Christina Toren

Christina Toren is a Professor at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, affiliated with the School of HistorySocial Anthropology. She holds a PhD in Social Anthropology from the London School of Economics and a Psychology degree from University College London. Her work critically engages with anthropological concepts like 'culture' and 'society,' advocating for methodologies that integrate children as informants and challenge traditional epistemological frameworks. Toren's research focuses on kinship, rituals, religious conversion, and hierarchical structures, often drawing on fieldwork in Fiji.

Her interdisciplinary approach bridges psychology and anthropology, emphasizing the analytical potential of indigenous categories. Toren has contributed to debates on ethnographic methodology and the deconstruction of anthropological dualisms. She currently serves on the Editorial Council of Revista Habitus.