Sam Rowan, Concordia University

Research

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Latest funding

Designing Dynamic Environmental Treaties
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$38,867
Digital Finance Platforms and Mechanism Design - Theory, Data and Applications
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$40,500
The Contentious Politics of Decarbonization in Canada
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$44,670

All 4 grants and awards

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Designing Dynamic Environmental Treaties

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Morin, Jean-Frédéric

Keywords: global environmental politics; treaty design; environmental agreements; international institutions

$38,867

Digital Finance Platforms and Mechanism Design - Theory, Data and Applications

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Karaivanov, Alexander

Keywords: financial markets and contracts; digital platforms; mechanism design; insurance; risk sharing; private information; limited commitment; structural estimation; robustness

$40,500

The Contentious Politics of Decarbonization in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Janzwood, Amy

Keywords: Climate change; Energy transitions; Political economy; Canadian politics; Energy politics; Environmental politics; Decarbonization; Fossil fuels; Public policy; Just transition

$44,670

Soutien à la recherche pour la relève professorale

Principal investigatorFRQSC2021Soutien à la recherche pour la relève professorale

Principal investigators: Rowan, Sam

Keywords: CLIMATE CHANGE, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, MITIGATION, PUBLIC GOODS, GLOBALIZATION; Changements climatiques, impacts; Coopération internationale

$53,645

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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