Simon Stern, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

The Remarkable History of the Reasonable Person
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$43,805
Law's artifice: legal fictions and the legal imagination
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$93,069
Artificial intelligence, technology and the future of law
SSHRC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$12,140

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The Remarkable History of the Reasonable Person

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Stern, Simon

Keywords: reaosnable person; law; legal history; intellectual history; literary history

$43,805

Law's artifice: legal fictions and the legal imagination

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Stern, Simon

Keywords: legal fictions; legal history; legal theory; law and literature; law and imagination; intellectual history; history of the imagination

$93,069

Artificial intelligence, technology and the future of law

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Stern, Simon

Keywords: artificial intelligence; technology; law; lawyering; legal education

$12,140

From author's right to property right

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Stern, Simon

Keywords: law; literature; copyright; legal history; jurisprudence

$98,515

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 Stern, 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 SSHRC-funded project "The Remarkable History of the Reasonable Person" (2025), 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]