Edward Schatz, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

Bolstering Partnerships to Study the Impact of China's Belt and Road
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$200,000
The micro-mechanics of soft authoritarianism: information management and societal forces in Central Asia
SSHRC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$105,066
Political Ethnography: What Insider Perspectives Contribute to the Study of Power
SSHRC · 2005 · Principal investigator
$20,000

All 3 grants and awards

No publications available.

Bolstering Partnerships to Study the Impact of China's Belt and Road

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Schatz, Edward A.

Keywords: multipolarity; development; Belt and Road Initiative BRI; China; Eurasia; Asia; infrastructure; investment; modernization; migration; labour relations; protest mobilization

$200,000

The micro-mechanics of soft authoritarianism: information management and societal forces in Central Asia

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Schatz, Edward A.

Keywords: authoritarianism; dominant parties; Central Asia; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan

$105,066

Political Ethnography: What Insider Perspectives Contribute to the Study of Power

Principal investigatorSSHRC2005Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Schatz, Edward

Keywords: research methods; political science; qualitative methods; ethnography

$20,000

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Schatz, 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 "Bolstering Partnerships to Study the Impact of China's Belt and Road" (2019), 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]