Kathryn Neville, University of Toronto

Research

deep-sea mining political economy finance extractive industries oceans conservation geopolitics energy transitions

Latest funding

The political economy of deep sea mining: Governance, financial power, and resistance
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$10,484
Contesting infrastructure: political claims along pipelines
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$59,935
Sustainable water governance and indigenous law
SSHRC · 2016 · Co-investigator
$2,492,346

The political economy of deep sea mining: Governance, financial power, and resistance

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Neville, Kathryn J.

Keywords: deep-sea mining; political economy; finance; extractive industries; oceans; conservation; geopolitics; energy transitions

$10,484

Contesting infrastructure: political claims along pipelines

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Neville, Kathryn

Keywords: (1) infrastructure; (2) pipelines; (3) energy; (4) contentious politics; (5) political economy; (6) political ecology; (7) materiality; (8) protest; (9) commodity chain; (10) governance

$59,935

Sustainable water governance and indigenous law

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Partnership Grants

Keywords: community-based research; water governance; indigenous law; political ecology; resource governance; Northern Canada; Western Canada

$2,492,346

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: deep-sea mining Dear Professor Neville, 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 on deep-sea mining 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 "The political economy of deep sea mining: Governance, financial power, and resistance" (2024), 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]