Eli Elinoff

Eli Elinoff is Senior Lecturer in Social and Cultural Studies, specializing in political and environmental anthropology of Thailand and Southeast Asia. Research examines citizenship, urbanization, infrastructure, and environmental politics.

Authored Citizen Designs: City-Making and Democracy in Northeastern Thailand (2021), analyzing participatory urban planning in Khon Kaen. Co-edited Disastrous Times: Beyond Environmental Crisis in Urbanizing Asia (2021), developing the 'Quotidian Anthropocene' concept.

Current project 'A Kingdom in Concrete' investigates concrete's political ecologies in post-flood Bangkok, engaging architects, engineers, and communities.

Supervises postgraduate research on urban housing, environmental governance, and disaster politics in Asia. Teaches courses in environmental anthropology, human rights, and development.