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Supervision Michiel Kohne
I work primarily on how marginalized groups organize themselves when confronted with powerful social actors, such as companies and governments seeking access to their natural resources. I use ethnographic research with a focus on how law is used and produced in these negotiations. At present, I work on social mobilizations around shale gas in the Netherlands and around palm oil plantations in Indonesia. A new, quickly growing field of my research is how the energy transition towards renewable energy takes place in local practices.
Fields of Expertise
- Social movements
- Anthropology of law
- Energy
- Natural resources
- Land conflict
- Oil palm
- Shale gas
- Renewable energy
Geographical Area
- Indonesia
- The Netherlands
- Bolivia