Professor Paul Sillitoe FBA
- Fellow type
- UK Fellow
- Year elected
- 2006
- Subjects
- Anthropology
- Sections
- Anthropology and Geography
Summary
Paul Sillitoe is a professor in Durham University's Anthropology Department. His research interests focus on human-environment relations, notably local natural resource management strategies and farming systems, having a background in both anthropology and agricultural science. A champion of indigenous knowledge in development and its incorporation into projects, particularly in the context of sustainable livelihood initiatives and appropriate technologies, he specialises in social change, livelihoods and technology, environment and conservation, biocultural diversity and land issues, human ecology and ethno-science, and has experience of working with several international development agencies. He has conducted extensive fieldwork in the S.W. Pacific region, notably in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, where he has sought to locate and understand the 'economy', and is involved in projects in South Asia researching local environmental knowledge and development programmes, and recently worked in the Gulf region on sustainable development initiatives and conservation issues.
Current post
Professor of Anthropology, University of Durham
Past appointments
University of Durham Professor of Anthropology, University of Durham
1997 -
University of Durham Professor of Anthropology, University of Durham
1997 -
University College Durham University of Durham Lecturer to Reader to Professor
1984 -
LaTrobe University Lecturer
1980 - 1984
University of Manchester Simon Fellow
1978 - 1980
University of Manchester
1978 - 1980
Publications
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