Juliet Johnson, McGill University

Research

politics of money national identity legitimacy central banking financial crisis financial literacy museums international political economy

Latest funding

Faking Money: Transnational Anti-Counterfeiting Cooperation since the Global Financial Crisis
SSHRC · 2026 · Principal investigator
$81,088
Central banks and public confidence after the global financial crisis
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$120,167
Reluctant Masters: Central Bank Mandates and Discretionary Power
SSHRC · 2015 · Co-investigator
$63,187

All 5 grants and awards

Faking Money: Transnational Anti-Counterfeiting Cooperation since the Global Financial Crisis

Principal investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Johnson, Juliet

$81,088

Central banks and public confidence after the global financial crisis

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Johnson, Juliet E.

Keywords: politics of money; national identity; legitimacy; central banking; financial crisis; financial literacy; museums; international political economy

$120,167

Reluctant Masters: Central Bank Mandates and Discretionary Power

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Arel-Bundock, Vincent

Keywords: (1) Monetary policy; (2) Central bank independence; (3) Central banking; (4) Inflation; (5) Financial crises

$63,187

The power of symbolic capital: political struggles over monuments and memorials in the post-communist world

Principal investigatorSSHRC2008Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Johnson, Juliet E.

Keywords: public memory; symbolic capital; monuments; post-communist; Russia; Kazakhstan; Ukraine; Czech Republic

$104,718

The central banking revolution: transnational networks and post-Communist transformation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2004Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Johnson, Juliet E.

Keywords: central banking; post-Communist; institutional change; financial globalization; transnational networks; foreign aid

$130,750

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: politics of money Dear Professor Johnson, 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 politics of money 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 "Faking Money: Transnational Anti-Counterfeiting Cooperation since the Global Financial Crisis" (2026), 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]