Kelly Bronson, University of Ottawa

Research

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Latest funding

Governing Data and AI in Agriculture: Capacity Building for Data Justice
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$42,110
Extractive AI: From Data Mining to Resource Extraction
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$33,820
Science and Society
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$100,000

All 8 grants and awards

No publications available.

Governing Data and AI in Agriculture: Capacity Building for Data Justice

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Bronson, Kelly

Keywords: big data; artificial intelligence; agri-food; justice; equity; regulation; policy; governance; participatory action

$42,110

Extractive AI: From Data Mining to Resource Extraction

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Pasek, Anne

Keywords: ai; data centres; extractivism; big data; environmental policy; Canada

$33,820

Science and Society

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Bronson, Kelly

$100,000

Diversity by design: Using qualitative social science to drive inclusion and sustainability in agricultural innovation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Bronson, Kelly

Keywords: big data; agriculture; technological inequity; responsible research and innovation; participatory research; inclusion; rural context; family farm; agro-ecology; organic

$36,114

Diversity by design: Using qualitative social science to drive inclusion and sustainability in agricultural innovation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Bronson, Kelly

Keywords: big data; agriculture; technological inequity; responsible research and innovation; participatory research; inclusion; rural context; family farm; agro-ecology; organic

$63,417

ADVANCING Impact Assessment for CANADA's Socio-Ecological Systems

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Davidson, Debra J.

Keywords: impact assessment; natural resource development; sustainability socio-ecological systems

$197,456

Science and Society

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Bronson, Kelly

Keywords: agriculture; responsible innovation; big data; artificial intelligence; controversy; social change; food studies; science and technology studies; communication studies; public engagement in policy-making

$600,000

Making Data Matter: Analyzing the material effects of big data use in the agri-food sector

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Bronson, Kelly

Keywords: (1) Big data; (2) Agriculture; (3) Agri-food Policy; (4) Digital Revolution; (5) Social Shaping of Technologies; (6) Inequity; (7) Access; (8) New Materialism

$64,556

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 Bronson, 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 "Governing Data and AI in Agriculture: Capacity Building for Data Justice" (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]