Samuel Cox

Samuel Cox is a Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Lecturer at the University of Tübingen (2025) and a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Adelaide (2025). His work bridges Environmental Humanities, Ecocriticism, and Postcolonial Literature, with a focus on Australian, Pacific, and South African contexts.

• Academic Qualifications: PhD in English Literature (University of Adelaide, 2023), Honours (2018), and dual Bachelor's degrees (2016).

His research explores Material Poetics and New Materialism, analyzing how literature engages with environmental crises and colonial legacies. Recent publications examine Australian modernism, desert landscapes, and Indigenous storytelling.

Key trends in his articles include:

• Ecocritical analysis of arid environments ('dust,' 'deserts')
• Postcolonial reclamation of Indigenous narratives
• Intersections of modernism and planetary-scale themes

Scientific Awards include the Bundey Prize (2023), Heather Kerr Prize (2022), and RTP Scholarship (2019). He supervises PhD student Arhea Marshall and has taught courses on Anthropocene literatures and Southern writing.