Gijs Cremers

Gijs Cremers is an Assistant Professor at Utrecht University's Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Department of Cultural Anthropology. His work bridges geological anthropology and political geology, focusing on human-environment relations in volcanic landscapes.

• Regional Expertise: Guatemala's Western Highlands, Southern Peruvian Andes
• Methodologies: Visual/sensory approaches (photo-elicitation, ethnographic film, cartography)

Research Trends: Recent publications explore worldmaking practices (Ethnos, 2024), infrastructure politics in Latin America (Bulletin of Latin American Research, 2022), and pedagogical innovations in fieldwork training (Teaching Sociology, 2022). His work spans tourism imaginaries (2020), waste metamorphosis (2021), and nature as a political force (2016).

Teaching Roles:

• Coordinates courses like Creative Challenge Cultural Anthropology and Qualitative Research Methods
• Contributes to Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (Bachelor) and Sustainable Citizenship (Master) programs

Academic Service: Since 2020, he has served on the editorial board of the Dutch anthropological journal Etnofoor.