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Claire Blencowe is a Professor at the University of Warwick, specializing in Sociology. She has held various academic roles, including co-chairing the Eco-Geo-Political Futures research cluster at the Social Theory Centre. Blencowe teaches Modern Social Theory and Religion in the context of planetary crises. In Autumn/Winter 2025/26, she will undertake a research fellowship at the Käte Hamburger Centre for Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Studies at Heidelberg University. Her forthcoming ERC Consolidator Grant project, titled 'Religious Authority and Extractive Industry Struggles (RAIDS)', focuses on participatory action research across the USA, Brazil, India, and Indonesia, investigating the role of religion in mining disputes. Blencowe's areas of expertise include cultural structures, racial capitalism, feminist and queer theory, biopolitics, and participatory action research. She is also authoring a book, 'Spirits of Extraction: Christianity, Settler Colonialism, Geology, and Race', which examines the historical connections between evangelical Christianity and the global mining industry, highlighting the implications for contemporary struggles against racial capitalism and settler-colonialism. Additionally, she collaborates on projects investigating the impact of armed violence on women in favelas in Rio de Janeiro, focusing on the dynamics of biopolitical racism and the roles of religious movements in contexts of extractive frontiers.
University of Warwick • Coventry, United Kingdom
Teaching and researching modern social theory and its intersections with global crises.
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