Michael Williams, University of Ottawa

Research

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Latest funding

Right Worlds: Think Tanks, Ideas and the Struggle over Conservative Visions of World Order
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$34,708
A 'community of values'? NATO in an illiberal, post-pandemic world
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$51,352
The world of the right: radical conservatism and international order
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$219,394

All 4 grants and awards

No publications available.

Right Worlds: Think Tanks, Ideas and the Struggle over Conservative Visions of World Order

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Abrahamsen, Rita

Keywords: Conservatism; radical right; international order; foreign policy; international relations; think tanks; globalization;

$34,708

A 'community of values'? NATO in an illiberal, post-pandemic world

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Gheciu, Alexandra

Keywords: NATO; multilateralism; liberal order; illiberalism; security community

$51,352

The world of the right: radical conservatism and international order

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Williams, Michael C.

Keywords: conservatism; foreign policy; international order; far right; security communities

$219,394

Private security and the resource curse in Africa

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Williams, Michael C.

Keywords: security; privatization; Africa; resource curse; mining; oil; governance; development; state weakness; corporate social responsiblity; Canada; Canadian foreign policy

$109,166

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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