Carol Hunsberger, Western University

Research

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Latest funding

Towards Community-Directed Adaptation Research (C-DAR)
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$53,767
Investigating the spatial politics of energy infrastructure
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$78,350
Justice and fairness in Canadian energy governance
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$74,230

All 3 grants and awards

No publications available.

Towards Community-Directed Adaptation Research (C-DAR)

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Bowness, Evan W.

Keywords: Community-Directed Research; Land-Based Communities; Visual Social Science; Climate Change Adaptation; Transdisciplinarity

$53,767

Investigating the spatial politics of energy infrastructure

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Hunsberger, Carol A.

Keywords: energy politics; environmental governance; hydraulic fracturing; shale gas; scale; social movements

$78,350

Justice and fairness in Canadian energy governance

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Hunsberger, Carol

Keywords: (1) Environmental governance; (2) Energy justice; (3) Social justice; (4) Discourse; (5) Political ecology; (6) Environmental ethics; (7) Indigenous rights; (8) Pipelines; (9) Social movements

$74,230

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 Hunsberger, 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 "Investigating the spatial politics of energy infrastructure" (2020), 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]