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Emma Waterton is a Leverhulme International Professor and Director of the Heritage for Global Challenges Research Centre at the University of York's Department of Archaeology. Her work critically examines heritage governance, focusing on anti-colonial politics, migrant heritage, and climate justice. She holds editorial roles at Landscape Research and International Journal of Heritage Studies.
Education: Double Anthropology major (University of Queensland, 1999), MA Archaeological Heritage Management (University of York, 2004), PhD Heritage Studies (University of York, 2008).
Research interests include heritage discourse analysis, affect theory, experimental methodologies, and heritage-society intersections. Major projects include the Heritage-Making in Parramatta study and the Langtang Heritage Trail initiative in Nepal. Awards include the Leverhulme International Professorship (2022–2027) and Geographical Society of NSW Fellowship (2022).
Supervises PhDs on topics like post-disaster heritage reconstruction and Aboriginal cultural heritage representation. Active in international collaborations, including the Heritage and Arts Visitor Research Collaborative (HAVRC).
