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Amy Penfield

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UKRI Future Leaders Fellow. Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Bristol.

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INFRACURSIONS Project @infracursions.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
🎉Congratulations to Rayane Pacheco, postdoctoral researcher on the Infracursions project, who has been featured in the Brazilian media as a 'scholar to watch' - newspaper Estadão profiles scholars leading discussions on critical topics such as sustainability. Read the full profile ➡️ bit.ly/3IBwHmH
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INFRACURSIONS Project @infracursions.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
📢Applications closing soon📢 The INFRACURSIONS project at the University of Bristol is hiring two Postdoctoral Research Associates (PDRA) to undertake research on resource extraction in South America. Closing date: 2 May #postdoc #postdocjob #researchjob #academicjobs #Amazonia Info & apply here ⬇️
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Amy Penfield @amypenfield.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
🌍 New Video! 🌿 The INFRACURSIONS Project uncovers the hidden economies driving deforestation. 🎥 Watch here to find out about the networks behind these activities, how they operate, and why they matter: youtu.be/JSAROaKIoyg?... #Infracursions #EnvironmentalImpact #HiddenEconomies
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INFRACURSIONS - An Introduction / Una Introducción / Uma Introdução
YouTube video by Infracursions Project
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Amy Penfield @amypenfield.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
📢postdoc opportunity📢 The Infracursions project is hiring TWO postdocs to undertake research on resource extraction in South America. #amazonia #anthro #deforestation #infracursions www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find-in...
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Amy Penfield @amypenfield.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
I am delighted to receive an honourable mention for the 2024 Fernando Coronil Prize from the Venezuelan Studies Section of @lasa.congress for my book Predatory Economies. It is fantastic to receive this recognition, particularly for an award in the name of a scholar whose work I greatly admire!
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Amy Penfield @amypenfield.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
I really enjoyed contributing to this GDI podcast on interdisciplinarity with @filipemfranca.bsky.social and Lucas Alencar! Have a listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/2017560/epis...
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Interdisciplinary Approaches to Conservation | Amy Penfield and Filipe França - Global Development Institute podcast
In this episode brought to you by the Sustainable Forest Transitions Project, research associate Lucas Alencar speaks with anthropologist Amy Penfield and ecologist Filipe França from the University o...
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Bristol Anthro & Archaeo @bristolantharch.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Want to have a look at our department (and some flint knapping)? Have look below👇📽️ Video created by the wonderful Naia Lewendon-Wicks & Bianca Li, 3rd-year Film & TV BA students at @uobartsmatter.bsky.social.
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Bristol Anthro & Archaeo @bristolantharch.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Time to get to know more of our staff! Next up is the brilliant Juan Zhang, a Social Anthropologist at our department. 🎥 Clip made by Bianca Li & Naia Lewendon-Wicks from Film & TV at @uobartsmatter.bsky.social.
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INFRACURSIONS Project @infracursions.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
We're working to understand deregulated economies in the Amazon🌳 & we would really value your input! If you are part of an organisation working in the Amazon, we'd appreciate if you could complete & share this short survey📝 ➡️ bit.ly/3ERITOd #infracursions #amazonia
Understanding deregulated economies in the Amazon.
Infracursions Research Project Survey:
If you are part of an organisation working in the Amazon, we would value your input.
By filling out a short survey you will be helping the Infracursions project at the University of Bristol better understand the needs of the institutions working on the ground and ensure our research is relevant and effective:
Inform the design of digital maps and tools
Monitor informal extractive economies
Support evidence-based decision-making
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