Sarah Hamilton

Sarah Hamilton is an Associate Professor in Environmental History at the Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion, University of Bergen. Her research focuses on interdisciplinary environmental history, emphasizing conservation, multispecies entanglements, and the construction of environmental knowledge/ignorance. She leads the Environmental Humanities Research Group, fostering global perspectives on ecological issues.

Her work spans historical case studies in Spain, France, and transnational contexts, addressing groundwater management, toxic contamination, and socio-political dimensions of environmental activism. Key contributions include analyses of environmental policies under authoritarian regimes and the interplay between local communities and global environmental challenges.

• Research Interests: Environmental History, Conservation, Water Resource Management, Historical Ecology, Knowledge Production, Political Ecology.
• Publications: Includes monographs like Cultivating Nature (2018) and articles on groundwater governance, Franco-era protests, and transnational environmental dynamics.
• Awards: None explicitly listed in provided texts.
• Grants/Advising: No specific grants mentioned; no advisees listed in texts.
• Labs/Teams: Leads the Environmental Humanities Research Group at UiB.