Christian Ehret, McGill University

Research

digital media and learning youth prosocial development learning ecology design educational equity adolescence videogames well-being (1) Mobile media

Latest funding

Designing for Youth Connection, Community, and Wellbeing through Games: Refocusing the Debate over Youth and Gaming
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$47,580
Designing equitable urban learning ecologies for prosocial development with digital media
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$199,763
Designing Equitable Urban Learning Ecologies with Digital Media Playlists
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$24,974

All 5 grants and awards

Designing for Youth Connection, Community, and Wellbeing through Games: Refocusing the Debate over Youth and Gaming

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Ehret, Christian

Keywords: adolescence; videogames; well-being

$47,580

Designing equitable urban learning ecologies for prosocial development with digital media

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Ehret, Christian

Keywords: digital media and learning; youth prosocial development; learning ecology design; educational equity

$199,763

Designing Equitable Urban Learning Ecologies with Digital Media Playlists

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Ehret, Christian

Keywords: digital media and learning; prosocial development; activity system analysis

$24,974

Investigating the participation gap and opportunities to learn with mobile media across home and high school

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Ehret, Christian

Keywords: (1) Mobile media; (2) Digital literacies; (3) Digital media and learning; (4) Education

$63,731

A multi-sector partnership to investigate and develop policy and practice models to dismantle rape culture in universities

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Partnership Grants

Keywords: university policy; sexual violence; rape culture; human rights; social media; news media; art and popular culture; consent; sexting; intent; student agency; accountability; systemic barriers; tacit condoning; prevention; sector experts

$2,499,525

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: digital media and learning Dear Professor Ehret, 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 digital media and learning 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 "Designing for Youth Connection, Community, and Wellbeing through Games: Refocusing the Debate over Youth and Gaming" (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]