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Dr. Frances Bowen

Associate Professor & Director, International Resource Industries and Sustainability Centre
University of Calgary
   
     
Expertise:    
Climate change, Environmental innovation, Regulatory compliance, Stakeholder engagement, Strategy, International business,Behavioural theory, Cognitive, Critical, Institutional, Meta analysis, Qualitative analysis, Interviews, Secondary data, Energy sector, Natural resources    
     
Current Research Projects:

``Developing a culture of compliance: Lessons for Organizational Reliability from the Suncor Firebag Case`` April 2009 - March 2011; Awarded by Alberta Justice under a creative sentencing proposal; $315,000). Project addresses the formal and informal organizational mechanisms required to develop a culture of compliance with environmental regulations.

``Business Risks and Opportunities in Commercial CCS Investments`` April 2009 - December 2010; Awarded by ISEEE and Natural Resources Canada; $184,660). Grant is to fund research and dissemination on finding solutions to a range of investment challenges faced by senior decision-makers considering carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects.

``The Changing Climate of the Energy Industry`` April 2008 - March 2011; Awarded under SSHRC`s Knowledge Impact in Society Programme; $299,030). Grant is for knowledge translation, dissemination and co-creation activities with project partners (Energy Council of Canada, Calgary Chamber of Commerce, the Pembina Institute) on the energy industry and climate change.

``Global Challenges, Local Solutions: Environmental Initiatives at Foreign-owned Canadian Subsidiaries`` April 2006 - March 2009; Awarded under SSHRC`s Standard Research Grant Programme; $84,368). Grant is to fund a series of interviews with senior managers within foreign-owned subsidiaries located in Canada, focusing on the tension between local and global environmental initiatives in their organizations.
   
 
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