Ronald Niezen, McGill University

Research

open source intelligence war crimes international tribunals information technologies media institutional ethnography anthropology of law, human rights, humanitarianism, digital media, indigenous peoples

Latest papers

Internet suicide: communities of affirmation and the lethality of communication.
Transcultural psychiatry · 2013 · first author

All 1 publications

Latest funding

The International Criminal Court and the Advent of Open Source Intelligence
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$79,541
A longitudinal study of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission on residential schools
SSHRC · 2012 · Principal investigator
$111,204
Canada Research Chair in the Anthropology of Law
SSHRC · 2011 · Principal investigator
$1,400,000

All 5 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Internet suicide: communities of affirmation and the lethality of communication.

Niezen R

Transcultural psychiatry2013First author

DOI: 10.1177/1363461512473733 PMID: 23315147

The International Criminal Court and the Advent of Open Source Intelligence

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Niezen, Ronald W.

Keywords: open source intelligence; war crimes; international tribunals; information technologies; media ; institutional ethnography

$79,541

A longitudinal study of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission on residential schools

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Niezen, Ronald W.

Keywords: human rights; Aboriginal law; anthropology of law; identity; social construction

$111,204

Canada Research Chair in the Anthropology of Law

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Niezen, Ronald

Keywords: anthropology of law, human rights, humanitarianism, digital media, indigenous peoples

$1,400,000

Relocation, social capital loss, and rebuilding: the social impacts of the Nelson-Churchill River hydro-projects on the community and displaced residents of South Indian Lake (Northern Manitoba)

Co-investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Martin, Thibault

Keywords: Aboriginal; social impacts hydrodevelopments; social capital; impact study

$115,155

The Comparative Study of Indigenous Rights and Identity

Principal investigatorSSHRC2005Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Niezen, Ronald

Keywords: legal anthropology, indigenous peoples, human rights, globalization, cultural theory, identity, political anthropology, medical anthropology, ethnohistory, ethnography

$1,400,000

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: open source intelligence Dear Professor Niezen, 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 "Internet suicide: communities of affirmation and the lethality of communication." (2013), and it 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 International Criminal Court and the Advent of Open Source Intelligence" (2020), 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]