Paul Kingston, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

Participedia Phase Two: Strengthening democracy by mobilizing knowledge of democratic innovations
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$999,979
The participedia project: a global partnership to create and mobilize knowledge about democratic innovations
SSHRC · 2015 · Co-investigator
$2,499,419
The politics in non-governmental organizations in contemporary Lebanon
SSHRC · 1996 · Principal investigator
$10,000

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Participedia Phase Two: Strengthening democracy by mobilizing knowledge of democratic innovations

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Grants

Keywords: democracy; participation; human rights; political rights; innovation; democratic accountability; representation; digital democracy

$999,979

The participedia project: a global partnership to create and mobilize knowledge about democratic innovations

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Partnership Grants

Keywords: democracy; democratic innovation; democratization; participation; citizen engagement; public engagement; public deliberation; collaborate social science; cross-sector knowledge creation; web-based research platform development

$2,499,419

The politics in non-governmental organizations in contemporary Lebanon

Principal investigatorSSHRC1996Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Kingston, Paul

Keywords: NGOs; civil society; state; class; communalism; factionalism; development; democracy; autonomy; linkages

$10,000

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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