Daphne Demetry, McGill University

Research

(1) Rankings (2) Evaluation (3) Restaurants (4) Qualitative Research

Latest funding

Nobody Pivots Alone: Social Resources and Strategic Change in Entrepreneurial Start-ups during the Covid-19 Pandemic
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$42,273
The Practice of Ranking Restaurants: Creating Evaluative Structures and a Community of Valuation
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$51,771

All 2 grants and awards

Nobody Pivots Alone: Social Resources and Strategic Change in Entrepreneurial Start-ups during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Obukhova, Elena

Keywords: entrepreneurship; pivoting; strategic change; social networks; pandemic

$42,273

The Practice of Ranking Restaurants: Creating Evaluative Structures and a Community of Valuation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Demetry, Daphne

Keywords: (1) Rankings; (2) Evaluation; (3) Restaurants; (4) Qualitative Research

$51,771

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: (1) Rankings Dear Professor Demetry, 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 (1) rankings 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 "The Practice of Ranking Restaurants: Creating Evaluative Structures and a Community of Valuation" (2019), 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]