Seth Murray

Seth Murray is a Teaching Professor and Director of the Program in International Studies at North Carolina State University (NC State), where he also serves as Co-Director of the Alexander Hamilton Scholars program. He holds affiliations with the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. His research focuses on environmental anthropology, historical ecology, and the socio-ecological dynamics of agro-pastoral systems in Europe, particularly in the Basque region and Burgundy. Murray’s work integrates qualitative and quantitative methods to study resilient agricultural practices, cultural heritage commodification, and post-industrial landscapes.

Education: Ph.D. Anthropology (UNC Chapel Hill, 2008); M.A. Basque Studies (Université de Bordeaux, 2004); M.A. Archaeology (SUNY Buffalo, 1999).

Research projects include long-term studies on Basque common-pool resource management, Burgundy’s viticulture abandonment, and comparative agroecosystems in Sweden, France, and Romania. He co-edited *The Anthropology of Postindustrialism* (2016) and has published widely on topics such as bio-cultural heritage, sustainable development goals in academia, and interdisciplinary historical ecology methodologies.

Murray leads NC State’s First Year Inquiry program and contributes to institutional sustainability initiatives. He collaborates internationally with organizations like the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and the National Museum of the Romanian Peasant.