Robert Leonard, Université du Québec à Montréal

Research

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Latest funding

Small is Beautiful: The Life and Work of E. F. Schumacher
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$35,891
Small is Beautiful: The Life and Work of E. F. Schumacher
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$17,303
Economics and modernism, 1900-1950
SSHRC · 2009 · Principal investigator
$42,000

All 5 grants and awards

No publications available.

Small is Beautiful: The Life and Work of E. F. Schumacher

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Leonard, Robert J.

Keywords: E. F. Schumacher; intellectual biography; economics; environmentalism; Buddhism; traditionalism

$35,891

Small is Beautiful: The Life and Work of E. F. Schumacher

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Leonard, Robert J.

Keywords: E. F. Schumacher; intellectual biography; economics; environmentalism; Buddhism; traditionalism

$17,303

Economics and modernism, 1900-1950

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Leonard, Robert J.

Keywords: history of economics; history of science and mathematics; history of modernism

$42,000

Economics, games and laboratory science: on the rise of experimentation in contemporary economics

Principal investigatorSSHRC2001Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Leonard, Robert

Keywords: History of game theory; history of science and mathematics

$44,000

European Conference on the History of Economics - Theme: Economic Science and Visual Representation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2000Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Leonard, Robert

Keywords: history of economics; history of science; intellectual history

$9,580

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 Dear Professor Leonard, 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 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 "Small is Beautiful: The Life and Work of E. F. Schumacher" (2021), 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]