UBC Psychology researchers receive federal funding from SSHRC to address social challenges

This funding, awarded through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), supports 1,788 social sciences and humanities research projects and partnerships across Canada.

These UBC Psychology researchers received funding through SSHRC’s Insight Grant and Insight Development Grant programs.

SSHRC Insight Grants

Insight Grants support research excellence in the social sciences and humanities. Funding is available to both emerging scholars and established scholars for research initiatives of two to five years.

• Dr. Alan Kingstone, Professor, UBC Psychology
  Project: The Medusa Effect: Visual abstraction and perceptions of mind
• Dr. Toni Schmader, Professor, UBC Psychology
  UBC Collaborator: Dr. Andrew Baron, Professor, UBC Psychology
  Project: Does Gender Essentialism Lead to Biased Learning Affordances that Limit Children’s Interests?
• Dr. Azim Shariff, Professor, UBC Psychology
  UBC Collaborators: Gabrielle Ibasco, PhD Student, UBC Psychology; Nour Abdelfattah
  Project: Unjust world theory
• Dr. Katrina Bouchard, Assistant Professor, UBC Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  UBC Co-applicant: Dr. Samantha Dawson, Associate Professor, UBC Psychology
  Project: Implicit theories of sexual desire: A dyadic validation, daily diary, and longitudinal investigation
• Dr. Lori Brotto, Professor, UBC Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  UBC Co-applicant: Dr. Alan Kingstone, Professor, UBC Psychology
  Project: Shifting focus: Examining the impact of mindfulness on visual attention and sexual response in women and gender-diverse individuals with and without sexual concerns
• Dr. Simon Donner, Professor, UBC Geography
  UBC Co-applicant: Dr. Jiaying Zhao, Professor, UBC Psychology
  Project: Urban Future Walks: Can guided tours promote support for climate solutions and positive climate engagement in urban environments?

Insight Development Grants

Insight Development Grants support research in its initial stages. The grants enable the development of new research questions, as well as experimentation with new methods, theoretical approaches and/or ideas. Funding is provided for short-term research development projects of up to two years that are proposed by individuals or teams.

• Dr. Alan Kingstone, Professor, UBC Psychology
  UBC Co-applicant: Dr. Julia Rubin, Professor, UBC Electrical and Computer Engineering
  Project: The effects of AI tools on motivation in general problem-solving tasks
• Dr. Joelle LeMoult, Professor, UBC Psychology
  UBC Co-applicant: Dr. Daniela Palombo, Associate Professor, UBC Psychology
  Project: Adolescents’ Autobiographical Memory of Interpersonal Stressors
• Dr. Toni Schmader, Professor, UBC Psychology
  UBC Co-applicants: Dr. Frances Chen, Professor, UBC Psychology; Dr. Rosie Shrout, Assistant Professor  UBC Psychology
  Project: Validating a New Behavioural Measure of Willingness to be Emotionally Vulnerable
• Dr. Rosie Shrout, Assistant Professor  UBC Psychology
  UBC Co-applicant: Dr. Anita DeLongis, Professor, UBC Psychology
  Project: Accuracy and bias in partners’ perceptions of stress and stress communication: Implications for dyadic coping
• Dr. Nancy Sin, Associate Professor, UBC Psychology
  UBC Co-applicant: Dr. Benjamin Cheung, Assistant Professor of Teaching, UBC Psychology
  Project: Positive cultural experiences in everyday life among Chinese Canadian older adults
• Dr. Maya Libben, Associate Professor, UBCO Psychology
  UBC Co-applicants: Dr. Susan Holtzman, Associate Professor, UBCO Psychology; Dr. Alan Kingstone, Professor, UBC Psychology
  Project: What the Feed Feeds Back: Measuring Attention in Social Media Feeds and Its Implications for Body Image

These projects will generate new insights into social perception, investigate the cognitive and developmental foundations of prejudice, explore beliefs about justice and inequality, and enhance understanding of adolescent socioemotional development.

Join us in congratulating our faculty and their research collaborators!