Shoshana Magnet, University of Ottawa

Research

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Latest funding

Loneliness Technologies: Race, Gender, and Community
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$75,491
Loneliness Technologies: Race, Gender, and Community
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$61,418
Automating emotions
SSHRC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$128,650

All 5 grants and awards

No publications available.

Loneliness Technologies: Race, Gender, and Community

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Magnet, Shoshana A.

Keywords: feminist theory; affect theory; loneliness studies; new information and communication technologies; new media studies

$75,491

Loneliness Technologies: Race, Gender, and Community

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Magnet, Shoshana A.

Keywords: feminist theory; affect theory; loneliness studies; new information and communication technologies; new media studies

$61,418

Automating emotions

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Magnet, Shoshana A.

Keywords: affect theory; cultural studies of emotion; feminist science studies; feminist surveillance studies

$128,650

Biomimetic robot animals technology, race, gender and animal life

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: Magnet, Shoshana A.

Keywords: feminist science studies; cultural studies; feminist theory; gender; race; sexuality; new information and communication technologies; cultural studies of animals

$61,982

Copycat: animal-robot technologies, biomimetics and systemic inequalities

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Magnet, Shoshana A.

Keywords: feminist theory; cultural studies; robots; science and technology studies; feminist science studies; critical race theory; surveillance studies; security studies; cultural studies of animals; science and society

$33,946

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 Magnet, 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 "Loneliness Technologies: Race, Gender, and Community" (2021), 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]