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$40,020

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What if Costs Go Up as the Climate Breaks Down? Between the Everyday and Global Political Economies of 'Climateflation'

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Katz-Rosene, Ryan M.

$172,786

Lessons from the Great Depression: Failure, Ignorance and the Challenge of New Economic Thinking

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Best, Jacqueline M.

$144,698

Varieties of ignorance in economic policymaking

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Best, Jacqueline M.

Keywords: international political economy; expertise; ignorance; ideas; economic history; comparative political economy; social theory

$40,020

Varieties of ignorance in economic policymaking

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Best, Jacqueline M.

Keywords: international political economy; expertise; ignorance; ideas; economic history; comparative political economy; social theory

$77,478

Economic exceptionalism in times of crisis

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Best, Jacqueline M.

Keywords: international political economy; international relations; comparative political economy; financial crises; norms; exceptionalism

$103,605

Governing the margins: the transformation of global economic authority

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Best, Jacqueline M.

Keywords: international relations; international political economy; global governance; finance; IMF; world bank; international development; globalization

$59,403

Cultural Political Economy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Best, Jacqueline M.

Keywords: culture; political economy; international relations; power; identity; ethics

$20,000

Moralizing globalization: the ethics of international economic governance

Principal investigatorSSHRC2005Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Best, Jacqueline M.

Keywords: international relations; political economy; ethics; finance; development; IMF; world bank; UN; globalization

$76,061

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 Dear Professor Best, 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 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 "Lessons from the Great Depression: Failure, Ignorance and the Challenge of New Economic Thinking" (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]