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Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Dr. William Hébert and Dr. Michael Christensen Awarded SSHRC Insight Development Grants

Dr. William Hébert and Dr. Michael Christensen are two recipients of this year's SSHRC Insight Development Grants. These grants support research in its early stages, enabling “the development of new research questions, as well as experimentation with new methods, theoretical approaches and/or ideas.” Learn more about their research below.... More

Monday, February 13, 2017

PhD Candidate Awarded HRN Research Grant

Congratulations to PhD candidate Jay Ramasubramanyam, who has been awarded a research grant from the Humanitarian Response Network (HRN) to support his cutting-edge research on global humanitarian issues! With new drivers of displacement gaining prominence worldwide, there has been a push for an impending need to include evolving grounds of... More

Thursday, December 1, 2016

Spotlight on Visiting Researcher: Caglar Dolek

Caglar Dolek is a PhD Candidate in Political Science at Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey. He is currently a visiting scholar at the Department of Law and Legal Studies in Carleton University to undertake research for his doctoral dissertation under the guidance of Professor George S. Rigakos for a period of ten... More

Thursday, October 6, 2016

Prof. Spencer Featured in 2015-2016 Research ‘Year in Review’

In the '2015 - 2016 Research and International Year in Review', a publication released by the Office of the Vice-President (Research and International) this week, a section has been designated to spotlight research and funding highlights within the university. Prof. Dale Spencer is among those featured, and discusses his research projects in an... More

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Prof. Smith Receives SSHRC Partnership Development Grants

Congratulations to Prof. Adrian Smith, who was Co-Applicant on a team that has successfully secured a SSHRC Partnership Development Grant, for a project entitled "Reconciling Sovereignties: New Techniques for ‘Authorizing’ Extraction On Indigenous Territories". The multi-year project will receive $176,000.  Prof. Smith also secured a... More

Friday, April 29, 2016

Prof. Khan Receives FPA Research Excellence Award

Congratulations to Prof. Ummni Khan who received the FPA Research Excellence Award at yesterday's FPA Spring Social! Prof. Khan works in an area of research that explores the relationship between law and sexuality. The committee was impressed with her strong publication and presentation record and felt that her research will make a significant... More

Thursday, March 17, 2016

Prof. Bromwich Awarded Research Grant

Congratulations to Prof. Rebecca Bromwich, who has been awarded a research grant! Her project, "Privacy Protection, Tort Law, and Emerging Uses of Mobile Technologies in Medicine", will receive funding from the Foundation for Legal Research, an organization whose mandate is to help enable the creation of top-quality legal writing—one of the... More

Friday, February 5, 2016

Professors Receive Grants Towards Sexual Assault Research

Congratulations to Professors Dawn Moore, Dale Spencer, Diana Majury, Doris Buss, and George Rigakos, who won grants totaling more than $275,000 for their research, supported by the Government of Ontario’s Sexual Violence and Harassment Action Plan. Earlier this afternoon, MPP Yasir Naqvi was on campus to formally announce the funding of two... More

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

ThinkSwiss Research Scholarships: Apply now for 2016!

Are you a highly motivated undergraduate or graduate student planning to do research in a Swiss university or institute? ThinkSwiss offers student scholarships and travel bursaries! Deadline to apply: January 31, 2016 More full details on how to apply, please visit: http://thinkswiss.tumblr.com/about About ThinkSwiss ThinkSwiss is managed by the... More

Monday, January 18, 2016

Book Launch: ‘Access to Information and Social Justice’

Book launch: Access to Information and Social Justice: Critical Research Strategies for Journalists, Scholars and Activists Co-edited by Kevin Walby and one of our instructors, Jamie Brownlee! Date: January 21, 2016 Times: 7:00 pm Location: Octopus Books, 251 Bank St., 2nd floor Access to Information and Social Justice combines the political... More

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Welcome to visiting scholar, Hossein Raeesi!

We are pleased to welcome Hossein Raeesi, who joins our Department for the Fall/Winter 2015-2016 academic year! Mr. Raeesi, a member of the Scholars At Risk (SAR) network, is co-hosted by Carleton University and the Univeristy of Ottawa as a visiting scholar. While at Carleton, he will teach LAWS 4903A - Human Rights, Sharia Law and Islamic... More

Friday, March 20, 2015

2015 Chet Mitchell Memorial Award Winner Announced!

This year's recipient for the Chet Mitchell Memorial Award in Law is M.A. Legal Studies candidate, Meghan Johnston! The award was presented to Meghan on the morning of the 10th Annual Carleton Law and Legal Studies Graduate Conference which took place on Friday, March 13, 2015. Meghan's research explores the relationship between social justice... More

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