Ståle Wig
Academic interests
Economic anthropology, ethics, labor, markets, the state, money, social change, volunteering, aid work
Regional focus: Cuba, Southern Africa, Lesotho
Courses taught
ANTH4610 - Work, Capital and Business
SOSANT 1300 - Economic anthropology
SOSANT1200 - Politisk antropologi
MNKOM 3000/4000 - Formidling og vitenskapsjournalistikk
Background
Ph.D in Social Anthropology, University of Oslo (2020). Thesis: "Into the light. Rifts and relations in Cuba's market transformation".
MA in Social Anthropology, Univeristy of Oslo (2013). Thesis: “Awareness, morality and agency in development: New Lessons from Lesotho.” (Shortlisted for the MA Thesis Award, Norsk Forening for Utviklingsforskning)
Assistant, Research School, Centre for Development and the Environment, UiO
Author, Kagge publishers (2013)