جست‌وجوی استاد و پژوهشگر

Alexander Dunlapمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Political Ecology
• Environmental Justice
• Extractive Development
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Alexander Dunlap is a Research Scientist at Boston University's Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS) and a visiting research fellow at the University of Helsinki's Global Development Studies department. He holds a PhD in Social Anthropology from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, an MSc in Modules from the University of Sussex (UK), an MA in Environment, Development and Policy from Sussex, and a BS in Political Science from Portland State University (USA). His work critically examines energy transitions, extractive industries, and the socioecological impacts of green capitalism. Research Interests: Political ecology of low-carbon technologies Green extractivism in global contexts Decolonial and anarchist approaches to sustainability State violence and counterinsurgency tactics Environmental justice in renewable energy projects Publications: Dunlap’s recent work focuses on solar energy injustices in California, industrial solar manufacturing in Ohio, and the militarization of nature. His articles interrogate how 'green' infrastructure reinforces colonial and capitalist systems, often through spatial dispossession and anti-Indigenous violence. Labs/Teams: Active in IGS research clusters studying infrastructural harm and energy justice. Co-editor of Human Geography , a journal promoting radical interdisciplinary scholarship. Future Work: Continuing research on solar project lifecycles, particularly mining-to-decommissioning impacts, and expanding analysis of Europe’s energy grid conflicts.

Julieta Chaparro-Buitragoمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر ارشد

• Reproductive Justice
• Decolonial Feminisms
• Reproductive Violence
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Dr. Julieta Chaparro-Buitrago is a Wellcome Trust Early Career Fellow in the Department of Sociology at the University of Cambridge, specializing in decolonial approaches to reproductive justice across Latin America. Her work bridges anthropology, gender studies, and environmental sociology through critical examinations of colonial power structures. Her educational foundation includes a PhD from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she received the Oriol Pi-Sunyer Dissertation Prize and multiple research awards recognizing her groundbreaking work on forced sterilization in Peru. Chaparro-Buitrago's research centers on how colonial legacies and extractive industries shape reproductive experiences of indigenous and peasant women. She develops innovative frameworks like Reproductive Extractivism to analyze connections between land exploitation, environmental contamination, and bodily sovereignty, challenging Western-centric reproductive rights paradigms through decolonial feminist methodologies. Her publication trajectory reveals expanding scope from Peru-focused ethnography to transnational comparisons (US, China) and environmental dimensions, consistently centering peasant epistemologies while critiquing state violence and repro-normative hierarchies. Her scientific recognition includes: Wellcome Trust Early Career Award (2022) Oriol Pi-Sunyer Dissertation Prize (2021) Armelagos-Swedlund Graduate Research Award (2018) Richard B. Woodbury Award (2015) Pre-Dissertation Research Award (2013) Her Wellcome-funded project on reproduction in Peru's extractive zones drives interdisciplinary collaboration with Cambridge Reproduction and the Cambridge Lactation Network, generating policy interventions for environmental reproductive justice amid climate crisis. She actively shapes discourse through the Cambridge Reproduction Forum and Reading Group, fostering cross-departmental dialogue on decolonizing reproduction research while mentoring emerging scholars in critical feminist methodologies.

