2025

Rita Abrahamsen (uOttawa), Michael Williams (uOttawa)
SSHRC Insight Grant
Right Worlds: Think Tanks, Ideas, and the Struggle Over Conservative Visions of World Order
Professors Rita Abrahamsen and Michael Williams of the University of Ottawa received an SSHRC Insight Grant to further pursue studies over global conservatism. As a part of the Global Right project affiliated with CIPS, Professors Abrahamsen and William will further study a facet of newly-evolving conservatism and right-wing power.

Stephen Baranyi (uOttawa), Dominique Masson (uOttawa)
SSHRC Partnership Grant
Engendering Disability – Inclusive Development
Professors Stephen Baranyi and Dominique Masson from uOttawa received a portion of the SSHRC Partnership directed to the EDID-GHDI project. Intended to be disbursed over seven years, Professor Baranyi has concentrated his studies in Haiti, whereas Professor Masson has looked at the transnational aspects and similarities of disability studies. 

Bantayehu Shiferaw Chanie (uOttawa), Christina Clark-Kazak (uOttawa), and Philippe Frowd (uOttawa)
CIPS Research Initiatives
Conflict, Democratic Backsliding, and Diaspora Politics in Canada
Professors Bantayehu Shiferaw Chanie, Christina Clark-Kazak, and Philippe Frowd of the University of Ottawa were the winners of a CIPS Research Initiatives competition and will conduct research looking at the effects of diaspora politics from fragile states in Canada.

Christina Clark-Kazak (uOttawa)
SSHRC Connection Grant
Equitable Access to Post-Secondary Education and Research for People with Lived Experiences of Displacement in Canada
Professor Christina Clark-Kazak from the University of Ottawa received a large SSHRC Connection Grant, to be distributed in two stages, in order to study the access of displaced people to university-style education. 

Christina Clark-Kazak (uOttawa), Maritza Felices-Luna (uOttawa)
Collabzium Grant
Trajectories of social justice

Peter Jones (uOttawa), Benjamin Zyla (uOttawa)
SSHRC Insight Development Grant
Indigenous and Western Traditions of Dialogue and Conflict Resolution: Novel Typology of Shared Principles
Principal Investigator Peter Jones of the University of Ottawa, along with Benjamin Zyla from University of Ottawa, received a SSHRC Insight Development Grant to perform comparative analyses of Western and Indigenous peacebuilding methods.

Thomas Juneau (uOttawa)
SSHRC Insight Grant
Through a Glass, Bright: Assessing National Security Transparency in Canada 
Professor Thomas Juneau from the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa received a SSHRC Insight Grant to be disbursed over five years from 2025 to 2030, to examine the accessibility and accountability of national security organizations in Canada.

Ryan Katz-Rosene (uOttawa), James Jackson (University of Manchester)
OVPRI Stipend
How the Insurance Sector is Practically Ignorant to Climate Risks
Professor Ryan Katz-Rosene and the coordinators of the International Political Economy Network (IPEN) received financial support from the Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation (OVPRI), allowing IPEN to host visiting research James Jackson, and organize a talk titled “How the Insurance Sector is Practically Ignorant to Climate Risks”, specifically examining the myopia of insurance companies as climate-related emergencies become more common and more severe. 

Larisa Kurtovic (uOttawa)
SSHRC Insight Grant
Capturing the Elements: Politics of Green Transition and New Activist Fronts in Bosnia-Herzegovina
Professor Larisa Kurtovic from the School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies at the University of Ottawa received a SSHRC Insight Grant to study the “Green Transition” in Bosnia-Herzegovina, with funds to be disbursed over a period of five years from 2025 to 2030.

Andre Laliberte (uOttawa)
SSHRC Insight Grant
How Religions Impact Long-Term Care Resilience: Learning from East Asia
Professor Andre Laliberte received a SSHRC grant to be used over five years looking at Asian religious influence in long-term care homes.

