Brian Slack, Concordia University

Research

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Latest funding

Time as determinant in configuring container networks and port selection
SSHRC · 2014 · Co-investigator
$159,650
Regional container shipping networks: adjustment and adaptation to global forces
SSHRC · 2002 · Principal investigator
$133,336
Container shipping and the transformation of maritime and continental spaces
SSHRC · 1999 · Principal investigator
$93,000

All 4 grants and awards

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Time as determinant in configuring container networks and port selection

Co-investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Comtois, Claude

Keywords: time; container; liner shipping; vessel; congestion; port operations

$159,650

Regional container shipping networks: adjustment and adaptation to global forces

Principal investigatorSSHRC2002Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Slack, Brian

Keywords: container shipping networks; caribbean basin; mediterranean basin

$133,336

Container shipping and the transformation of maritime and continental spaces

Principal investigatorSSHRC1999Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Slack, Brian

Keywords: Container shipping; strategic alliances; globalization

$93,000

Spatial links and impacts of transportation terminals in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC1996Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Slack, Brian

Keywords: transport; terminals; impacts

$20,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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