Energy Ethics Project Lead Investigator Dr Mette M High has been invited to join the Screening Committee for the St Andrews Prize for the Environment. Dr High will be on the Committee for an initial period of two years.
Centre News
StAIGS’ Internal Speaker Series – ‘Climate Crisis’ Nov 4th
In keeping with the University of St Andrews’ Green Week, the St Andrews Institute for Gender Studies will host a presentation via Teams on ‘Climate Change’ as part of their Internal Speaker series.
S.E.A. Book Prize Finalist!
We are excited to share the news that Mette M. High’s latest book, Fear and Fortune: Spirit Worlds and Emerging Economies in the Mongolian Gold Rush, published by Cornell University Press has been selected as a Finalist for the 2020 Society for Economic Anthropology Book Prize. The SEA Book Prize Committee looks for the best books in economic anthropology published over the last three years.
Who Speaks for Energy? Virtual Panel
Our team organised a virtual panel on Zoom which took place Friday 28 August 2020.
Energy Ethics 2020 (new date)
Bringing together scholars, artists, industry leaders and others, this event will take place between the 9th and 13th November 2020.
Fieldwork completed
Anna has now completed her ethnographic fieldwork in Norway.
Fieldwork completed
Sean has now completed his ethnographic fieldwork in Houston, Texas.
Fieldwork completed
Sarah has now completed her ethnographic fieldwork in the UK.
Film screening @COP25
Independent ethnographic filmmaker Paloma Yáñez Serrano, in collaboration with the Energy Ethics team, is screening her documentary ‘The End of an Era? A Story of Oil Workers’ as part of the proceedings of the UN Climate Change Conference COP25 in Madrid
Book launch
Thanks to everyone who came to our book launch at the Royal Anthropological Institute, London. It was a wonderful event!