Mohamed Sesay, York University

Research

access to justice grassroots justice paralegal services conflict-affected countries Timap for Justice Covid-induced justice needs justice gap Sierra Leone

Latest funding

Afterlife of Transition: Comparative Study of Land Reform and Social and Redistributive Justice in Zimbabwe, Uganda, Ghana, and Sierra Leone
SSHRC · 2026 · Principal investigator
$86,270
From Micro to Macro and Back: Combining Surveys, Lab Experiments and Micro-data to Understand Behavioral Dynamics in Changing Economies
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$45,034
A Cross-Cultural Validation of Housing Insecurity Scale in Slums and Informal Settlements
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$362,992

All 6 grants and awards

Afterlife of Transition: Comparative Study of Land Reform and Social and Redistributive Justice in Zimbabwe, Uganda, Ghana, and Sierra Leone

Principal investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Sesay, Mohamed

$86,270

From Micro to Macro and Back: Combining Surveys, Lab Experiments and Micro-data to Understand Behavioral Dynamics in Changing Economies

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Salle, Isabelle L.

Keywords: Household surveys; Experiments; Micro-data; Behaviors

$45,034

A Cross-Cultural Validation of Housing Insecurity Scale in Slums and Informal Settlements

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Boateng, Godfred O.

$362,992

Youth-led initiatives for gender justice & peacebuilding in Africa - Youth Futures

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Bunting, Annie M.

Keywords: youth; post-conflict; participatory action research; knowledge mobilization; decolonizing research; ethical practices

$61,895

La déficience intellectuelle au Québec depuis 1970. Mémoire de la période de post-désinstitutionnalisation

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral

Principal investigators: Larose-Dutil, Hubert

Keywords: histoire du handicap; déficience intellectuelle; histoire orale; histoire des institutions psychiatriques

$120,755

Enhancing Grassroots Justice in Covid-19 affected Sierra Leone: A Case Study of Timap for Justice

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Sesay, Mohamed

Keywords: access to justice; grassroots justice; paralegal services; conflict-affected countries; Timap for Justice; Covid-induced justice needs; justice gap; Sierra Leone; legal problems, and legal remedies

$24,250

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: access to justice Dear Professor Sesay, 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 access to justice 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 "Afterlife of Transition: Comparative Study of Land Reform and Social and Redistributive Justice in Zimbabwe, Uganda, Ghana, and Sierra Leone" (2026), 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]