Researcher Portraits

Get to know some of the researchers at the department better. Read about their research areas, fieldwork and why they do what they do.

Mats Utas

Violent gangs, the role of assistants in research and a personal journey of discovery in Japan.

Existential fears, global wars and to see cracks in the narrative of good versus evil.

Anthropology and the medical fields, unexpected research findings and working with disasters.

About the political power in music, the ethnological ID in working life, and how good people create bad effects.

Researches the post-apartheid lives of white South Africans.

Fieldwork among big and small projects in Cairo.

People’s relationships with water, the role of anthropology in fighting climate change, and the ethical aspects of environmental degradation

Scrutinizing the power aspects of naming and depicting cultural heritage on Gotland.

Totalizing sustainability.

Tools to catch the desires of inhabitants.

Breaking the glass ceiling in Burkina Faso.