Associate Professor, Geography and Social Anthropology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Biography
Arthur Mason is a political anthropologist specializing in energy security and ecological vulnerability in the Global North. Dr. Mason holds a Visiting Senior Fellow position in the Department of Anthropology at London School of Economics. His edited volumes titled Arctic Abstractive Industry, and Subterranean Estates, bring together diverse engagements with natural resource extraction. His book Energy Capitol focuses on policy and politics of frontier natural gas development. Dr. Mason’s forthcoming book Consulting Energy: Chronicles of Elite Premium Roundtable Events explores relations among elites alongside intermediary experts with knowledge of global oil and gas development.
Selected publications
Energy Capitol: The Waning of Regulatory Form. London: Routledge, 2024.
