Today, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) announced that two Carleton University researchers are among a small number of finalists for Impact Awards. The SSHRC Impact Awards are the country’s top awards for social sciences and humanities researchers.
The awards celebrate the achievements of Canada’s top leaders, thinkers and researchers in the social sciences and humanities. Finalists embody the best ideas and research about people, human thought and behaviour, and culture — helping us understand and improve the world around us, today and into the future.
The two Carleton researchers are among only three selected from across Canada as finalists for their respective awards, showcasing the research excellence of their work in their fields.
Partnership Award Finalist:
James Milner, Department of Political Science
Professor James Milner has been selected as a finalist for the Partnership Award. This award recognizes a SSHRC-funded formal partnership for its outstanding achievement in advancing research, research training or knowledge mobilization, or developing a new partnership approach to research and/or related activities.
Milner is the Project Director of the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN), an organization that has shaped the interdisciplinary field of refugee and forced migration studies, spearheaded a more equitable and inclusive approach to South-North research collaborations and implemented innovative training programs with and for refugees.
Talent Award Finalist:
Joshua Steckley, Department of Political Science
Joshua Steckley
, a Banting postdoctoral fellow since 2024, has been selected as a finalist for the Talent Award, which recognizes outstanding research achievement and career potential from a SSHRC doctoral or postdoctoral fellowship or scholarship holder.
During his fellowship, Steckley is exploring the relationship between capitalism and nature. He examines how nature is increasingly reorganized to maximize profit while exploring alternative models that promote democratic and environmentally sustainable agriculture.
SSHRC will release the winners of each award later in the fall.
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