Brian Langille, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

Capability theory meets labour law
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$153,726
Building institutions and capabilities for work and employment in a global era: the social dynamics of labour regulation
SSHRC · 2007 · Co-investigator
$2,500,000
Rethinking institutions for work and employment in the global era / Repenser les institutions du travail et de l'emploi à l'ère de la mondialisation
SSHRC · 2002 · Co-investigator
$2,500,000

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Capability theory meets labour law

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Langille, Brian Alexander

Keywords: labour law; political theory; capability theory; development theory; legal theory.

$153,726

Building institutions and capabilities for work and employment in a global era: the social dynamics of labour regulation

Co-investigatorSSHRC2007

Principal investigators: Murray, Gregor

Keywords: globalization; work and employment; institutions; work regulation; union; productivity; labour law; economic security; employment and social policy; multinational companies; human resource management

$2,500,000

Rethinking institutions for work and employment in the global era / Repenser les institutions du travail et de l'emploi à l'ère de la mondialisation

Co-investigatorSSHRC2002Major Collaborative Research Initiatives Program

Principal investigators: Murray, Gregor

Keywords: globalization; work and employment; institutions; work regulation; union; productivity; labour law; economic security; employment and social policy

$2,500,000

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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