Current research
My current project is the RCN Young Researcher Talent project ResBod: Resisting Bodies: The Politics and Practices of the Immune System. The project consists of close empirical studies of vaccine development, comparative immunology and immune therapy and draws upon resources from science and technology studies, human geography, human-animal studies, and medical anthropology. The main aims of the project are: to produce knowledge about innovations in and of the life sciences, and how they are tied to and negotiated against ethical, institutional, and economic values; to produce knowledge about contemporary immunological approaches and methods, and how they consist of careful choreographies of humans and nonhumans: and lastly, to experiment with methods and analytical perspectives to study life science and society.
Academic interests
I have a background in social anthropology and cultural and environmental studies, and a PhD in Science and technology studies (STS) and Ethics. The overarching interest reflected in my work is how science and politics work upon, modify, care for, come to know, value, and regulate the relationships with nonhumans and our natural environments, and how practices and regimes change over time and vary across contexts and situations.
