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Tim McLellan is an anthropologist and scholar in science and technology studies (STS) whose research examines the aspirations and potentials that environmental experts bring toward democratizing livable futures. He emphasizes the roles of bureaucracy, institutions, and audit cultures in shaping scientific imaginaries. His ethnographic fieldwork has included interests alongside mycologists, agroforestry scientists, and impact scientists in southwest China. McLellan is currently embarking on new ethnographic research with landscape architects in Thailand, drawing inspiration from nature to design inclusive climate-smart cityscapes. His ongoing projects also focus on collaborative opportunities between the environmental humanities and environmental sciences, and he is involved in a research initiative related to the Nous Group's UniForum on the impact of external consultancies in universities. His upcoming book titled 'Science Interrupted: Rethinking Research Practice with Bureaucracy, Agroforestry, and Ethnography' is set to be published by Cornell University Press in 2024.
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