Robert Brym, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

National Centre for Research on Poverty and Inequality
SSHRC · 2015 · Co-investigator
$20,000
The social bases of democracy in the Middle East and North Africa
SSHRC · 2012 · Principal investigator
$146,626
Suicide terrorism, martyrdom, and the dynamics of the Second Intifada
SSHRC · 2005 · Principal investigator
$127,219

All 4 grants and awards

No publications available.

National Centre for Research on Poverty and Inequality

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Partnership Grants

Keywords: poverty; economic inequality; stratification; policy

$20,000

The social bases of democracy in the Middle East and North Africa

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: Brym, Robert J.

Keywords: social movements; democracy; political behaviour; political attitudes; Middle East; North Africa

$146,626

Suicide terrorism, martyrdom, and the dynamics of the Second Intifada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2005Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Brym, Robert J.

Keywords: collective violence; suicide terrorism; politics; Israel; Palestine

$127,219

Canadian social cohesion in international and crosstime perspective: evidence from the world values surveys

Co-investigatorSSHRC1999Exploring Social Cohesion in a Globalizing Era

Principal investigators: Nevitte, Neil

Keywords: Social cohesion; value change; crossnational; longitudinal; immigrants; continentalism

$270,000

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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