• Climate change
• Environmental research
• Human ecology
• +۹ مورد دیگر

Tamara Artacker is a Researcher at the Institute of Social Ecology within the Department of Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU). Based in Vienna at Schottenfeldgasse 29, she has been actively contributing to the field since 2019, following the completion of her MA in International Development Studies from the University of Vienna in 2017. Her work bridges academic research with practical policy implications, particularly focused on Latin America and global environmental challenges. Artacker's educational background in International Development Studies has shaped her interdisciplinary approach to examining the complex relationships between society, environment, and economic systems. Her research spans multiple interconnected domains that address critical contemporary challenges facing communities worldwide. Her research interests center on political ecology, food sovereignty, ecofeminism, and sustainable agricultural systems. Artacker critically examines the structural inequalities embedded in global food systems, the impacts of climate change on agricultural communities, and the tensions between economic development models and ecological sustainability. Her work consistently highlights how extractive agricultural practices intersect with social injustices, particularly affecting vulnerable populations. She explores alternative models that prioritize community resilience, ecological balance, and social equity, with particular attention to the Global South and Latin American contexts. Artacker's extensive publication record reveals a strong focus on the intersections between environmental policy, agricultural practices, and social justice. Her research demonstrates consistent engagement with contemporary crises including the pandemic's impact on food systems, geopolitical conflicts affecting global food security, and the complex challenges of transitioning toward sustainable agricultural models. She has developed particular expertise in analyzing Ecuadorian agricultural policies and their implications for food sovereignty, while also examining broader regional and global patterns. As an active academic, Artacker regularly presents her research at international conferences and engages with diverse audiences through invited keynote speeches. Her work demonstrates a commitment to knowledge transfer beyond academic circles, with presentations addressing policymakers, practitioners, and community organizations working on food sovereignty and environmental justice issues.

Sharae Deckardمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• World Literature
• Postcolonial Literature
• Environmental Criticism
• +۱۷ مورد دیگر

Dr. Sharae Deckard is Associate Professor in World Literature at the School of English, Drama and Film, University College Dublin (UCD). She is a leading scholar in the fields of world literature, postcolonial ecocriticism, world-systems theory, and speculative fiction. She serves as Director of the UCD Environmental Humanities research strand and is a member of the Irish Humanities Alliance's Environmental Humanities Steering Group. Her editorial roles include co-editing Palgrave's New Comparisons in World Literature series and serving on the editorial board of Liverpool Studies in Literature and the Environment. Her research interests include: Postcolonial literature and environmental criticism World-systems and world-ecology approaches to literature Neoliberalism and cultural production Genre fiction, including ecogothic, ecohorror, cli-fi, and weird fiction Social reproduction feminism and gendered labor Peripheral modernism and critical irrealism Her recent publications reveal a strong focus on the intersections of capitalism, ecology, and cultural form, particularly in the Global South. Themes such as hydro-dependency, fossil capital, food and energy systems, and the socio-ecology of gendered labor recur across her work. Her 2024 article on 'women’s work' in world-literature and the co-authored book Tracking Capital exemplify her current trajectory in integrating Marxist, feminist, and ecological frameworks for literary analysis. Her scientific recognition includes the BACLS Edited Collection Prize for World Literature, Neoliberalism, and the Culture of Discontent . She has secured multiple research grants, including on food, energy, and climate representations, and is currently co-investigator on the 'Cultural Imaginaries of Just Transition' project. She advises and mentors students, though specific names are not listed. Her teaching portfolio is extensive, covering courses such as Reading World Literature, Global Science Fiction, Climate and Environment in Global Literature, and World-Systems/World-Literature. She has coordinated these modules for several years, demonstrating sustained pedagogical leadership. She is an active member of professional networks, including the Association for Study of Literature and the Environment (UK-Ireland) and the Postcolonial Studies Association (UK). She engages in public scholarship through radio and television appearances and has organized public events, such as an interview with author Mohsin Hamid.

Darren Bylerمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Anthropology
• Forced migration
• Gender studies
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Darren Byler is an Assistant Professor of International Studies at Simon Fraser University's School for International Studies. His research focuses on surveillance capitalism, stateless populations, and infrastructural colonialism in China, Central Asia, and Southeast Asia. He holds a Ph.D. in Sociocultural Anthropology from the University of Washington, an M.A. in East Asian Studies from Columbia University, and a B.A. in History & Visual Journalism from Kent State University. Byler's work examines how Chinese state and technological systems implement 'terror capitalism' through mass surveillance, internment camps, and labor systems targeting Uyghur populations. His monograph Terror Capitalism (2022) received major anthropological awards. Current projects include studying Chinese digital infrastructure's global expansion and Malaysia's 'safe city' systems. He co-leads the Xinjiang Documentation Project, amplifying Uyghur voices through testimonies and archival work, and publishes in public outlets like The Guardian and Noema Magazine . Teaching focuses include surveillance capitalism, Chinese international politics, and global development. His research has informed policy papers for institutions like the Wilson Center and Australian Parliament, addressing atrocity prevention and tech governance. Byler's transdisciplinary approach bridges academic ethnography with public advocacy against state violence.

