DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY

Current MPhil / PhD Students

Name, email address
(pre / in the / post field)

Area Interest

Topical Interests

Al-Rustom, Hakem
H.A.Al-Rustom@lse.ac.uk
(in the field)

France / Algeria

Migration; labour; Islam

Arumugam, Indira
I.Arumugam@lse.ac.uk
(post fieldwork)

Tamil Nadu, India and Singapore

Migration; kinship and caste; modernity

Barbosa, Gustavo
G.Barbosa@lse.ac.uk
(in the field)

Middle East, Lebanon, Palestinian Camps

Masculinity, youth, structural violence

Bell, Eona 
E.M.Bell@lse.ac.uk 
(post fieldwork)

China and Scotland

Migration; kinship; education

Berthin, Michael
M.Berthin@lse.ac.uk
(pre fieldwork)

Japan

Social robots; science and technology studies; culture and cognition

Bolt, Maxim
M.Bolt@lse.ac.uk
(post fieldwork)

Zimbabwe and South Africa

Migration; community cohesion; historical narratives

Bovensiepen, Judith
J.M.Bovensiepen@lse.ac.uk
(post fieldwork)

East Timor

Landscape, memory and conflict

Boydell, Vicky 
V.J.Boydell@lse.ac.uk 
(post fieldwork)

United Kingdom

Kinship; gender; sexuality and contraception

Boylston, Thomas
T.A.Boylston@lse.ac.uk
(in the field)

Highland Ethiopia

Christianity; spirit possession; health practice

Calis, Irene
I.Calis@lse.ac.uk
(post fieldwork)

Occupied Palestinian Territories

Social reproduction and systemic oppression

Cant, Alanna
A.Cant@lse.ac.uk
(in the field)

Oaxaca, Mexico

Handicrafts and tourism; indigenous politics; materiality

Chamberlain-Creanga, Rebecca
R.Chamberlain-Creanga@lse.ac.uk
(post fieldwork)

Moldova, former Soviet Union

Global capitalism and economic change, identity formation, post-socialist conflict and governance

Chong, Kimberly
K.Z.Chong@lse.ac.uk
(in the field)

China

Anthropology of reason; cross-cultural (mis)understanding; economics; ethnography of organizations

Datta, Ankur
A.Datta@lse.ac.uk
(post fieldwork)

Jammu and Kashmir

Suffering, violence, migration and displacement

de Wilde, Roeland 
R.M.De-Wilde@lse.ac.uk
(post fieldwork)

Northern India

Narcotics and the State; regulation; informal sector structures

Dow, Katharine
K.L.Dow@lse.ac.uk
(post fieldwork)

Scotland

Parenthood and relatedness; exchange and consumption; nature and science

Fang, I-chieh
I.Fang@lse.ac.uk
(in the field)

China

Co-operation and competition; intention; economic learning

Frantz, Elizabeth 
E.A.Frantz@lse.ac.uk 
(post fieldwork)

Jordan and Sri Lanka

Migration; gender; domestic work

Furberg Moe, Cathrine
M.C.Furberg-Moe@lse.ac.uk
(in the field)

Israel

Nationalism; education; place; Mizrahim; the Arab/Jewish divide.

Giehmann, Florent
F.Y.Giehmann@lse.ac.uk 
(post fieldwork)

Central Java, Indonesia

Religious & ritual practice / symbolism; power; Islam

Hann, Agnes
A.C.Hann@lse.ac.uk
(in the field)

West Africa, Senegal

Women; work; power

Heitmeyer, Carrie
C.M.Heitmeyer@lse.ac.uk
(post fieldwork)

Gujarat, India

Islam, local notions of modernity, identity

Hoffmann, Michael
M.P.Hoffmann@lse.ac.uk
(in the field)

Nepal

Social movements, labour, democracy

Hull, Lizzie
E.A.Hull@lse.ac.uk
(post fieldwork)

South Africa & UK

Migration; gender; health

Jandreau, Charles
C.E.Jandreau@lse.ac.uk
(in the field)

SE Siberia

Economic socialization; post-socialism; cognition

Johnston, James
J.E.Johnston@lse.ac.uk
(post fieldwork)

PR China

Education and learning; theories of knowledge; identities and subjectivities

Kraemer, Daniela
D.A.Kraemer@lse.ac.uk
(pre fieldwork)

Vanuatu, South Pacific

Children; urbanization; identity construction

Mann, Gillian
G.R.Mann@lse.ac.uk
(in the field)

DRC and Tanzania

Child development; kinship; refugees; secrecy

Martin, Nicolas
N.E.Martin@lse.ac.uk
(post fieldwork)

Pakistan

Landlords; domination; Islam

Michelet, Aude
A.P.Michelet@lse.ac.uk
(in the field)

Mongolia

Kinship and gender; learning processes; folktheories of knowledge transmission.

