Three Ted Rogers School research projects awarded 2022 SSHRC grants
Three researchers from the Ted Rogers School of Management have each been awarded prestigious Insight Grants by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).
The recipients are Dr. Claire Deng (Assistant Professor, Accounting & Finance), Dr. Hong Yu (Associate Professor, Retail Management and Associate Dean, Graduate Programs) and Dr. Hossein Zolfagharinia (Associate Professor, Global Management Studies).
SSHRC is the federal research funding agency that promotes and supports post-secondary based research and research training in the humanities and social sciences. Its Insight Grants enable scholars to address complex issues pertaining to individuals and societies. Funding is available to both emerging and established scholars for research initiatives of two to five years.
Dr. Deng’s research, “Management Accounting and Control for Conservation: The Recovery of Species at Risk in Canada,” is a four-year project that examines the challenges posed by biodiversity loss in Canada and beyond.
The project investigates the ways in which accounting technology and practice can be mobilized in conservation. It encompasses three interrelated qualitative field studies; each has an objective to explore an understudied aspect of the ways in which management accounting and control knowledge and strategies organize the recovery practice of species at risk. This includes the planning and controlling aspect of the federal government, the performance management aspect of non-governmental conservation organizations and the technological aspect of specific management and control instruments for conservation.
Dr. Yu’s three-phase research project, “Shopping for Self vs. for Elderly: Modeling Baby Boomers’ In-Store Fashion Shopping Experiences,” aims to expand our understanding of Canadian Baby Boomers’ fashion shopping experiences — both for themselves and as caregivers.
The main objectives of the project are to: 1) develop and test a model for understanding factors contributing to Baby Boomers’ shopping well-being, 2) conduct one-on-one in-depth interviews with Baby Boomers to gain insights into shopping motives and experiences and 3) engage various stakeholders who support successful aging efforts to enrich our understanding, delve deeper into practice and policy implications and expand the dissemination of research findings within and beyond fashion and retail industries and caregiving community.
Dr. Zolfagharinia’s study is called “Managing Meat Supply Chains Under Demand and Supply Uncertainty: Working towards Sustainable and Resilient Networks.”
Shelf-life sensitivity, regulations and disruptions and fluctuations in the industry make the meat supply chain more complex and pressure supply chain managers to be more strategic. This research aims to design a framework that employs management science techniques to integrate the supply chain’s primary functions, while considering sustainability and resiliency considerations in Canada. The framework will significantly benefit Canadian meat associations and industries in general, and meat processing factories especially, to improve their economic and quality indexes. Improving product quality and health can also translate to significant benefits for communities across Canada.