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Laurel Besco

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Associate ProfessorDepartment of Geography, Geomatics and EnvironmentUniversity of Toronto

Laurel Besco

Associate Professor

Department of Geography, Geomatics and Environment

University of Toronto Mississauga

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Principal investigator on 3 research grants (3 SSHRC), most recently in 2023.

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Achieving Legal Targets for the Plastic Crisis: Assessing Industry Norms and Expectations to Improve Legislative Outcomes
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$91,086
Achieving Legal Targets for the Plastic Crisis: Assessing Industry Norms and Expectations to Improve Legislative Outcomes
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$22,640
CANSTOREnergy: Seasonal storage of renewable energy
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$8,000,000

All 6 grants and awards

Achieving Legal Targets for the Plastic Crisis: Assessing Industry Norms and Expectations to Improve Legislative Outcomes

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Besco, Laurel J.

Keywords: regulatory frameworks; industry norms; plastic pollution; legal instruments

$91,086

Achieving Legal Targets for the Plastic Crisis: Assessing Industry Norms and Expectations to Improve Legislative Outcomes

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Besco, Laurel J.

Keywords: regulatory frameworks; industry norms; plastic pollution; legal instruments

$22,640

CANSTOREnergy: Seasonal storage of renewable energy

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022New Frontiers in Research Fund - Transformation

Principal investigators: Sinton, David

$8,000,000

Greening growth partnership: connecting research with policy for an innovative, sustainable economy

Co-investigatorSSHRC2017Partnership Grants

Keywords: green growth; environment-economy; environmental policy; climate change policy; clean innovation; natural captal; market-based instruments; sustainable development; economic competitiveness; interdisciplinary; cross-sectoral; public policy

$2,500,000

Greening Growth Research and Policy Partnership

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Partnership Grants

$20,000

Engendering the Production of Corporate Environmental Norms: Implications for Achieving Energy Efficiency Targets

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Besco, Laurel

Keywords: (1) legal instrument design; (2) corporate motivations; (3) energy efficiency; (4) environmental goals; (5) norm development

$55,482

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Profile data last refreshed on September 26, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.

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