Valued at $519,975, the project is titled Resource Governance in the Indo-Pacific: Navigating Livelihoods, Ecologies, Rights and Economic Security.
The interdisciplinary initiative is led by Principal Investigator Pascale Massot from the School of Political Studies, with co-applicants Melissa Marschke and Jean-François Rousseau from the School of International Development and Global Studies, and Scott Simon from the School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies. The broader team includes André Laliberté (School of Political Studies) and Patrick Leblond (Graduate School of Public and International Affairs), as well as Wolfgang Alschner (Faculty of Law).
Together, the team will examine natural resource governance as a strategic issue in the Indo-Pacific region, where climate change, economic security, labour mobility, Indigenous rights, and geopolitical tensions intersect. Structured around four interconnected research streams — climate and livelihoods, critical minerals and economic security, work and migration, and Indigenous rights — the project seeks to inform Canada’s evolving Indo-Pacific Strategy and be a catalyst for increased mobility for faculty and graduate students to the Indo-Pacific region.
The IPSFC program supports Canadian research capacity, strengthens partnerships between Canadian and Indo-Pacific institutions, and advances new academic engagement on the region.
This award highlights the leadership of uOttawa’s Faculty of Social Sciences in interdisciplinary, globally engaged research — and reinforces its role in shaping policy-relevant scholarship that addresses today’s most pressing international challenges.