Curriculum Vitae
Experience
Research Fellow, Max-Planck Institute for Social Anthropology; Halle/S. — March 2016–Present
Fieldwork in Baku, Azerbaijan. Applying a mixed quantitative–qualitative methodology (survey, interviews and participant observation) to research everyday household financial practices and use of financial instruments by different segments of Baku’s population.
Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, University of Reading; UK — August 2015–March 2016
Fieldwork in Almaty Oblast’, Kazakhstan. Applied Rapid Appraisal of Agricultural Innovation Systems (RAAIS) methodology to examine adaptation capacity of farming system to projected climate change impacts.
Post-Graduate Teaching Assistant, University College London; UK — September 2015-March 2016
Taught and assessed modules in first year course “Introduction to European History, Law, Politics and Philosophy”.
Senior Academic Consultant, Mouseion Professors; London, UK — 2013–2015
Helped commission and develop analyses of key works in anthropology as course content for e-learning company. Wrote and presented educational podcasts.
Post-Graduate Teaching Assistant (supervisor), University of Cambridge; UK — 2011–2013
Taught modules in Anthropology of Cities and Space, Anthropology of Colonialism and Empire, Political Economy and Social Transformations, Theory & Methods, Study Skills. Supervised undergraduate dissertation project.
Short-term Consultant, World Bank; Washington, D.C. — 2008
Assisted in preparation of two human development projects in Madagascar.
Education
University of Cambridge, UK — Ph.D. in Social Anthropology, 2016
Dissertation: Political Economy and Social Transformation in Baku, Azerbaijan
University of Cambridge, UK — M.Phil. in Social Anthropological Analysis, 2008
University College London, UK — BA Hons in European Social and Political Studies, 2007
Skills & Interests
Ethnographic and participant research methods, academic editing and translating, photography
Languages
English, French (fluent), Russian (proficient), German (proficient), Swedish (intermediate)