Pierre-Yann Dolbec, Concordia University

Research

market transformation complexity legitimization stigma technology taste aesthetic venture capital

Latest funding

Responsibility and market shaping
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$26,719
Explaining the concurrent legitimacy and illegitimacy of consumption practices
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$28,364
Explaining the concurrent legitimacy and illegitimacy of consumption practices
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$31,241

Responsibility and market shaping

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Dolbec, Pierre-Yann

Keywords: Responsibilization; Market shaping; Disruptive technology; Artificial intelligence; epistemic responsibility; marketization; space exploration; moral agency; politics; disinformation; qualitative research; case studies; neoliberalism

$26,719

Explaining the concurrent legitimacy and illegitimacy of consumption practices

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Dolbec, Pierre-Yann

Keywords: Legitimacy; Stigmatization; Illegitimacy; Consumption; Practice theory; Microdosing; Drugs

$28,364

Explaining the concurrent legitimacy and illegitimacy of consumption practices

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Dolbec, Pierre-Yann

Keywords: Legitimacy; Stigmatization; Illegitimacy; Consumption; Practice theory; Microdosing; Drugs

$31,241

Complexity and market dynamics

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Dolbec, Pierre-Yann

Keywords: market transformation; complexity; legitimization; stigma; technology; taste; aesthetic; venture capital; coffee; tattoo

$180,940

Market orientation in a complex field

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Dolbec, Pierre-Yann

Keywords: market orientation; strategic reorientation; institutional logics; education

$25,000

The celebrification of brands and the development of nascent markets

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Dolbec, Pierre-Yann

Keywords: (1) Brands; (2) Markets; (3) Innovation; (4) Disruption; (5) Celebrity; (6) Institutions; (7) Development; (8) Media; (9) Consumers; (10) Category

$55,500

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: market transformation Dear Professor Dolbec, 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 market transformation 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 "Responsibility and market shaping" (2024), 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]