Staff members with discipline Anthropology
Academia develops at the interface of different fields. This is one reason why the University of Groningen is home to a wide range of fields, each with a great number of subject specialists. The overview below, which is based on a standard categorization of fields, will help you find the right expert for each field. If you cannot find the expert you are looking for in this list, try searching via a related field or faculty; you may find him or her there.
Amazonian languages, syntax, morphology, language documentation, language revitalization, ethnomusicology
My expertise is situated in the intersections of care and religious diversity, with a strong focus on gender, sexuality and the dynamics of religion and secularity.
My research projects include research on Christianity and Pentecostalism, secularity, ethics, NGOs and faith based organisations, health and prevention, youth care, education and foster care, international development, gender based violence, female leadership, women's agency and empowerment, sexuality education and sexual health programming, polarization and sexual nationalism.
I apply qualitative research methods, and have a particular interest in ethnographic and participatory research and creative (art-based) methodologies.
I have conducted research in and on The Netherlands and broader Western Europe, and in Sub Sahara Africa: Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, Ghana, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and South Africa
My work is always situated on the intersections of science and society and I have ample experience with knowledge valorisation, societal impact and applied research. In this I have a particular interest in how sound academic knowledge can empower and support marginalized people and communities.
Students who want to write their thesis on one of the themes mentioned above in relation to religion/ secularity and are interested in applying qualitative research methods may contact me.
My research projects include research on Christianity and Pentecostalism, secularity, ethics, NGOs and faith based organisations, health and prevention, youth care, education and foster care, international development, gender based violence, female leadership, women's agency and empowerment, sexuality education and sexual health programming, polarization and sexual nationalism.
I apply qualitative research methods, and have a particular interest in ethnographic and participatory research and creative (art-based) methodologies.
I have conducted research in and on The Netherlands and broader Western Europe, and in Sub Sahara Africa: Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, Ghana, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and South Africa
My work is always situated on the intersections of science and society and I have ample experience with knowledge valorisation, societal impact and applied research. In this I have a particular interest in how sound academic knowledge can empower and support marginalized people and communities.
Students who want to write their thesis on one of the themes mentioned above in relation to religion/ secularity and are interested in applying qualitative research methods may contact me.
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b.e.bartelink rug.nl
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Senior researcher / Assistant Professor
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socio-cultural anthropology, India (esp. Odisha)
theory and history of anthropology; anthropology of religion; indigenous religions; in relation to the aforementioned areas mainly the following topics: values, cosmology, ritual, food, death, cultural and religious change, Indian tribal (Adivasi) cultures, anthropology of India
theory and history of anthropology; anthropology of religion; indigenous religions; in relation to the aforementioned areas mainly the following topics: values, cosmology, ritual, food, death, cultural and religious change, Indian tribal (Adivasi) cultures, anthropology of India
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p.berger rug.nl
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Associate Professor of Indian Religions and the Anthropology of Religion
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Anthropology of Islam, everyday religion, pilgrimage studies, migration & Identity, Muslims in diaspora, Dialogical Self Theory, biographical Research
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Professor of Contemporary Islam
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Zooarchaeology; archaeology; Anthropocene; historical ecology; camels; groupers; sea turtles; archaeology of dairying; stable isotope analysis of archaeological organic remains; malacology; Bronze Age; Neolithic; Open Science; domestication
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c.cakirlar rug.nl
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Senior lecturer
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m.carpenedo.rodrigues rug.nl
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Assistant Professor and Marie Curie Fellow
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voice technology (speech analysis, speaker-state detection, prosodic and paralinguistic phenomena)
linguistics (agglutinative morphology, subtractive disfixation, Amazonian/Andean languages, minoritized languages)
cognition (sensory perception, semiotics, phenomenology, soundscapes)
linguistics (agglutinative morphology, subtractive disfixation, Amazonian/Andean languages, minoritized languages)
cognition (sensory perception, semiotics, phenomenology, soundscapes)
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m.coler rug.nl
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Associate Professor + Director of the MSc. Voice Technology
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critical (multimodal) discourse analysis; political and legal discourse; migration, integration, and (un)belonging; identity; language policy and multilingualism
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e.e.davis rug.nl
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Long-term human-environment relationships; Indigenous history and archaeology across the circumpolar Arctic; Tuniit (Late Dorset Paleo-Inuit) and Inuit culture history; Indigenous knowledge systems; ethnoarchaeology; zooarchaeology; multi-, inter- and transdisciplinary research methods
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Assistant Professor of Anthropological Archaeology
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African studies, international relations and development studies, cultural heritage, non-western history, history of European expansion, history of Dutch foreign policy (colonial policy, development policy)
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Reader in International Relations and African Studies (with ius promovendi)
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politics, poverty, conditional cash tranfers, policy implementation, racism, minorities, diversity, development anthropology/sociology
Dr Flávio Eiró (he/him) is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Arts (Minorities & Multilingualism), University of Groningen. He is also Director of Studies of the University Minor Development Studies.
Since 2012, he has conducted ethnographic research on electoral politics and conditional cash transfers in Northeast Brazil. Flávio has published widely on issues surrounding politics, poverty and anti-poverty policies, policy implementation, and climate change adaptation, with a special focus on Brazil.
