Alison Hearn, Western University

Research

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Latest funding

Advancing Social Justice in an Age of Datafied Governance
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$105,005
Advancing Social Justice in an Age of Datafied Governance
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$31,963
Big Data at the Margins
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$22,785

All 5 grants and awards

No publications available.

Advancing Social Justice in an Age of Datafied Governance

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Redden, Joanna

Keywords: AI; governance; democracy; data; social justice

$105,005

Advancing Social Justice in an Age of Datafied Governance

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Redden, Joanna

Keywords: AI; governance; democracy; data; social justice

$31,963

Big Data at the Margins

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Hearn, Alison M.V.

Keywords: social impacts of big data; digital technologies; artificial intelligence; discrimination; digital governance; activism

$22,785

Apps and Affect Conference

Co-investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: Dyer-Witheford, Nick

Keywords: apps affect; networks; smartphones; social-media; digital media immaterial-labour

$25,350

The future of organized labour in the digital media workplace

Co-investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: Compton, James R.

Keywords: communication and media studies; political economy; cultural studies; labour studies; industrial organization; digital media

$199,525

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 Hearn, 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 "Big Data at the Margins" (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]