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Venus Bivar is an Associate Professor of Environmental History at St Anne's College, University of Oxford, where she also serves as the Academic Lead for Environmental Humanities. Her scholarship focuses on the intersection of environmental and economic history, particularly in the context of contemporary global phenomena such as climate change and international agricultural trade. She utilizes the experiences of non-elite actors to explore how state-led economic practices shape everyday life, emphasizing the central role of free markets within liberal democracies. Her notable publication, 'Organic Resistance: Struggle Industrial Farming Postwar France' (UNC Press, 2018), has received several accolades, including the J. Russell Major Prize and an honorable mention for the Pinkney Prize. Currently, she is engaged in research on the influence of economic thought on anthropogenic climate change and the historical analysis of industrial pollution and economic development in postwar Marseille.
Department of Politics and International Relations - Higher Level English requirement.