Sheri Gibbings, Wilfrid Laurier University

Research

transportation infrastructure ride-hailing applications cars motorbikes employment taxis passengers

Latest funding

'Ubering' the city: understanding transportation and ride-hailing applications
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$205,065
Urban Infrastructures and Informal Sovereignties: Understanding Twenty-First Century Urban Politics
SSHRC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$72,765

'Ubering' the city: understanding transportation and ride-hailing applications

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Gibbings, Sheri Lynn

Keywords: transportation; infrastructure; ride-hailing applications; cars; motorbikes; employment; taxis; passengers; public sphere; technology; informality; urban studies; ethnography; Canada; Indonesia

$205,065

Urban Infrastructures and Informal Sovereignties: Understanding Twenty-First Century Urban Politics

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Gibbings, Sheri Lynn

Keywords: Urban Infrastructures; Informal Sovereignties; Citizenship; Indonesia; Urban Politics; Transportation; Qualitative methods; Informal and Formal authority; Urban poor; Right to the city

$72,765

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: transportation Dear Professor Gibbings, 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 transportation connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]