Flávio teaches and researches issues related to politics of diversity and minorities, with a focus on race and racism.
Dr Flávio Eiró (he/him) is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Arts (Minorities & Multilingualism), University of Groningen. He is also Director of Studies of the University Minor Development Studies.
Since 2012, he has conducted ethnographic research on electoral politics and conditional cash transfers in Northeast Brazil. Flávio has published widely on issues surrounding politics, poverty and anti-poverty policies, policy implementation, and climate change adaptation, with a special focus on Brazil.
Flávio teaches and researches issues related to politics of diversity and minorities, with a focus on race and racism.
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Assistant Professor
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South America, Indigenous languages, migration, coffee, cocaine
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n.q.emlen rug.nl
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Assistant Professor of Language & Culture
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Sociolinguistics, Discourse Analysis, Multilingualism
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j.m.fuller rug.nl
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Chair, Language and Society
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Qualitative Methods
Anthropology
Social Impact Assessment
Environment, Social and Governance
International Development
Ethnography
Indigenous Ethnology
Project Management
Anthropology
Social Impact Assessment
Environment, Social and Governance
International Development
Ethnography
Indigenous Ethnology
Project Management
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Lecturer in Human Geography and Planning
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Archaeology and Anthropology of Circumpolar Peoples and Cultures
Kim Knibbe is Associate Professor Anthropology and Sociology of Religion. She has recently completed the project "Sexuality, Religion and Secularism" with Rachel Spronk (funded by NWO). She is now developing new research on pregnancy. Previous research focused on Catholicism and spirituality in the Netherlands and on Nigerian Pentecostalism in Europe and the Netherlands. She has also published a series of theoretical and methodological reflections on studying religion. For students: I only accept supervision of projects that employ qualitative research methods. I particularly welcome students who wish to do research on contemporary spirituality, Catholicism or Pentecostalism related to questions of work and/or gender/sexuality/pregnancy and birth.
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Associate Professor Sociology and Anthropology of Religion
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Uroš Kovač is a social anthropologist working on youth, gender, migration, religion, development, and sports. He has conducted ethnographic fieldwork in Cameroon, Kenya, Sierra Leone, and Europe. He is a Postdoctoral Fellow for the preparation of a Marie Sklodowska-Curie application at the Centre for Religion, Conflict, and Globalization (CRCG).
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u.kovac rug.nl
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Postdoctoral Fellow
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Comparative history of country houses and estates in the Netherlands and Europe; Anthropology of Religion; Historical Anthropology; History and Anthropology of Elites.
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y.b.kuiper rug.nl
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Emeritus Professor Faculty of Arts; endowed chair (Stichting Van der Wyck-de Kempenaer) Historic Country Houses and Estates; Emeritus Professor (endowed chair: Stichting Groninger Universiteitsfonds) Anthropology of Religion and Historical Anthropology
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Pilgrimage studies, Religious Tourism, Local Policy
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a.anwar.masduki rug.nl
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PhD student
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Communication advice, background articles, news and press releases, social media
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Advisor science communication
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z.e.pardoel umcg.nl
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Researcher and PhD-student
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Professor of Archaeology of northwestern Europe
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Jaana Serres is an anthropologist with a focus on global flows of popular culture in Africa and the Middle East. Her research investigates the moral dimension of contemporary capitalism through the lens of media and digital economies. From 2018 to 2021, Jaana was the Ioma Evans-Pritchard scholar in the social anthropology of Africa at Oxford University, where she completed her PhD on the global boom of Nigerian music. Prior to her academic career, she practiced law in New York, Paris and London.
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j.p.h.serres rug.nl
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Media, Cultural Industries & Society
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Svalbard; environmental memory; ethnography
Visual Anthropology, Documentary Filmmaking
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a.s.tucker rug.nl
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PhD student
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Secularism, the Secular, Sexuality, Gender, New forms of religiosity, Materiality, Western Buddhism Publications:
Schrijvers, L. L., & Wiering, J. (2018). Religious/secular discourses and practices of good sex. Culture and Religion , 1-21.
Wiering, J. (2017). There is a Sexular Body: Introducing a Material Approach to the Secular. Secularism and Nonreligion, 6 (8). http://doi.org/10.5334/snr.78
Wiering, J. (2016). “Others Think I am Airy-fairy”: Practicing Navayana Buddhism in a Dutch Secular Climate. Contemporary Buddhism, 17(2), 369-389. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14639947.2016.1234751
Schrijvers, L. L., & Wiering, J. (2018). Religious/secular discourses and practices of good sex. Culture and Religion , 1-21.
Wiering, J. (2017). There is a Sexular Body: Introducing a Material Approach to the Secular. Secularism and Nonreligion, 6 (8). http://doi.org/10.5334/snr.78
Wiering, J. (2016). “Others Think I am Airy-fairy”: Practicing Navayana Buddhism in a Dutch Secular Climate. Contemporary Buddhism, 17(2), 369-389. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14639947.2016.1234751
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j.o.wiering rug.nl
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postdoctoral researcher
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