Kristine Krause

Kristine Krause is Professor in the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam's Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, specializing in the intersections of medicine, religion, and political subjectivity within transnational contexts.

Education:

• PhD in Social Anthropology, University of Oxford (fieldwork with Ghanaian migrants in London on therapeutic practices)

Research Focus: Her work examines how bodily conditions generate political identities through medical pluralism, transnational Pentecostal networks, and diaspora experiences. She investigates care systems across migration contexts, with particular attention to super-diversity in health pathways, elderly care reconfiguration, and the politics of death/disposal across borders.

Major Projects: Principal Investigator of the ERC-funded ReloCare project (Relocating Care within Europe); completed comparative studies on superdiversity and health pathways (with Essex, Warwick, Berlin, Tübingen, and Jaén collaborators) and crises/diversification (with Gabi Alex and David Parkin). Previously coordinated the MPI-MMG's international working group on medical diversity.

Scientific Awards: No awards or fellowships specified in source materials.

Grants & Leadership: Secured ERC and DFG funding for transnational research; co-editor of African Diaspora: Journal of Transnational Africa in a Global World. Supervises academic work through standard faculty responsibilities though specific students aren't documented here.

Research Ecosystem: Leads the ReloCare project team across European institutions and previously built the MPI-MMG's medical diversity working group, creating frameworks for comparative analysis of therapeutic pluralism in super-diverse societies.