Lisa Tilleyمشاهده پروفایل

مدرس ارشد

• Political Ecology
• Political Economy
• Socioecological Harm
• +۸ مورد دیگر

Dr. Lisa Tilley is a Senior Lecturer in Development Studies at SOAS University of London, where she serves as Convenor for the MSc Environment, Politics & Development program. She joined SOAS in 2021 after previous roles at the University of Warwick, Queen Mary University of London, and Birkbeck. Senior Lecturer in Development Studies Convenor: MSc Environment, Politics & Development Coordinator: London Political Ecology Collective Lisa Tilley’s research bridges critical political ecology, political economy, and decolonial theory, with a focus on socioecological harm, extractivism, and the intersections of race, gender, and class in Indonesia and Southeast Asia. Her work interrogates colonial and capitalist structures in resource frontiers like plantations, mines, and cities. Her recent publications explore themes such as: Neoliberal racial capitalism and its ecological consequences Anti-racist climate justice frameworks Colonial legacies in resource extraction Indigenous protective ontologies Gendered dimensions of urban evictions Planetary political economy of the Global Majority Lisa supervises PhD students researching topics including labor regimes, water politics, racial capitalism, and settler colonial territoriality.

Joanna Allanمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Resistance to Neocolonial Natural Resource Exploitation
• Histories of Women's Anti-Colonial Resistance Movements
• Saharawi and Equatoguinean Literatures
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Joanna Allan is an Associate Professor in the Geography and Environmental Sciences Department at Northumbria University, affiliated with the Centre for International Development. Her research focuses on resistance to neocolonial natural resource exploitation, histories of women's anti-colonial movements, Saharawi and Equatoguinean literatures, environmental justice, and energy-culture relationships. She holds a PhD in Hispanic Studies (2016) and was awarded the Philip Leverhulme Prize (2022) for her work in languages and literature. Current projects include an AHRC Fellowship investigating poetry and diplomacy in Western Sahara, producing a bilingual Saharawi poetry anthology and recordings for the British Library's Sound Archive. Her book Saharan Winds: Energy Systems and Aeolian Imaginaries in Western Sahara (2024) examines wind energy's cultural and political impacts. Her earlier work, Silenced Resistance (2019), received multiple accolades, including a shortlist for the African Studies Association Fage Prize and runner-up for the International Studies Association's Feminist Theory Prize. Education: PhD in Hispanic Studies, 2016 Awards: Philip Leverhulme Prize (2022) Grants: AHRC Fellowship (ongoing) Her research also addresses Saharawi solidarity, including her role as former President of Western Sahara Resource Watch. Key themes in her publications include colonial energy systems, gendered resistance, and decolonizing narratives in literature.

Pierre-Philippe Fraitureمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• twentieth- and twenty-first century French and Belgian literatures
• colonial writing and discourses
• francophone postcolonial literature and thought
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Pierre-Philippe Fraiture is a Professor in the Department of French Studies at the University of Warwick. His research focuses on twentieth- and twenty-first century French and Belgian literatures, particularly colonial writing and discourses, francophone postcolonial literature from Sub-Saharan Africa, African philosophy, and the intersection of African literature with visual arts and extractivism. He has secured significant funding from the AHRC, British Academy, and European Research Council, and serves as a Research Associate at the CNRS-funded 'Les Afriques dans le monde' team at Sciences Po, Bordeaux. Research areas span colonial memory, African philosophical traditions, and extractivist narratives Recipient of ERC Consolidator Grant (2020-2025) and Leverhulme Research Fellowship (2025, 15 months) Editorial roles: Regional editor for Belgium in A Historical Companion to Postcolonial Literatures , co-editor of special journal issues Teaches modules including Postcolonial Literatures in French , Colonial Memory , and French Crime Fiction His recent publications examine Congolese cultural production, extractivism in African art, and translations of African thought. He has supervised doctoral research on postcolonial theory, political Islamism in Algeria, and Caribbean-Haitian literary analysis, while currently guiding five theses on topics ranging from Conan Doyle's reception in China to contemporary crime fiction. As Corresponding Fellow of the Académie Royale des Sciences d’Outre-Mer (Brussels) since 2015, he contributes to international academic networks. His ERC-funded project (2020-2025) investigates African philosophy and genres, while his Leverhulme-funded monograph DRC Extractivism across the Arts and Literature analyzes resource exploitation narratives. He has presented research at institutions like Cornell, Amherst, and the University of Edinburgh, and served on university committees including the Equality and Inclusion Forum. Key Awards : European Research Council Consolidator grant (2020-2025) Leverhulme Research Fellowship (2025) British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship Corresponding Fellow, Académie Royale des Sciences d’Outre-Mer (2015)