Mathieu Landriault (uOttawa)
Secrétariat du Québec aux relations canadiennes
Le futur de l’autonomie régionale et locale dans l’Arctique nord-américain

Mathieu Landriault (uOttawa)
Ministère de la Défense nationale du Canada
Sondage auprès des résidents du Nord Canadien sur les enjeux arctiques

Patrick Leblond (uOttawa), Wolfgang Alschner (uOttawa), Philipp Reinhold (Saarland University)
#KAS4Security Public Grant (Konrad Adenauer Foundation Canada Office)
Securing Trade: Integrating Economic Security into Canada–EU Economic Agreements in an Era of Geoeconomic Tension
The project involves a collaboration between Canadian and German researchers to contribute to this agenda by exploring how Canada and Europe can integrate economic security considerations their economic relationship and the agreements that govern that relationship, notably the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the Digital Partnership and the Strategic Partnership Agreement.

Patrick Leblond (uOttawa), Wolfgang Alschner (uOttawa)
SSHRC Partnership Development Grant
Economic statecraft and critical minerals value chains: Canada’s emerging transnational governance framework for supplying the world while diversifying from China
They will examine how Canada can strengthen its critical minerals supply chains to remain both competitive and secure amid shifting global dynamics.

Pascale Massot (uOttawa)
Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
John H. McArthur Fellowship
Professor Pascale Massot is one of four fellows in 2025. As part of this fellowship, she helped launch the Asia Pacific Foundations’ Critical Minerals Hub.

Pascale Massot (uOttawa)
MINDS Grant, Department of National Defense
Canada’s Role in the Securitization of Global Critical Minerals Supply Chains

Lou Pingeot (uOttawa), Colleen Bell (University of Saskatchewan)
SSHRC Insight Development Grant
The Global Making of Canadian Police?
CIPS Postdoctoral Fellow Lou Pingeot at the University of Ottawa, along with Colleen Bell at the University of Saskatchewan, received an SSHRC Insight Development Grant for their project “The Global Making of Canadian Police?”, which examines global policing practices and their influence on the behaviour and actions of Canadian police forces. SSHRC funding was intended to be used from 2022 to 2024, but the project was extended until 2025.

Scott Simon (uOttawa), Robert Falcon-Ouellette (uOttawa), Atsushi Nobayashi (National Museum of Ethnology, Japan), Futuru Tsai (National Museum of Prehistory, Taiwan), and Pei-Lin Yu (Boise State University)
GAC Stipend
Indigenous Peoples and Museums in the Indo-Pacific
Professor Scott Simon of uOttawa, along with researchers from across Canada, Japan, and Taiwan, and support from the Asian Studies Network (ASN) of CIPS, received stipends from Global Affairs Canada to fund a conference titled “Indigenous Peoples and the Museum in the Indo-Pacific” at the University of Ottawa on Indigenous-museum relations, as well as financial and travel support to host other events in Winnipeg, Japan, and Taiwan. 

Scott Simon (uOttawa)
CIPS Research Initiatives
Revue d’études autochtones
Professor Scott Simon of the University of Ottawa received funds from CIPS to help convene Indigenous academics for an event titled “Indigenous Peoples and the Museum in the Indo-Pacific“.

Srdjan Vucetic (uOttawa), Justin Massie (UQAM), Jean-Christophe Boucher (University of Calgary)
SSHRC Knowledge Grant
Swing States: Shifting Security Alignments amid Great Power Competition
Principal Investigator Professor Srdjan Vucetic from the University of Ottawa, with Professor Justin Massie from the Université du Québec à Montréal, and Jean-Christophe Boucher from the University of Calgary, have received a SSHRC Knowledge Grant to study the changing securities alliances of middle-power countries as the relations between global superpowers are beginning to shift dramatically.

