Ann-Louise Davidson – Education
Concordia University Research Chair in Maker Culture
How can we create inclusive, interdisciplinary and intergenerational communities to tinker around maker-led social innovation?
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Meet the 8 new Concordia University Research Chairs
These professors ‘exemplify the connected and engaged expertise on campus’
September 6, 2017
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Eight researchers joined the ranks of the esteemed Concordia University Research Chairs (CURC) this summer.
Selected from across all four faculties, the new chair holders are expected to make significant contributions to Concordia’s research in areas of strategic importance.
“The CURC program is designed to deepen the university’s knowledge base, as well as strengthen Concordia’s teaching and training,” says Christophe Guy, vice-president of Research and Graduate Studies.
“The faculty members named as new research chairs exemplify some of the connected and engaged expertise that exists on campus. Their work will help propel Concordia’s expanding reputation as an innovative and dynamic research and knowledge-creation institution.”
Here are the 8 new Concordia University Research Chairs and the questions that guide their work:
Alice Ming Wai Jim – Art History
Concordia University Research Chair in Ethnocultural Art Histories
When it comes to diaspora, indigeneity and the transpacific, how global is Canadian art history?
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Yasmin Jiwani – Communication Studies
Concordia University Research Chair in Intersectionality, Violence and Resistance
What do media messages communicate about racial minorities, women of colour, violence and crime?
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Lyes Kadem – Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Engineering
Concordia University Research Chair in Cardiovascular Engineering and Medical Devices
How can we create new biomechanical devices to fix broken hearts?
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Jean-Philippe Lessard – Biology
Concordia University Research Chair in Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
Why is biological diversity unevenly distributed on Planet Earth?
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Robert Nason – Management
Concordia University Research Chair in Entrepreneurship and Society
How do firms grow value without growing costs?
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Marielle Nitoslawska – Cinema
Concordia University Research Chair in Experimental Nonfiction Practices in the Arts
How do we convey an idea, express a voice or compose a narrative within the flow of image-sound?
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Weiyi Shang – Computer Science and Software Engineering
Concordia University Research Chair in Ultra-large-scale Systems
What happens when software meets big data, and how can we ensure the quality of ultra-large-scale systems?
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