Chun Choo, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

Seeking and avoiding information in a risky world
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$77,901
Information seeking and use in early warning
SSHRC · 2009 · Principal investigator
$131,800
Information seeking and use in group knowledge work
SSHRC · 2005 · Principal investigator
$100,841

All 7 grants and awards

No publications available.

Seeking and avoiding information in a risky world

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Choo, Chun

Keywords: information seeking; information behaviour; information avoidance

$77,901

Information seeking and use in early warning

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Choo, Chun W.

Keywords: information management; early warning; decision making

$131,800

Information seeking and use in group knowledge work

Principal investigatorSSHRC2005Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Choo, Chun W.

Keywords: information seeking; information needs and uses; group work

$100,841

Beyond best practice: research-based innovation in learning and knowledge work

Co-investigatorSSHRC2002INE Collaborative Research Initiative Grants

Principal investigators: Scardamalia, Marlene

Keywords: knowledge building; literacy; professional development; team learning; assessment; learning sciences; information and communication technology; knowledge management; activity theory; cross-sector benchmarking; digital divide

$2,995,834

Managing knowledge and information in times of major organizational transition

Principal investigatorSSHRC2002INE Research Grants

Principal investigators: Choo, Chun W.

Keywords: knowledge management; information management; organizational learning; organizational communications

$93,500

Behavioral Model of information seeking on the world wide web

Principal investigatorSSHRC1999Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Choo, Chun

Keywords: Information seeking; world wide web; internet searching

$47,000

Environmental scanning and information seeking on the World Wide Web

Principal investigatorSSHRC1996Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Choo, Chun

Keywords: Environmental scanning; behavioural model of information seeking; world wide web

$16,000

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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