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Working Group for Public Anthropology

The Working Group for Public Anthropology (WGPA) is a new permanent initiative within EASA, formed in 2025 to help broaden the visibility, impact, and accessibility of anthropology. Developed in response to EASA’s Strategic Plan 2025–2029, the WGPA fosters critical, reflexive, and practice-based approaches to anthropology beyond the academic sphere.

The WGPA supports the work of the EASA in realising the Strategic Plan and its core aims, henceit will report its actions to the Executive. Members of the working groups serve an initial mandate of two years to operate from 2026–2028, renewable thereafter.

Aims and Objectives

The WGPA will establish its mandate and plan for the first term 2026-2028, which will be presented on this website. Overall, the aims and objectives of the WGPA are to support all EASA members in engaging in public anthropology through a variety of formats, activities, and offers, including but not limited to:

public media engagement and training, networking events with public institutions and professional communities beyond and outside of academia
the development and training regarding public-facing activities, including media training and the development of public policy work
continous work on building and promoting an ethical, inclusive, and reflexive public anthropology
exchange and promotion of lobbying initiatives across Europe, including the European Anthropology Days and Why Anthropology Matters on current challenges facing anthropology.