Robert David, McGill University

Research

institutional theory entrepreneurship social movements legitimacy new market categories academic conference doctoral studies local food

Latest funding

Are the Apples Local? Meta-Organizations and the Certification of Local Food Products in Quebec
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$107,512
Institutions & Entrepreneurship Conference, PhD Workshop
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$13,107
Making the Market: The Multiple Logics of Farmers' Markets
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$24,348

All 6 grants and awards

Are the Apples Local? Meta-Organizations and the Certification of Local Food Products in Quebec

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: David, Robert J.

$107,512

Institutions & Entrepreneurship Conference, PhD Workshop

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Connection Grants

Principal investigators: David, Robert J.

Keywords: institutional theory; entrepreneurship; academic conference; doctoral studies

$13,107

Making the Market: The Multiple Logics of Farmers' Markets

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: David, Robert J.

Keywords: local food; categories; communities; sociology of markets; institutional logics

$24,348

From movement to market: the development of the local food market category in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Grants

Principal investigators: David, Robert J.

Keywords: institutional theory; social movements; entrepreneurship; legitimacy; new market categories

$118,962

Building legitimacy in emerging fields: entrepreneurial action in the Québec wine and cider industry

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: David, Robert J.

Keywords: institutional theory; entrepreneurship; organizational fields

$80,336

Fashion forward: exploring how management consultants generate, spread, and replace popular management practices

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: David, Robert J.

Keywords: institutional theory; diffusion; management fads and fashions; management consulting industry

$68,947

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: institutional theory Dear Professor David, 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 institutional theory 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 "Are the Apples Local? Meta-Organizations and the Certification of Local Food Products in Quebec" (2025), 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]