Julia Suárez-Krabbeمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Decolonization
• Racism
• Human Rights
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Julia Suárez-Krabbe is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and Arts at Roskilde University (Denmark). Her research focuses on racism, human rights, decolonization, and knowledge production in Europe and the Americas. She collaborates closely with refugee movements, examining state-sanctioned racism in Danish deportation camps and exploring ontological/existential dimensions of decolonization. She holds a Distinguished Research Associate position at the Ali Mazrui Centre for Higher Education. Key research areas include multiculturalism from southern theories, gender studies, and the intersection of law/ethics with human rights. She has published extensively on topics like non-knowledge in education, indigenous resistance in Colombia, and Eurocentric crises. Recent projects include 'Freedom of Movements. The Practice of Resistance' (2025-2026) and 'Rethinking Democracy from the Global South' (ongoing since 2017). Notable contributions include analyzing colonial legacies in Danish policies, advocating for decolonial pedagogical reforms, and documenting struggles against extractivism in Latin America. Her work bridges academic scholarship with grassroots activism through collaborations with global south scholars and marginalized communities.

Georgina Ramsayمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Political Anthropology
• Legal Anthropology
• Refugee Studies
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Georgina Ramsay is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Delaware's College of Arts & Sciences. She serves as an affiliate faculty member in the Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences and holds editorial and leadership positions as co-editor of Political and Legal Anthropology Review and board member of the Association for Political and Legal Anthropology. Dr. Ramsay earned her Ph.D. from the University of Newcastle, Australia. Her research fundamentally explores displacement as a lens to examine global precarity and instability, challenging the notion that displacement is exceptional rather than a general condition of contemporary life. With extensive multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork, she has conducted research with refugees from Central Africa in Uganda and Australia, internally displaced persons in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and people experiencing homelessness in the United States. Her scholarly work critically examines how displacement reflects and reinforces structures of inequality, with particular attention to the temporal dimensions of refuge and the control of possible futures. Dr. Ramsay's publications span prestigious journals including Humanity , Anthropological Theory , Critique of Anthropology , and Public Culture , alongside public-facing commentary in outlets like Slate , The Conversation , and New Matilda . Her influential book Impossible Refuge: The Control and Constraint of Refugee Futures (Routledge, 2018) provides a theoretical foundation for understanding refugee experiences beyond conventional politico-legal frameworks. Dr. Ramsay's recent scholarship demonstrates a consistent focus on deexceptionalizing displacement, examining how forced migration intersects with broader global conditions of insecurity. Her work increasingly addresses the temporal dimensions of displacement, the political economy of refugee regimes, and the gendered experiences of displacement, particularly among Central African refugee women. She has also expanded her research to address the impacts of climate change, political instability, and economic precarity on global displacement patterns. Selected for The Conversation Yearbook 2016: 50 Standout Articles from Australia's Top Thinkers Co-editor of Political and Legal Anthropology Review Board member of the Association for Political and Legal Anthropology Dr. Ramsay is actively engaged in public scholarship and community outreach, as evidenced by her participation in events like TEDxDelaware where she discussed refugees, citizens, and the rise of displacement. She has contributed to media discussions about refugee experiences and has been involved in campus initiatives addressing displacement, including the 'Hostile Terrain 94' art installation representing casualties at the US-Mexico border. As a migrant within the United States herself, Dr. Ramsay is committed to creating more safe, welcoming, and receptive communities for all humans regardless of legal, political, social, or economic backgrounds.

