Philippe Messier, University of Prince Edward Island

Research

infrastructure mobility roads marketplaces wireless technologies comparative marginalised communities state policies

Latest funding

Coping with Infrastructural Curves: Marginalized Citizens Challenging State Plans in India and Vietnam
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$49,660
Coping with Infrastructural Curves: Marginalized Citizens Challenging State Plans in India and Vietnam
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$31,785
Connecting People Positively? The Infrastructure of Mobility in Democratic India and Socialist Vietnam.
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$64,670

Coping with Infrastructural Curves: Marginalized Citizens Challenging State Plans in India and Vietnam

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Messier, Philippe

Keywords: infrastructure; mobility; roads; marketplaces; wireless technologies; comparative; marginalised communities; state policies; socialist; democratic; modernization; visual and multimodal methods

$49,660

Coping with Infrastructural Curves: Marginalized Citizens Challenging State Plans in India and Vietnam

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Messier, Philippe

Keywords: infrastructure; mobility; roads; marketplaces; wireless technologies; comparative; marginalised communities; state policies; socialist; democratic; modernization; visual and multimodal methods

$31,785

Connecting People Positively? The Infrastructure of Mobility in Democratic India and Socialist Vietnam.

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Messier, Philippe

Keywords: (1) Infrastructure; (2) Mobility; (3) Roads; (4) Communication technologies; (5) Comparative; (6) Marginalised communities; (7) state policies; (8) Socialist; (9) Democratic; (10) Modernization

$64,670

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: infrastructure Dear Professor Messier, 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 infrastructure 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 "Coping with Infrastructural Curves: Marginalized Citizens Challenging State Plans in India and Vietnam" (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]