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Miriam Driessen is a social anthropologist whose research focuses on Chinese-led development and its implications regarding migration, labor, gender, sexuality, language, and law. She has studied at the University of Amsterdam, the Berlin Institute of Technology, and the University of Oxford, where she previously taught at the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies. Driessen is an editorial board member for Global China Pulse, an open-access journal dedicated to bridging the gap between the scholarly community, civil society, and the general public. Her notable works include "Tales of Hope, Tastes of Bitterness: Chinese Road Builders in Ethiopia" and articles published in prestigious journals such as the Political Legal Anthropology Review and African Affairs. Driessen's contributions to the field have been recognized with awards, including an Honourable Mention for the Francis L. K. Hsu Book Prize from the Society for East Asian Anthropology of the American Anthropological Association.
Department of Politics and International Relations - Higher Level English requirement.