Scott Isakson, University of Toronto

Research

index-based insurance agricultural development food security rural livelihoods climate vulnerability financialization

Latest funding

Index-Based Agricultural Insurance, Climate Vulnerability, and Food Security in Rural El Salvador
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$25,000

Index-Based Agricultural Insurance, Climate Vulnerability, and Food Security in Rural El Salvador

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Isakson, Scott Ryan

Keywords: index-based insurance; agricultural development; food security; rural livelihoods; climate vulnerability; financialization

$25,000

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: index-based insurance Dear Professor Isakson, 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 index-based insurance 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 "Index-Based Agricultural Insurance, Climate Vulnerability, and Food Security in Rural El Salvador" (2021), 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]