Academic interests
I currently lead a research project entitled Forms of Ethics, Shapes of Finance: Ethnographic Explorations of the Limits of Contemporary Capital. The project is funded by the Research Council of Norway and explores how ethical notions and consideration are used to shape international finance flows, and how financial forms entail ethical considerations. The project centres on the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global (better known as the 'oil fund'), which currently is the world's largest sovereign wealth fund.
My previous work has primarily been conducted in Tanzania, where I have conducted long-term fieldwork in rural areas of Kilimanjaro Region, and in urban environments in Dar es Salaam and its surroundings. This has resulted in publications on a range of topics, such as kinship and marriage, witchcraft, ritual, modes of exchange, forms of knowledge, and cross-cultural comparison.
For more information regarding my research, see my page on Academia.edu
Background
I hold a D.Phil in Social Anthropology from the University of Oxford, and have previously held research and teaching positions at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Nordic Africa Institute, and the University of Oslo. I have also been attached to an ERC Advanced Grant project at the University of Bergen.
Awards
Nominated for Journal Article of the Year 2018, Universitetsforlaget.
Curl Essay Prize 2017, Royal Anthropological Institute.
Terence Ranger Prize for African Studies 2002, University of Oxford.
Partners
I collaborate with researchers at SUNY Binghamton, Stockholm University, University of Toronto, Bergen University Museum, Uppsala University, and Warwick University.