Biography

2007-8      Temporary Lecturer in Anthropology, Department of Social Sciences,  University of Hull

2006-7        Temporary Lecturer, Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford.

2003-6       ESRC Research Fellow, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Manchester.

2002-3        Temporary Lecturer, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Manchester.

2001          Ph.D. – Social Anthropology, University of St. Andrews. 

1993          M.Litt. – Amerindian Studies, University of St. Andrews. 

1982          B.Sc. (Hons.) Physics, University of Manchester.

Research Interests

Andes region (Bolivia); science, technology and expertise; development; animal-human relations; colonialism; the state; ethnohistory.

Research Grants

2010-11 British Academy Small Grant: Education, Citizenship and Democracy in Rural Bolivia funding for pilot study into adult/alternative education under the Morales administration.

2010 CASS research funding: Education, Citizenship and Democracy in Rural Bolivia

2003-6  ESRC Research Fellowship: The Reception and Interpretation of Science and Technology in non-Western contexts. 

2002  British Academy Small Grant

2000  Radcliffe-Brown Memorial Fund Award

External Responsibilities

Member of ESRC college of referees for postdoctoral fellowship applications

Member of planning committee for 'Seeking Bridges' conference, Oxford Brookes University.

Publications 

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