Professor Michael Watts FBA

The political economy of resources with a particular focus on the oil and gas and energy sectors, and on food and agriculture in the Global South (Africa in particular)
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Fellow type
International Fellow
Year elected
2019
Subjects
Anthropology

Current post

University of California, Berkeley Emeritus Class of 63 and Chancellor’s Professor of Geography and Development Studies

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Professor Ruth Finnegan FBA

Social & Cultural Anthropology, Other Branches

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Professor Jonathan D Rigg FBA

Agrarian transitions in Asia with a focus on livelihoods and living; migration, mobility and rural-urban relations; resilience and adaptation to natural hazards and environmental change; Southeast Asia area studies

Jonathan Rigg FBA

Professor Jane M Jacobs FBA

Urban and Cultural Geography, built environment heritage, architecture and society, history of high-rise housing; indigenous land rights and cultural property, Aboriginal and settler relations, post-colonialism

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