Research

Current Projects

I. New Forms and Problems of Democratic Political Association

1. Direct democracy, metropolitan rebellions

2. Anthropology as critique and experiment

3. Book in progress: Direct Democracy: Experimental Designs in Popular Sovereignty

II. Anthropology, Entomology, and Technology in Arboviral Disease Prevention

1. Community entomology using the assembly-based social and software platform DengueChat

2. Book in progress: DengueChat: Anthropology, Entomology, and Technology in Community-Based Arboviral Disease Prevention

III. Cities and Citizenship

1. Insurgent Cities and Urban Citizenships; Democratic City Planning

2. Remaking Associational Life in Danish Cities in the Wake of Covid-19

IV. The Social Apps Lab and Software Development for Civic Initiatives

Current Fieldwork

• São Paulo, Brazil: Strategic master planning for the Federal University of São Paulo using methods of direct democracy

• Managua, Nicaragua: Community entomology for arboviral vector control

• Copenhagen, Denmark: New forms of associational life and distributed knowledge

• Vallejo, CA, United States: Participatory Budgeting