Election statement: I studied anthropology in Italy and have been a nomadic academic since completion of my PhD in 2010, with fellowships in the USA, France and Germany. From 2014 to 2016 I was a lecturer at the University of Milan-Bicocca and I recently joined the Chr. Michelsen Institute in Norway as a senior researcher. I have conducted research mostly in Afghanistan and Pakistan focusing on law, human rights, war, freedom and humanitarianism. There are several challenges today for the anthropological community and EASA has a voice that should be heard. Three major issues are at the core of my candidature: affirming the crucial role of anthropology in the European institutional-research environment, today heavily influenced by policies in the “hard” sciences; developing interdisciplinary collaborations and cooperation between academic and non-academic anthropologists; encouraging the diversification of anthropological knowledge production, for example by supporting non-traditional, innovative journals and anthropology blogs, which today represent an important way to enhance our public engagement.
Nominating member: Julia Eckert (University of Bern). Supporting member: Thomas Hylland Eriksen (University of Oslo).