Nicolas Kosoy, McGill University

Research

Read how they describe their research on their McGill University profile.

Environment ecology and sustainability Sustainable crop and livestock production systems

Latest papers

Recognizing Indigenous peoples' and local communities' rights and agency in the post-2020 Biodiversity Agenda.
Ambio · 2022

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Beyond Markets for Ecosystem Services: Towards Payments for Eco-Reparative Justice (PERJ)
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$123,870
ANCRAGE - agriculture, nature et communautés : recherche-action en gouvernance environnementale
SSHRC · 2017 · Co-investigator
$277,648
Real time impact signalling and collective goods
SSHRC · 2016 · Co-investigator
$199,680

All 5 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Recognizing Indigenous peoples' and local communities' rights and agency in the post-2020 Biodiversity Agenda.

Reyes-García V, Fernández-Llamazares Á, Aumeeruddy-Thomas Y, Benyei P, Bussmann RW, Diamond SK, García-Del-Amo D, Guadilla-Sáez S, Hanazaki N, Kosoy N, Lavides M, Luz AC, McElwee P, Meretsky VJ, Newberry T, Molnár Z, Ruiz-Mallén I, Salpeteur M, Wyndham FS, Zorondo-Rodriguez F, Brondizio ES

Ambio2022

DOI: 10.1007/s13280-021-01561-7 PMID: 34008095

Beyond Markets for Ecosystem Services: Towards Payments for Eco-Reparative Justice (PERJ)

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Kolinjivadi, Vijay

$123,870

ANCRAGE - agriculture, nature et communautés : recherche-action en gouvernance environnementale

Co-investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Dupras, Jérôme

Keywords: agriculture; pratiques agroenvironnementales; gouvernance environnementale; services écosystémiques; paiements pour services écosystémiques

$277,648

Real time impact signalling and collective goods

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Janda, Richard A.

Keywords: collective action; public goods; social signalling; big data; life cycle assessment; network behaviour; data privacy and governance; sustainable communities

$199,680

Economics for the anthropocene

Co-investigatorSSHRC2013Partnership Grants

Keywords: ecological economics; water; energy; climate justice; law; governance; finance; ethics; philosophy

$2,495,651

The institutional canopy of conservation: governance and environmentality in East Africa

Co-investigatorSSHRC2013Partnership Grants

Keywords: community conservation; wildlife conservation; indigenous peoples; livelihoods; institutions; civil society; land tenure; public policy; East Africa; governance; Savanna and forest ecosystems; green grabbing

$1,250,000

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.

Write to this professor

A short, specific email works best. This draft uses one of their recent papers; replace the parts in brackets with your own details before sending.

Applying for

Subject: Prospective PhD student: Environment Dear Professor Kosoy, 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]. I read your paper "Recognizing Indigenous peoples' and local communities' rights and agency in the post-2020 Biodiversity Agenda." (2022), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]