Lorraine Code, York University

Research

responsibility certainty ecology environment epistemology knowledge ethics feminism

Latest funding

Who do we think we are? Ontology, entitlement, humility - and the tyranny of certainty: their ecological effects
SSHRC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$58,056
Manufactured uncertainty and epistemic responsibility: their implications for climate-change scepticism
SSHRC · 2013 · Principal investigator
$55,601
Vulnerability, incredulity, ignorance, and trust
SSHRC · 2007 · Principal investigator
$42,830

Who do we think we are? Ontology, entitlement, humility - and the tyranny of certainty: their ecological effects

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Code, Lorraine

Keywords: certainty; ecology; environment; epistemology; knowledge; ethics; responsibility; feminism; post-colonial; class; gender; particularity; social epistemology; responsibility; humility; entitlement; phenomenology; subjectivity; doubt; sex; ambiguity

$58,056

Manufactured uncertainty and epistemic responsibility: their implications for climate-change scepticism

Principal investigatorSSHRC2013Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Code, Lorraine

Keywords: ecological thinking; climate-change skepticism; epistemic responsibility; education; human rights and the environment; testimony; social justice; ignorance

$55,601

Vulnerability, incredulity, ignorance, and trust

Principal investigatorSSHRC2007Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Code, Lorraine

Keywords: the politics of knowledge: vulnerability; incredulity; ignorance; trust

$42,830

Ecological naturalism: negotiating medical knowledge

Principal investigatorSSHRC2001Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Code, Lorraine

Keywords: naturalistic epistemology; ecological theory; the politics of knowledge; gender and knowledge; race and class; trust; responsibility; medical knowledge; expertise and authority

$23,396

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: responsibility Dear Professor Code, 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 responsibility 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]