Faculty profile
Randy Besco
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Latest funding
- $73,296
Racialized Party Leaders: A Cross-National Study of Racial Spillover on Parties and Policies
SSHRC · 2026 · Principal investigator
- $169,855
Follow the Money: Donors, Donations, and Parties in Canadian Politics
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
- $24,683
Follow the Money: Building Canada's Searchable Database of Political Donations
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
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Racialized Party Leaders: A Cross-National Study of Racial Spillover on Parties and Policies
Principal investigators: Besco, Randy
Follow the Money: Donors, Donations, and Parties in Canadian Politics
Principal investigators: Cochrane, Christopher B.
Keywords: political finance; democracy; political transparency; digital journalism; political accountability; Canadian politics
Follow the Money: Building Canada's Searchable Database of Political Donations
Principal investigators: Cochrane, Christopher B.
Keywords: Canadian politics; political donations; federal-provincial relations; political history; computational social science; text as data
When Politicians Attack: Political Participation and Criticism of Minority Groups
Principal investigators: Besco, Randy
Keywords: (1) Prejudice and Discrimination; (2) Race and Ethnicity; (3) Elections and Voting; (4) Political Participation
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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Profile data last refreshed on September 26, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.