Working in rural communities, my research has often looked at conflict. Currently completing my PhD on communities' experiences living near wind energy. I am particularly interested in energy justice including how participating in the wind farm development or...
Sean’s three-year post-doctoral research project aims to study how energy analysts, financial specialists, traders, portfolio managers and investment professionals conceptualize and value oil.
James is a graduate of the University of St Andrews and provides IT Support, with a focus on Social Media and Public Outreach Strategy.
Dr High is currently directing a European Research Council funded project: The Ethics of Oil: Finance Moralities and Environmental Politics in the Global Oil Economy (ENERGY ETHICS). Based on multiple ethnographic studies in Europe and the US, this 5-year research project brings an anthropological sensitivity to issues of money, energy and climate change. Its ambition is to provide a novel framework for investigating how oil valuations relate to political reforms and new climate economic initiatives.