Sonja Dobroski is a lecturer in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester. She is a social anthropologist with an interdisciplinary background in material culture and Native American studies. In addition to her PhD, Sonja holds a master’s...
Mark Goodale is Professor of Cultural and Social Anthropology and former Director of the Laboratory of Cultural and Social Anthropology (LACS) at the University of Lausanne. Before moving to Switzerland in 2014, he held teaching positions at George Mason University,...
Dr Itay Noy is a social anthropologist interested in the interaction between energy extractive projects and local rural populations. Based on long-term fieldwork, his research is concerned with the variegated impact of coal mining operations on Adivasi (tribal)...
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,...
Dr Philippa Lovatt is a Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of St Andrews. Her research focuses on artists’ moving image, sound, eco-criticism, and Southeast Asian independent film and video cultures. She is currently writing a monograph on the politics of...
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...
Anna-Sophie is a PhD candidate at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) since September 2020. Her research focuses on the emerging lithium-ion battery industry and its role in creating futures in Norway. Ethnographic fieldwork in places where battery...
Dr Luis Andueza is a Research Fellow in the School of Geography and Sustainable Development. A human geographer with a background in anthropology, his research interests centre on critical theory, and the political ecology of uneven development, extraction, and moral...
Dr Daniel M. Knight is Reader in the Department of Social Anthropology and Director of the Centre for Cosmopolitan Studies at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. He has held positions at the London School of Economics and Political Science and Durham University...