Chiara Chiavaroli

Teaching Fellow

Contact details

Address

Street

5.14
Chrystal Macmillan Building
Country (Address) UK

City
Edinburgh
Post code
EH8 9LD

Biography

Background

Chiara is an anthropologist by training, working across environmental anthropology and feminist geography. She investigates the politics of chemical risk management in Colombia and the interplay between women’s reproductive health and processes of toxic environmental degradation. She conducted long-term ethnographic fieldwork among gold mining and coca farming communities in Colombia and has a strong interest in participatory and creative methods. After studying for her BA at the University of Bologna (Italy), she obtained an MRes in Anthropology at University College London and an MSc in Environment and Development at the University of Copenhagen (Denmark). She is awaiting the award of her PhD in International Development from the London School of Economics (LSE).

Research summary

Gender and Environment,  Toxic contamination, Climate  change, Feminist geography,  Reproductive Health, Environmental conflicts, Latin America

 

Knowledge exchange

SLAS Small Grant: ¿Qué está pasando en los territorios cocaleros después del acuerdo de paz?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_sScB6zQt4

LSE KEI Grant: "Mi Cuerpo, Mi territorio" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhYd3aTJEDg

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