Dwaipayan Banerjee

Dwaipayan Banerjee is an Associate Professor of Science, Technology, and Society (STS) at MIT, affiliated with the History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology and Society (HASTS) program. His research critically examines the intellectual contributions of thinkers from the Global South, challenging Eurocentric narratives in science, technology, and medicine. Focused on South Asia, his work explores intersections of health/medicine, pandemics, biological materials, and computing through a postcolonial lens.

Key publications include Enduring Cancer: Life, Death, and Diagnosis in Delhi (2020) and Hematologies: The Political Life of Blood in India (2019). His research addresses themes like caste dynamics in healthcare, biopolitical control during pandemics, and global inequities in pharmaceutical access. Banerjee's interdisciplinary approach integrates anthropology, history, and sociology to critique colonial legacies in contemporary science and technology governance.

Recent projects analyze shadow gift economies, vaccine apartheid critiques, and the colonial roots of pandemic governance. His work emphasizes reorienting global understandings of science and medicine through Southern epistemologies.