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The research environment at Aberdeen is currently very conducive to the development of anthropological scholarship. Besides those staff working in the Department of Anthropology, there are already a number of anthropologists working in other departments and units of the University, including Dr Martin Mills and Dr Will Tuladhar-Douglas in the School of Divinity, History and Philosophy, and Dr Trevor Stack in the School of Language & Literature. The Department enjoys close research links with the Elphinstone Institute (which specialises in the ethnology of Northeast Scotland), the Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies, the Centre for Early Modern Studies, and other Departments in and beyond the College of Arts and Social Sciences, including Sociology, History, Geography and Environment (which includes the Institute for Rural Research), Property, Politics & International Relations (including the Nordic Policy Studies Centre), and Plant & Soil Science.
Anthropology staff and research students in the Department with northern interests have also joined with colleagues in Geography and Environment, and Plant and Soil Science, to form the Aberdeen Northern Studies Centre. The Centre is part of the Aberdeen Research Consortium, which includes the Macaulay Institute for Land Use Research and the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology at Banchory. For staff and students with interests in material culture, the University's Marischal Museum has one of the finest collections of ethnographic material in the UK, offering unparalleled opportunities for the ‘hands-on' study of artefacts and for the development of research into the intertwined histories of persons and things.
Other recent developments in the University include the establishment of a Centre for Scandinavian Studies and a new programme of research and teaching in Archaeology, both offering further opportunities for collaboration.
The editorial office for the international journal Sibirica: Interdisciplinary Journal of Siberian Studies is based in the Department as are half the members of the international editorial board. The journal provides wide exposure to current trends in Siberian research as well as offering postgraduate students experience in editing and reviewing.
