“Law and the Regulation of the Senses: Explorations in Sensori-Legal Studies” (2015-2018), funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. An approach to theorizing law as sense-making activity through an investigation of such fields as the law of nuisance, the law of evidence, trademark law, and public health law, etc, (in collaboration with Marc Lafrance, Christiane Wilke, Sheryl Hamilton, Constance Classen and Charlene Elliott). Click here to visit the project website.

“Haptic Fields” (2014-2016), funded by the Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Société et Culture. A research-creation program dedicated to designing artistic works with touch in mind, which draws on recent advances in sensory engineering, music technology and sensory anthropology (in collaboration with Chris Salter [Principal Investigator], Marcelo Wanderley, and others). Click here to visit the Haptic Fields Research Project website.

“Centaur Jurisprudence” (2010-2013), funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. My branch of this research project involves an examination of culture in the courtroom and the "reasonable accomodation" crisis in Quebec, as well as other topics in cross-cultural jurisprudence (in collaboration with Rene Provost [Principal Investigator], Kirsten Anker and Eric Reiter). Click here to visit the Centaur Jurisprudence Research Project website.

“Mediations of Sensation: Sensory Anthropology and the Creation/Evaluation of Multimodal Interactive Environments.” (2010-2013), funded by the Fond Quebecois de Recherche en Science et Cultures. A research-creation program bringing together artistic work in the design of "multimodal" environments using new technologies with anthropological research into the varieties of human sense experience across cultures (in collaboration with Chris Salter [Principal Investigator]). Click here to visit the Mediations of Sensation website.

“The Sensory Museum: Its History and Reinvention” (2007-2010), funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. An investigation of the sensory and social history of modes of collection display and interaction within museums from the early modern period to the present (in collaboration with Constance Classen). Click here to visit the Senses website.

“Multi-Sensory Marketing: A Quantitative, Qualitative and Historical Assessment” (2005-2008), funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Research on the growing sense appeal of commodities and the increased importance attached to the management of sensation in the design of contemporary retail establishments (in association with Bianca Grohmann [Principal Investigator] and Constance Classen). Click here to visit the Senses website.

"The Sense Lives of Things" (2002-2005) funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. A cross-disciplinary investigation of the sensory dimensions of practices of collecting and displaying things in both public and private contexts (in collaboration with Constance Classen, Jennifer Fisher, Monika Gagnon, Laurier Lacroix, and Jean-Sébastien Marcoux). Click here to visit the Senses website.

"Culture and Consumption" (1998-2001) funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Research on the diffusion and domestication of select goods and services of North American origin in China, Brazil, Paraguay, India, Russia, Egypt, Iran, and, conversely, the reception of select goods and services from those countries in Canada and the United States (in collaboration with Sally Cole, Homa Hoodfar, Michael Huberman, David Ownby, Annamma Joy, and Joseph Smucker). Click here to Visit the Cross-Cultural Consumption website.

"Beyond the Aesthetic Gaze: For an Aesthetics of the `Other' Senses" (1997-2000) funded by the Fonds pour la Formation de Chercheurs et de l'Aide à la Recherche du Québec. Research on the role of the five senses in the history of Western art and aesthetics, and the multisensory aesthetics of diverse North and South American native cultures (in collaboration with Constance Classen, Jennifer Fisher, Brian Foss, Janice Helland, and Anthony Synnott). This project culminated in the UncommonSenses conference, which was held at Concordia in April 2000. Click here to visit the Senses website.

"Medicine and the Five Senses in Northwestern Argentina" (1994-1998) funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Research on the role of the senses in the diagnosis and treatment of disease in Argentine folk medicine (in collaboration with Constance Classen).