Research Office

Frank Harvey,
Associate Dean, Research

The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Research Office facilitates research in humanities, social sciences and performing arts at Dalhousie University, and publicizes the results and benefits of that research. The Office facilitates research by
social sciences :

compiling and disseminating information on funding opportunities
assisting with the preparation and editing of grant applications, administering internal funding support for newly appointed faculty, and providing advice on aids to scholarly publication and research dissemination
fostering cross-disciplinary, cross-faculty and inter-institutional research linkages, and identifying areas of research strength in the Faculty
working with the Dalhousie central Office of Research Services to develop the university's research capacity and to monitor the effectiveness of research policies
responding to changes in the external or internal culture affecting arts and social sciences research
presenting the research concerns of Faculty members to the senior administration, and to external agencies, granting councils and government

The FASS Research Office also works to raise the institutional and external profile of research activities in the Faculty by:

coordinating and publicizing an annual interdisciplinary Crosscurrents Seminars and the annual MacKay Lecture Series
organizing periodic exhibitions or displays of the results of scholarly research and creative work by faculty members
enhancing public awareness of the cultural, social and economic contributions made by arts and social sciences research

The Faculty Research Office is overseen and operated by the Associate Dean (Research), working in conjunction with the Dean and the FASS Research Development Committee. For advice or information on any of these matters, contact:

Frank Harvey, Associate Dean, Research
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Dalhousie University
Marion McCain Arts and Social Sciences Building
6135 University Avenue
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada B3H 4P2

frank.harvey@dal.ca
902-494-6605
** As of July 1st, 2011