- Fellow type
- UK Fellow
- Year elected
- 2021
- Sections
- Anthropology and Geography
Laura Bear specialises in the anthropology of the economy, bureaucracy, infrastructures and time, particularly in South Asia and the UK. Her current research examines the unequal effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on disadvantaged communities paying attention to the disruption of caring relations and new forms of the public good. She works on community co-produced policy with government organisations such as SAGE and MHCLG.