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Gustav Peebles is an Associate Professor at the Department of Social Anthropology at Stockholm University, where he conducts research on money, currency, and economic phenomena from an anthropological perspective. Previously, he served at The New School in New York City, where he twice held the position of Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and led a research team that designed a new undergraduate program addressing crises in higher education.
His educational background includes a Ph.D. in Socio-Cultural Anthropology from the University of Chicago and a BA from Dartmouth College. His scholarly work spans monetary history, economic theory, and the anthropology of finance, with particular attention to how money shapes social relations and institutions.
Peebles' research interests encompass exchange theory, monetary history and policy, ethnography of the state, history of socialism, economic traditionalism, utopian visions, production of space, black markets, debt, and social theory with a regional focus on the European Union and Scandinavia. His work often examines the historical and contemporary relationships between money, credit, and debt, with recent projects focusing on digital currencies, cashlessness in Sweden, and innovative approaches to climate change through monetary systems.
Among his notable publications is the book The Euro and Its Rivals: Currency and the Construction of a Transnational City, which examines the relationship between transnational spaces and currency systems. He has also co-created The First and Last Bank, which proposes a carbon banking system as a tool for climate change mitigation. His academic articles explore diverse topics including hoarding and saving practices, debtors' prisons, offshore finance, and the social implications of cashlessness.
Peebles is currently involved in several significant research initiatives, including serving as Co-Principal Investigator for the Mellon-funded Sawyer Seminar Currency and Empire (with Dr. Emma Park) and spearheading a Wenner-Gren Symposium The Price of Wealth with colleagues Teresa Ghilarducci and Rick McGahey. These projects aim to bridge economic and anthropological research on money and value.
He has received funding from prestigious organizations including Mellon Foundation and Wenner-Gren Foundation, supporting his interdisciplinary work at the intersection of anthropology, economics, and policy studies. His research has practical implications for understanding contemporary monetary transformations and developing innovative approaches to global challenges like climate change.
Peebles maintains an active scholarly profile with numerous publications in top anthropology journals and regular contributions to public discourse on monetary issues. His work connects historical perspectives with contemporary challenges, offering anthropological insights into the evolving nature of money and value in the 21st century.