Jan Claudius Völkel (uOttawa)
Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Conference Grant

Jan Claudius Völkel (uOttawa)
Field Study Trip Grant, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
FSS Field Research Trip: War and Peace in Europe

Michael Williams (uOttawa), Jean-François Drolet (Queen Mary, London)
ESCR UK Research Grant
Right Worlds: Think Tanks, Ideas, and the Struggle Over Conservative Visions of World Order

David Murakami Wood (uOttawa)
SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Grant
Governing (Post-)Smart Cities: Asian Approaches 
Professor David Murakami Wood of the University of Ottawa received a Knowledge Synthesis Grant to continue research on how AI and other technological innovations are dramatically and rapidly changing municipal governance systems, as well as challenging the traditional idea of “smart cities” through the integration of AI into transportation and administration procedures. Given that Asia is at the forefront of these new “post-smart cities”, Professor Murakami Wood has drawn from East and Southeast Asian examples.

David Murakami Wood (uOttawa), Azadeh Akbari (University of Twente), Vincent Mirza (uOttawa) 
SSHRC Connection Grant
The Global Governance of Post-Smart Cities: Enclaves, Zones, and City-States
Principal Investigator Professor David Murakami Wood of uOttawa, along with Professors Azadeh Akbari of the University of Twente (CIPS Visiting Research Associate) and Vincent Mirza of uOttawa, received a grant from SSHRC to study “smart” urbanism, the increasingly tech-dominated nature of city planning, and the rise of AI in “smart cities”. Matched funding was also provided by several organizations to supplement SSHRC funding, including the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI); the Centre for Law, Technology, and Society at the University of Ottawa; and the uOttawa-affiliated Research Centre on the Future of Cities.

Benjamin Zyla (uOttawa)
SSHRC Insight Development Grant
The Practice of Local Knowledge Acquisition, Filtering, and Integration in International Peacebuilding Organizations (IPBOs): A Comparative Case Study Analysis
Professor Benjamin Zyla at the University of Ottawa received an SSHRC Insight Development Grant, to be used from 2025 to 2027. This grant will help continue research funded by past MINDS Targeted Development and SSHRC Connection grants. Professor Zyla continues to research the best techniques for peacekeepers and peacebuilders to incorporate local knowledge and expertise into their procedures.

2024

Alexandra Gheciu & Pascal Griset (Paris-Sorbonne)
La Diplomatie Scientifique au défi des enjeux de Sécurité (Science diplomacy in the face of security challenges)
Professors Alexandra Gheciu (CIPS, uOttawa) and Pascal Griset (Paris-Sorbonne) have received a research grant for a project on the role of scientific diplomacy in the transatlantic space. This is part of a program meant to support research partnerships between uOttawa faculty members and French academics. It is jointly sponsored by uOttawa and the French Embassy. Pascal Griset will be Visiting Researcher at CIPS in May 2024.

Benjamin Zyla (uOttawa), Katelyn Cassin (uOttawa), Sarah von Billerbeck (University of Reading, UK), Katharina Coleman (University of British Columbia), Steffen Eckhard (Zeppelin University, Germany)
SSHRC Connection Grant
Strategies and Tools to Improve Local Knowledge Inclusion by International Peace Organizations
These funds are supporting a workshop hosted by the Peacebuilding and Local Knowledge Network (PLKN), a SSHRC Partnership Development Grant-funded research group, being held in Geneva, Switzerland from March 7-8, 2024. This workshop will bring together academics and practitioners to collaboratively develop a Local Knowledge Utilization Survey – a self-assessment tool for peacebuilding practitioners to evaluate their understanding, acquisition and integration of local knowledges into their decision-making and operational activities. This tool will help to reveal biases, barriers and change opportunities for international peacebuilding organizations regarding their processes and practices around local knowledges inclusion.

Benjamin Zyla (uOttawa), Katelyn Cassin (uOttawa), Sarah von Billerbeck (University of Reading, UK), Katharina Coleman (University of British Columbia), Steffen Eckhard (Zeppelin University, Germany)
MINDS Targeted Engagement Grant
Strategies and Tools to Improve Local Knowledge Inclusion by International Peace Organizations
These funds will support a forthcoming workshop hosted by the Peacebuilding and Local Knowledge Network (PLKN) at the University of Ottawa. This workshop will focus on pivoting our Local Knowledge Utilization Survey for use by national militaries and agencies, like the Canadian Department of National Defence/Canadian Armed Forces, to generate insights into biases, barriers and change opportunities in their practices around local knowledges inclusion. This workshop will convene Canadian and international policy-makers, practitioners and academics for this purpose. 

