Dr. Juli Huang

Biography

Juli Huang is a senior lecturer in the Anthropology of Development at the University of Edinburgh, focusing her research on the intersection of social enterprise and technology in South Asia, particularly Bangladesh and Iran. Her work investigates how new technologies and data approaches influence markets and the moral logics surrounding the circulation of money in social enterprises aiming for social and environmental goals. She teaches courses on economic anthropology and international development and is a founding co-director of the MSc Data, Inequality & Society program at the Edinburgh Futures Institute's 'Data Futures' portfolio. Huang is a British Academy / Wolfson Foundation Fellow, leading a comparative interdisciplinary project on everyday data practices in social enterprises between Bangladesh and Scotland, collaborating with data scientists and policymakers. Her notable publications include works on the role of social finance and the complexities of gendered flexibility in social enterprises. Huang has been recognized with the Latifeh Yarshater Award for her research on women in Iran and has contributed significantly to academic literature in economic anthropology and development studies.

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