Anna Bridel

Anna Bridel is an ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow in Environment at the Department of Geography and Environment (LSE), concurrently serving as a visiting fellow at the University of California Santa Cruz's Science and Justice Research Center. Her research bridges political ecology and science and technology studies, focusing on how environmental knowledge shapes socio-ecological futures.

• PhD in International Development (LSE)
• BA in Spanish Literature & European History (University of Edinburgh)
• Foundation in Visual Communication (Wimbledon College of Art)

Her work examines 'epistemic vulnerability'—how marginalized voices are excluded from shaping environmental expertise—in contexts like Mexican and Indian coastal storm governance. Current projects explore wetlands restoration politics, anti-colonial research practices, and justice imaginaries in ruination processes. She co-ordinates LSE's Contested Ecologies reading group and has been recognized with the LSE Teaching Excellence Prize (2020).

Publications span academic journals such as Environment and Planning E and Science, Technology & Human Values, alongside popular media. Her research is supported by ESRC grants and fellowships.