Paul Nadasdy

Paul Nadasdy is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Cornell University, affiliated with the College of Arts and Sciences. He holds a Ph.D. from The Johns Hopkins University (2001). His research focuses on the politics of environmental knowledge, indigenous-state relations, and sovereignty, with long-term ethnographic work among the Kluane First Nation in Canada’s Yukon Territory since 1995. His work examines how power dynamics, cultural assumptions, and legal frameworks shape land claim negotiations and wildlife management.

His research interests include the anthropology of science and technology, environmental anthropology, and political and legal anthropology. He critiques colonial legacies in resource management, co-management systems, and the representation of Indigenous knowledge. His publications explore topics like ontological debates, territoriality, and the socio-cultural implications of treaty processes.

Recent work emphasizes the indeterminacy of land and sovereignty, analyzing how different actors’ worldviews intersect in policy-making. He has authored influential books such as Sovereignty's Entailments (2017) and Hunters and Bureaucrats (2003). Courses taught include 'American Indian Lands and Sovereignties' and 'Nature-Culture: Ethnographic Approaches to Human Environment Relations.'

No scientific awards are explicitly listed in the provided text. His advising and grants sections remain unspecified, though his research has been supported through doctoral dissertation funding. Nadasdy contributes to academic initiatives like the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program and collaborates on projects addressing Indigenous-state relations and environmental governance.