Claudia Lang
I am interested in how people rethink mental health in times of increasing digitalization and changing environments.
Lukas Ley
Anthropology allows me to unravel and build towards other futures.
Abduletif Kedir Idris
Anthropology allows me to explore the role of law in the struggle for justice in contexts devoid of rule of law.
Arne Harms
Anthropology enables me to understand how people live with transforming environments.
Bayar Dashpurev
My work examines the effects of environmental rights in the south Gobi, where mining is the dominant activity.
Hanna Nieber
My research centers on astronomers in Madagascar whose research on outer space connects them to the world and places them on Malagasy grounds.
Sophie Nakueira
With ethnographic methods I can capture how laws and policies are experienced by people in particular contexts and provide insights into why policies work or fail.
Samiksha Bhan
Anthropology enables me to explore how people make sense of disease and demand care in situations of marginality.
Biao Xiang
I wish to explore what kinds of change are possible when we face deep uncertainty and structural stagnation at the same time.
Hatem Elliesie
The fundamental idea underlying my research is the desire to better understand the diversity of values and legal perceptions within a society.
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