Tania Li, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

Discovering University Worlds
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$74,960
Impact Award: Insight
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$50,000
Canada Research Chair in Political Economy and Culture of Asia
SSHRC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$1,400,000

All 8 grants and awards

No publications available.

Discovering University Worlds

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Li, Tania

Keywords: (1) University; (2) Canada; (3) Ethnography; (4) student experience; (5) diversity; (6) governance; (7) international students; (8) ethical comportment; (9) Toronto; (10) corporate structures

$74,960

Impact Award: Insight

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Award

Principal investigators: Li, Tania

Keywords: Indonesia; agriculture; ethnicity; environment; development; identity; resource; conflict; land; labor; capitalism; plantations; investment; sustainability

$50,000

Canada Research Chair in Political Economy and Culture of Asia

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Li, Tania

Keywords: indonesia, asia, rural development, labour, social welfare

$1,400,000

Poverty and wealth in Indonesia's new rural economies

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Li, Tania

Keywords: ethnography; poverty; inequality; labour; vulnerability; development; environment; Indonesia

$174,820

FEAR: An International Symposium

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Li, Tania

Keywords: sociocultural anthropology; fear; boundaries; indigenieties; cosmopolitanisms; social inequality; nationalisms; security

$20,000

The challenges of the agrarian transition in Southeast Asia

Co-investigatorSSHRC2004Major Collaborative Research Initiatives Program

Principal investigators: De Koninck, Rodolphe

Keywords: agrarian transition; industrialization; urbanization; agro-food systems; state intervention; globalization; environmental degradation; ethnic minorities

$2,500,000

Canada Research Chair in Political Economy and Culture in Asia-Pacific

Principal investigatorSSHRC2004Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Li, Tania M

Keywords: asia; rural inequality; development; environment; ethnic mobilization

$1,400,000

Sites of struggle: landscapes, livelihoods and identities in the Indonesian Uplands

Principal investigatorSSHRC2002Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Li, Tania

Keywords: indonesia; sulawesi; agrarian relations; ethnicity; southeast asia; landscape; environment; identities; uplands; development; resources; conflict

$70,000

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 Dear Professor Li, 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 "Discovering University Worlds" (2019), 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]