Matthew Archer is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Sustainability in the Department of Environment and Geography at the University of York. His research examines the role of non-state actors like corporations and financial institutions in sustainability governance,...
Nick is an anthropologist who specialises in the social aspects of large-scale resource extraction. His work has a broad focus on the Pacific, and Papua New Guinea in particular. Nick’s research career spans academic and applied research at the interface between...
Victoria Donovan is a Senior Lecturer in Russian at the University of St Andrews and an AHRC Leadership Fellow. Her current research explores the visual heritage of industrialization with a focus on Ukraine’s Eastern Donbas region. Placing the Donbas case in a...
I am a lecturer in philosophy in the School of Philosophical, Anthropological, and Film Studies at the University of St. Andrews. Information about my teaching and other activities can be found on my staff website. I am a founder and co-director of...
I am Director of the Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs at St Andrews. My work within practical ethics has focused on charitable giving and the philosophical foundations of effective altruism. See, for example:...
Over a period of nearly 40 years David Ulph has successively held Chairs in Economics at the University of Bristol, University College London and, since 2006, St Andrews. He has considerable policy experience having spent 5 years as Chief Economist at HM Revenue &...
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.
Sarah’s four-year doctoral research focuses on the local realities of an energy transition in the UK in the context of climate change. More particularly, she is interested in the knowledge put forward by grassroots activists campaigning against unconventional gas extraction.
Pauline’s three-year postdoctoral research project looks at the value of oil and alternative renewable energy sources in Ghana, a country that positions itself as an energy frontier for rethinking the relationship between hydrocarbon dependency and more sustainable energy futures in a context of environmental crisis.
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.