Steven Bittle, University of Ottawa

Research

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Latest funding

Criminogenic Friction Points and Internecine Conflict in Canadian Public-Private Partnerships: A Case Study of Ottawa's Light Rail Transit (LRT) System
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$29,114
Work-related Suicide
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$28,633
Work-related Suicide
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$35,376

All 8 grants and awards

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Criminogenic Friction Points and Internecine Conflict in Canadian Public-Private Partnerships: A Case Study of Ottawa's Light Rail Transit (LRT) System

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Frauley, Jonathan

Keywords: public private partnership; politics; corrosion of democracy; light rail transit; goverance; regulation; corruption; theory construction; criminogenesis; institutions

$29,114

Work-related Suicide

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Bittle, Steven

Keywords: work-related suicide; workplace health and safety; structural violence; social harm; neoliberalism; capitalism; suicide; labour rights; corporate harm and crime; critical criminology

$28,633

Work-related Suicide

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Bittle, Steven

Keywords: work-related suicide; workplace health and safety; structural violence; social harm; neoliberalism; capitalism; suicide; labour rights; corporate harm and crime; critical criminology

$35,376

Corporate Corruption in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Bittle, Steven B.

Keywords: corporate corruption; corporate crime; crimes of the powerful; neoliberalism; sociology of law

$113,112

Corporate Corruption in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Bittle, Steven B.

Keywords: corporate corruption; corporate crime; crimes of the powerful; neoliberalism; sociology of law

$43,601

Revisiting crimes of the powerful

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Beare, Margaret E.

Keywords: corporate criminality; neoliberalism; financial crime; workers' rights; state-corporate symbiosis

$25,000

Disciplining the corporation: an international comparison of corporate criminal liability

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: Bittle, Steven B.

Keywords: corporate crime; occupational health and safety; corporate criminal liability; social control; political economy

$106,615

Westray +20: examining trends in corporate criminal liability

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Bittle, Steven B.

Keywords: corporate criminal liability; safety crimes; westray mine disaster; workplace health and safety

$47,355

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 Bittle, 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 "Work-related Suicide" (2022), 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]