Saptarishi Bandopadhyay, York University

Research

force migration human displacement environmental refugees war and environment conflict and disasters climate change and human rights history of meteorology and climatology climate history

Latest funding

Creatures of Chaos, Creatures of Order: A history of the relationship between war, environmental collapse, and human dispalcement before and after the emergence of climate change discourse (1850-2021)
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$63,594

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Creatures of Chaos, Creatures of Order: A history of the relationship between war, environmental collapse, and human dispalcement before and after the emergence of climate change discourse (1850-2021)

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Bandopadhyay, Saptarishi

Keywords: force migration; human displacement; environmental refugees; war and environment; conflict and disasters; climate change and human rights; history of meteorology and climatology; climate history

$63,594

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: force migration Dear Professor Bandopadhyay, 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 force migration 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 "Creatures of Chaos, Creatures of Order: A history of the relationship between war, environmental collapse, and human dispalcement before and after the emergence of climate change discourse (1850-2021)" (2021), 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]