Calum Blaikie

Calum Blaikie is a postdoctoral researcher at the Austrian Academy of Sciences' Institute of Social Anthropology (ISA), specializing in medical, pharmaceutical, political, and environmental anthropology. His work focuses on Sowa Rigpa (Tibetan medicine) in Himalayan India and Nepal.

• PhD in Social Anthropology, University of Kent (UK)

RESEARCH FOCUS: Anthropology of pharmaceuticals, traditional medicine integration into public healthcare, state-ethnic minority relations, and Tibetan craft traditions in architecture. Current projects include the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) initiative Integrating Traditional Medicine: Sowa Rigpa and the State in India and the Innovation Fund collaboration Craft and Craft Traditions in Tibetan Architecture.

ARTICLES: His recent publications examine Sowa Rigpa's industrialization, regulatory challenges, and socio-political dynamics in journals like Current Anthropology and Social Science & Medicine, alongside co-edited volumes on traditional pharmaceutical industries across Asia.

CONTACT: calum.blaikie@oeaw.ac.at