Dr. Aaron Kappeler

Biography

Aaron Kappeler is a lecturer in the Anthropology of Development at the University of Edinburgh, with a background that includes study at the University of Arizona, University of Heidelberg, University of Leipzig, and a PhD from the University of Toronto. His experience as an academic includes serving as an Instructor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto and a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study at Central European University. He has been a Visiting Assistant Professor at Union College in New York and coordinates events for Social Anthropology at the University of Edinburgh. Kappeler's research interests include political economy, labor, agriculture, food security, and environmental struggles, particularly in Latin America. He has conducted extensive fieldwork in Venezuela, focusing on rural cooperatives and development projects. His recent work addresses the dynamics of petro-populism under the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. Kappeler has taught in five countries and is currently teaching courses on Anthropology and Environment, and Social Development, while supervising postgraduate dissertations in International Development and Social Anthropology.

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