Gavin Brockett, Wilfrid Laurier University

Research

student leadership partnership humanitarian action sustainable development higher education in emergencies refugees

Latest funding

Equipping Student Leaders for Sustainable Humanitarian Action
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$24,995
International Islam and the origins of Islamism Egypt, Turkey and the World Muslim Congress (1945-54)
SSHRC · 2012 · Principal investigator
$63,750
Nationalism and international Islam in the early Cold War: the roots of political Islam in modern Turkey (1945-60)
SSHRC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$29,686

Equipping Student Leaders for Sustainable Humanitarian Action

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Brockett, Gavin D.

Keywords: student leadership; partnership; humanitarian action; sustainable development; higher education in emergencies; refugees

$24,995

International Islam and the origins of Islamism Egypt, Turkey and the World Muslim Congress (1945-54)

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: Brockett, Gavin D.

Keywords: Islam; political Islam; Turkey; Egypt; Pakistan; religion; history; international relations

$63,750

Nationalism and international Islam in the early Cold War: the roots of political Islam in modern Turkey (1945-60)

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Brockett, Gavin D.

Keywords: religion; Islam; fundamentalism; turkey; Muslim world

$29,686

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: student leadership Dear Professor Brockett, 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 on student leadership 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 "Equipping Student Leaders for Sustainable Humanitarian Action" (2022), 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]