• International environmental policy
• Climate policy
• Energy policy
• +۸ مورد دیگر

Prof. Dr. Kristina Dietz is a Professor at the Department of International Relations with a focus on Latin America at the University of Kassel. She is also a board member of the Maria Sibylla Merian Center for Advanced Latin American Studies (CALAS) and the Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos (CELA) . Her work bridges academic research with policy engagement, focusing on socio-ecological conflicts in Latin America. Academic Appointments: Professor, University of Kassel (since 2023) Professor of Political Science Development Research, University of Vienna (2022-2023) Acting Professor, University of Kassel (2020-2022) Research Focus: Dr. Dietz specializes in International Environmental Policy , Energy Transitions , and Green Extractivism . Her work examines how global energy demands intersect with local socio-ecological conflicts, particularly in Colombia and Argentina. She explores tensions between sustainability goals and resource exploitation, emphasizing democracy theory , social movements , and critical agrarian studies . Publications & Projects: Her recent 2025 articles in Political Geography and Nomos eLibrary analyze green hydrogen transitions and energy policy in Latin America. She co-led the GLOCON project (2014-2019) on land conflicts in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa, funded by Germany’s BMBF . Earlier, she directed the Fair Fuels? project on biofuel policy (2009-2013). Scientific Awards: Fellow, desiguALdades.net (2013-2014) Advising & Grants: Dr. Dietz has supervised academic work through research groups and editorial collaborations. Her projects have received funding from Germany’s BMBF and international networks. Labs/Teams: She co-founded the GLOCON research group (2014-2019) and contributed to the Fair Fuels? project (2009-2013), both addressing socio-ecological conflicts in resource extraction.

Peter Schmidtمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• U.S. literature
• literary history
• cultural history
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Peter Schmidt is the William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of English Literature at Swarthmore College, with cross-appointments in Environmental Studies and Black Studies. He teaches courses in U.S. literature and literary and cultural history, with a particular focus on fiction and poetry in the twentieth century. His research interests span U.S. literature, critical race studies, ecopoetry, and postcolonial theory. Schmidt's current work centers on contemporary fiction and poetry (particularly from the 1960s onward) and their implications for understanding family, nation, and cosmopolitanism. He is completing a book titled Upcycling Ecopoetry , which explores how poetry can contribute to ecological thinking and community-making in the age of climate crisis. Schmidt's publications include Sitting in Darkness: New South Fiction, Education, and the Rise of Jim Crow Colonialism, 1865-1920 (2008), Making and Unmaking Whiteness in Early New South Fiction After the Civil War (2012), and The Heart of the Story: Eudora Welty's Short Fiction (1991), which won the C. Hugh Holman Award for Southern Literary Criticism. His most recent scholarly activity focuses on the intersection of poetry, environmental crisis, and social justice. His teaching portfolio includes regular courses such as English 009H 'Portraits of the Artist,' English 52A 'U.S. Fiction 1900-1950,' English 52B 'U.S. Fiction 1945 to the Present,' and English 53 'Modern American Poetry,' along with occasional offerings like 'The Lyric Poem in English' and 'The Short Story in the U.S.' Schmidt has won recognition for his scholarship, most notably the C. Hugh Holman Award. His recent blog posts and academic writing demonstrate his commitment to exploring how literature, particularly poetry, can address contemporary crises of climate change and social inequality. As an educator at Swarthmore College, Schmidt has taught for over forty years, noting that many of his courses have been cross-listed with Black Studies or Environmental Studies. He has taught numerous first-generation students and students of color, observing how literature classes provide spaces for students to explore new perspectives and challenge dominant narratives.

