Rohan Alexander, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

Novel Statistical and Machine Learning Algorithms for Analysis of Canadian Political Donations and Lobbying Data
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$132,195
The Political Accountability, Transparency, and Representation Oversight Network (PATRON) - Réseau d'observation, de transparence, et d'imputabilité Politique (ROTIP)
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$19,982
Transparency in Governance: Enhancing Data Integrity for Analyzing Conflicts of Interest and Lobbying in Canadian Politics
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$87,928

All 5 grants and awards

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Novel Statistical and Machine Learning Algorithms for Analysis of Canadian Political Donations and Lobbying Data

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Alexander, Rohan RP

Keywords: data cleaning; data validation; data validation testing; entity resolution; large language models; natural language processing; probabilistic record linkage; record linkage

$132,195

The Political Accountability, Transparency, and Representation Oversight Network (PATRON) - Réseau d'observation, de transparence, et d'imputabilité Politique (ROTIP)

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Grants

Keywords: Political Accountability; Political Representation; Political Transparency; Political Finance; Investigative Journalism; Public Data; Open Government; Political Parties; Public Policy; Computational Social Science; Government Records; Digital Humanities

$19,982

Transparency in Governance: Enhancing Data Integrity for Analyzing Conflicts of Interest and Lobbying in Canadian Politics

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Alexander, Rohan

Keywords: Political transparency; lobbying; legislative ethics; corruption; Canadian politics; Large Language Models; entity resolution

$87,928

Follow the money: Mobilizing Canadian political donations data

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Alexander, Rohan

Keywords: political science; political donations; Canadian politics; political finance; data visualizations; databases; Canadian democracy

$50,000

Follow the Money: Donors, Donations, and Parties in Canadian Politics

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Cochrane, Christopher B.

Keywords: political finance; democracy; political transparency; digital journalism; political accountability; Canadian politics

$169,855

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 Dear Professor Alexander, 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 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 NSERC-funded project "Novel Statistical and Machine Learning Algorithms for Analysis of Canadian Political Donations and Lobbying Data" (2024), 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]