Spike Lee, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

What are the mental foundations of moral foundations underlying political conflicts?
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$74,520
An integrative theory of cleanliness: enhancing intellectual, executive, and moral capacities through bodily experience for thriving business and society
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$162,960
How Does A Cleaning Product Change People’s Thinking, Judgment, and Behavior? Testing Two Mechanisms
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$65,062

All 4 grants and awards

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What are the mental foundations of moral foundations underlying political conflicts?

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Lee, Spike W. S.

Keywords: ethics/morality; political differences; moral foundations; grounded cognition; conceptual metaphors; language; mental process; explicit association; implicit association; cross-party understanding

$74,520

An integrative theory of cleanliness: enhancing intellectual, executive, and moral capacities through bodily experience for thriving business and society

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Lee, Spike W. S.

Keywords: thriving business; human capital; creativity; problem solving; self-control; emotion regulation; morality; psychological distance; physical cleansing; mental procedure; metaphor; mind-body relations

$162,960

How Does A Cleaning Product Change People’s Thinking, Judgment, and Behavior? Testing Two Mechanisms

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Lee, Spike

Keywords: (1) Cleaning Products; (2) Consumer Behavior; (3) Construal Level; (4) Creativity; (5) Problem Solving; (6) Morality; (7) Mental Procedure; (8) Metaphor; (9) Culture; (10) Mind-Body Relations

$65,062

Understanding and curbing harmful inconsistencies in moral and pro-social judgments and decision-making in everyday life

Co-investigatorSSHRC2012Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Mazar, Nina

Keywords: moral regulation; licensing; compensation; pro-social intentions; inconsistent preferences; heterogeneity

$140,058

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 Lee, 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 "What are the mental foundations of moral foundations underlying political conflicts?" (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]