Yasmin Dawood, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

Defending Democracy: Law, Electoral Integrity, and the Challenge of Structural Transformations
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$36,170
Defending Democracy: Law, Electoral Integrity, and the Challenge of Structural Transformations
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$32,490
Democracy, Constitutionalism, and Electoral Law
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$200,000

All 6 grants and awards

No publications available.

Defending Democracy: Law, Electoral Integrity, and the Challenge of Structural Transformations

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Dawood, Yasmin

Keywords: democracy; elections and election law; electoral fairness and integrity; democratic governance and sustainability; structural transformations; social media; democratic decline; institutional design; comparative constitutional law; comparative election law

$36,170

Defending Democracy: Law, Electoral Integrity, and the Challenge of Structural Transformations

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Dawood, Yasmin

Keywords: democracy; elections and election law; electoral fairness and integrity; democratic governance and sustainability; structural transformations; social media; democratic decline; institutional design; comparative constitutional law; comparative election law

$32,490

Democracy, Constitutionalism, and Electoral Law

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Dawood, Yasmin

$200,000

Democracy, Constitutionalism, and Electoral Law

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Dawood, Yasmin

Keywords: democracy; elections; electoral fairness; democratic sustainability; institutional design; comparative constitutional law; democratic theory; structural transformations

$250,000

Democracy, Constitutionalism, and Electoral Law

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Dawood, Yasmin

Keywords: electoral fairness, democratic governance and functioning, partisanship, political accountability, election law, constitutional law, political science, courts, rule of law

$550,000

Democratic dysfunction: law, politics, and institutional design

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Dawood, Yasmin

Keywords: democratic governance and functioning; election law; electoral fairness; partisanship; political accountability; democratic legitimacy; courts; politics; developed democracies; democracies in transition

$81,726

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 Dawood, 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 "Defending Democracy: Law, Electoral Integrity, and the Challenge of Structural Transformations" (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]