Chris Huggins
SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant
The Role of Informal Waste Collectors in Emerging International Plastic Regulation

Pascale Massot
SSHRC Insight Development Grant
Opinion publique et couverture médiatique canadienne sur la Chine : Différences entre les communautés linguistiques francophones et en anglophones (Canadian public opinion and media coverage of China: Differences between French- and English-speaking communities)

Scott Simon (Chair); André Laliberté (Co-chair)
Ministry of Education, Taiwan
Research Chair in Taiwan Studies

2023

Christina Clark-Kazak
SSHRC
Collaboratory on forced migration in Canada
This bilingual, pan-Canadian Collaboratory aims to increase public knowledge and awareness of forced migration issues in Canada; curate and create interactive, up-to-date, open access, bilingual multimedia resources on forced migration; and, mobilize knowledge of colleagues with lived displacement experiences, including Indigenous peoples and newcomers.

Jean-François Ratelle
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (Connection)
Mobilisation of foreign fighters in the former Soviet Union

2022

Srdjan Vucetic
DND Minds Grant
AUKUS One Year Later
This project is part of the CIPS Research Initiatives

Marie-Eve Desrosiers & Haley J. Swedlund
DND Minds Grant
Capacity-Building Across the Humanitarian-Peace-Development Nexus in the DRC: Lessons for Canada and Beyond

2021

Alexandra Gheciu and Michael Williams
SSHRC Insight Grant: 2021-2025
A ‘community of values’? NATO in an illiberal, post-pandemic world
This project is part of the CIPS World Order Research Programme

2020

Rita Abrahamsen
SSHRC Insight Grant
Global Right, Global White: Transnational Radical Conservatism and South Africa
This project is part of the CIPS World Order Research Programme

Jacqueline Best
SSHRC Insight Grant
Varieties of Ignorance in Economic Policymaking
This project is part of the CIPS World Order Research Programme

Thomas Juneau
SSHRC Partnership Engagement Grant
The COVID-19 pandemic and its implications for the Canadian national security and intelligence community
In partnership with the Canadian Association of Security and Intelligence Studies
The project will study the implications of the pandemic for the intelligence community.
The project is part of the CIPS National Security Policy Network.

Ryan Katz-Rosene
SSHRC Insight Grant 
Unravelling the growth-environment paradox: Sustainability discourses for the Anthropocene

Maral Kichian & Christoph Züercher
SSHRC Insight Grant
Out of Fragility – When, How and Why Fragile States Recover
This project is part of the CIPS Fragile States Research Network

Mathieu Landriault – OPSA
1. Department of National Defence – MINDS program
In partnership with the Observatoire des administrations publiques autochtones (OAPA) from École nationale d’administration publique (ÉNAP).
The project will compare the response of civilian and military organisations to the COVID-19 pandemic in different Arctic communities.

2. The Secrétariat du Québec aux relations canadiennes
In partnership with the Observatoire des administrations publiques autochtones (OAPA) from École nationale d’administration publique (ÉNAP).
The project will study the transboundary cooperation in the Eastern part of the North American Arctic, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath.

Roland Paris
SSHRC Insight Grant
Competing Sovereignty Discourses in Contemporary World Politics
This project is part of the CIPS World Order Programme

Christoph Züercher
Insight Development Grant
From “Women” to “Peace”Understanding Causal Relations in the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Agenda
This project is part of the CIPS Fragile States Research Network

Benjamin Zyla
Partnership Development Grant
Peace-building and Local Knowledge Network (PLNK)
This project is part of the CIPS Fragile States Research Network