Research | Faculty of Public Affairs

Research is at the heart of our mission in the Faculty of Public Affairs.

Our researchers publish in high-profile venues, receive significant external grant funding and attract high-caliber graduate students and research partners. We offer them comprehensive support.

External Research Funding (2018 fiscal year)

$5.28 Million

Externally Funded Research Projects (as of January 1, 2019)

100

Home to 4 active SSHRC Partnership Grants
Home to 3 Early Career Researcher Award Winners
Home to 3 Canada Research Chairs

Celebrating Excellence
Exemplary Faculty of Public Affairs researchers are recognized in a number of ways, both internally and externally. These faculty members reflect the dynamic research environment within our Faculty.

Research Chairs
The Canada Research Chair program was created by the federal government in 2000 to build capacity for research excellence in Canada.

FPA Research Overview →

Spotlight on Research

Another Take – Strategic Incapacitation: How Police Agencies Undermine Protest Movements

Research in the News

August 31, 2020

Insight Development Grant 2020: Political campaigning and vote choice in digital India

Election campaigns and election results have long been dissected and examined by scholars—at least in western nations. But consider India, where the 2014 election victory of Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist... More

August 31, 2020

Insight Development Grant 2020: Traffic, judges and immigration decisions

We’ve all been there: getting into the office with temper frayed by traffic in the morning commute, and woe betide any colleague in the way of a restorative cup of... More

August 31, 2020

Insight Development Grant 2020: Public libraries as social service gateways

When Edmonton Public Library hired outreach workers to help vulnerable clients in 2011, it was in the vanguard of an evolution in library programming. Nearly 10 years later, at least... More

August 31, 2020

Insight Development Grant 2020: A framework for augmented reality use in language learning

Pokémon Go, the popular game of 2016, was the wider world’s introduction to augmented reality (AR): players looked at their smartphone’s live camera feed and saw virtual Pokémon characters overlaid... More

Research Support

Awards & Bursaries

Other

Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Immersive Storytelling (pdf)
Mandatory Internal Peer Review (pdf)
FPA SSHRC Insight Competition Report (protected pdf. Contact Kyla Reid for password)
SSHRC Insight Competition Report – Executive Summary (pdf)
PDG Support Program application (online form)
FPA Research Engagement Grants
FPA Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program
FPA Research Teams Program

About Us

The Faculty has dedicated faculty members and staff working on the research portfolio, as well as a number of bursaries to support high-quality research. Chris Worswick is the Associate Dean (Research and International). He works closely with Kyla Reid, Research Facilitator, and Kevin Nzomo, Post-Award Support Officer.

Contact

Chris Worswick
Associate Dean – Research and International

Kyla Reid
Research Facilitator

Kevin Nzomo
Post Award Support Officer