Patrick Watson, University of Toronto

Research

visual technologies video policing police oversight perception phenomenology ethnomethodology ethnography

Latest funding

Visions of Policing: How Visual Technologies Shape Police Oversight and Training
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$154,998

Visions of Policing: How Visual Technologies Shape Police Oversight and Training

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Open Research Area

Principal investigators: Watson, Patrick G.

Keywords: visual technologies; video; policing; police oversight; perception; phenomenology; ethnomethodology; ethnography

$154,998

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: visual technologies Dear Professor Watson, 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 visual technologies 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 "Visions of Policing: How Visual Technologies Shape Police Oversight and Training" (2022), 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]