Miguel Lorenzo, Laura Alexandra
L.A.Miguel-Lorenzo@lse.ac.uk
(pre fieldwork)

Solomon Islands, Melanesia

Domestic Violence, Agency, Christianity and Gendered Subjectivities, Urban Anthropology

Milicevic, Zorana
Z.Milicevic@lse.ac.uk
(pre fieldwork)

Mexico

Morality; child development; gender

Mullard, Jordan
J.C.Mullard@lse.ac.uk
(post fieldwork)

Rajasthan, India

Caste; class; religion

Nasca, Tracy
T.D.Nasca@lse.ac.uk
(in the field)

China

Migration / displacement; landscape; anthropology of place and kinship

Pes, Luca 
L.G.Pes@lse.ac.uk 
(in the field)

West Africa, Mali

Land rights; Property; Rural development; Globalisation and International Financial Institutions

Quiroz Uria, Sitna
S.Quiroz-Uria@lse.ac.uk
(pre fieldwork)

West Africa, Benin

Governance, corruption, Christianity, religious conversion

Regnier, Denis
D.A.Regnier@lse.ac.uk
(in the field)

Madagascar

Cognition; ideology; marginalization; post-slave societies

Roberts, Daniel
D.W.Roberts@lse.ac.uk
(post fieldwork)

China

Kinship; rural economic development; social impacts of government policy

Robinson, Dave
D.Robinson@lse.ac.uk 
(in the field)

New Zealand

Urban Maori; Myth; Indigenism

Sanchez, Andrew
A.Sanchez1@lse.ac.uk
(post fieldwork)

India

Class; Labour; Nationalism

Sapritsky, Marina
M.Sapritsky@lse.ac.uk
(post fieldwork)

Ukraine, Former Soviet Union

Migration; history and memory; Jewish Identity

Sheild-Johansson, Miranda
C.M.Sheild-Johansson@lse.ac.uk
(in the field)

Bolivia

Indigenous politics; collectivist politics; land

Shinde, Pradeep
P.K.Shinde@lse.ac.uk
(post fieldwork)

Mumbai, India

Social Transformation; Anthropology of De Notified Tribes

Shuttleworth, Judy
J.C.Shuttleworth@lse.ac.uk
(pre fieldwork)

UK

Islam, orthodoxy and diversity in a London community, religious practice and identity

Singh, Yasna 
Y.Singh@lse.ac.uk 
(post fieldwork)

Central Eastern India

Caste; Dalits; Social Movements

Somogyi, Gábor
G.L.Somogyi@lse.ac.uk
(in the field)

Southeast Asia

Drugs; social transformation; development

Sorrentino, Marcello
M.Sorrentino1@lse.ac.uk
(post fieldwork)

Piaui / Brazil

Development & rapid cultural change; self and ontology

St. Clair, George
G.St.Clair@lse.ac.uk
(post fieldwork)

Brazil, Latin America

Global Christian Fundamentalism

Steinmuller, Hans
J.Steinmuller@lse.ac.uk
(post fieldwork)

China

Rural development; consumerism; selfhood and identity

Vaughan, Lincoln
C.L.Vaughan@lse.ac.uk
(post fieldwork)

Honduras and Guatemala

Indigenous Movements; Memory; Social Classification

Vincent, Sarah
S.J.Vincent@lse.ac.uk
(in the field)

Tunisia

Gender; Women's Rights; Legal Reform

Wang, Chih-yuan
C.Wang1@lse.ac.uk
(post fieldwork)

China

Justice; Fairness; Cognition and Child Development

Washburn, Daniel
D.G.Washburn@lse.ac.uk
(post fieldwork)

Russia

Religious conversions; post-socialism; democracy

Widger, Tom
T.Widger@lse.ac.uk
(post fieldwork)

Sri Lanka

Self-harm and suicide; kinship and caste; morality and economic life

Wilde, Matthew
M.W.Wilde@lse.ac.uk
(pre fieldwork)

Venezuela

Marginal living; land rights; social change

Zhang, Hui
H.Zhang3@lse.ac.uk 
(post fieldwork)

China

Envy, inequality and social transformation

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