Paula Serafiniمشاهده پروفایل

مدرس ارشد

• Cultural Politics
• Extractivism
• Social Movements
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Dr. Paula Serafini is a Senior Lecturer in Creative and Cultural Industries and Programme Director of the MA Creative Industries and Arts Organisation at Queen Mary University of London (School of Business and Management). She holds a PhD in Social and Cultural Analysis from King’s College London, alongside an MA in Anthropology and Cultural Politics (Goldsmiths) and a BA in Art History and Arts Management (Universidad del Salvador, Argentina). Her research focuses on cultural politics, extractivism, socioecological transitions, and art activism, with a particular emphasis on Latin America. She is affiliated with multiple research centres, including Borderlines: Action Research Cluster in Creative and Cultural Economies and the Centre for Studies of Home. Her work bridges academia and practice, including collaborations with cultural sector organizations and curatorial projects. Key publications include Creating Worlds Otherwise: Art, Collective Action and (Post)Extractivism (2022) and Performance Action: The Politics of Art Activism (2018). Her research has been funded by the British Academy and recognized with an honourable mention from the Latin American Studies Association (2023). Dr. Serafini’s current projects include the MUTUA initiative exploring socioecological transitions through cultural production, and research on sovereignty in social movements. She advises on cultural policy and contributes to art projects addressing environmental justice and decolonial frameworks.

Judith Verweijenمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Political Geography
• Political Ecology
• Conflict Studies
• +۲ مورد دیگر

Judith Verweijen is Assistant Professor at Utrecht University's Faculty of Geosciences, specializing in political geography and conflict studies with empirical focus on eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Her research examines intersections between armed conflict, natural resource governance, and environmental change. Current projects include 'Environments of Demobilization' (Folke Bernadotte Academy-funded) analyzing climate-security-DDR linkages in Congo and Nigeria, and monitoring MONUSCO peacekeeping withdrawal impacts in South Kivu (International Alert-contracted). Verweijen investigates how resource conflicts interact with armed mobilization in protracted violence contexts. Publication analysis reveals core themes: 1) political sociology of public authority and armed groups, 2) environmental peacebuilding critiques, 3) extractive industry governance, and 4) infrastructure-conflict relationships. Her methodological approach combines political ecology with microdynamics of violence analysis.

• Cultural Theory
• Theatre and Performance Studies
• Digital Media
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Dr. Evelyn Wan is an Assistant Professor in Media, Arts, and Society at Utrecht University’s Department of Media and Culture Studies. She serves as Programme Coordinator for the MA Arts and Society program, teaches courses on contemporary performance practice, cultural theory, and research methodologies, and contributes to interdisciplinary curriculum innovation in Humane AI. Her research bridges decolonial media studies, performance studies, and AI ethics, weaving alternative genealogies between historical technologies and contemporary AI. Education Research MA Media and Performance Studies (cum laude, Utrecht University, 2014) MA Gender Studies (cum laude, Utrecht University, 2011) Bachelor of Social Sciences (Government and Laws, First Class Honours, University of Hong Kong) Wan’s research explores the ethics of technology through decolonial and gendered lenses, focusing on algorithmic violence, posthuman spirituality, and the necropolitics of digital culture. She combines artistic practice with scholarly inquiry, staging performances that interrogate AI, maritime histories, and mythologies. Her recent publications span topics including AI imaginaries, spectral care methods, and decolonial AI ethics, reflecting her interdisciplinary approach. These works intersect with her creative projects like Archaeologies of AI and Beyond the Shore , which employ inter-Asian ocean histories, gender studies, and religious studies frameworks. Scientific Awards Praemium Erasmianum Foundation Dissertation Prize (2019) Wan’s advisory roles include serving on the Board of Directors for Performance Studies international (PSi) and founding the PSi Future Advisory Board (2014–2019). She integrates artistic practice with academia as a founding member of Hong Kong’s If Time’s Limited artist collective, funded by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council and Hong Kong Arts Centre.