I am a social and visual anthropologist with focus on mobility and media in Asia and Europe. I have conducted research on rural-urban migration and internal displacement in India, and on the transnational relations between overseas Indians and India. My current research is about urban transport, especially cycling. It explores how anthropological ways of knowing can support initiatives that try to make urban mobility more sustainable.

I am a tenured associate professor in social and cultural anthropology with a focus on visual anthropology at the University of Vienna, and head of the Vienna Visual Anthropology Lab. I am associate editor of the journal Asian Anthropology.

In the past I held positions at the University of Tuebingen, Leiden University and International Institute for Asian Studies. I conducted doctoral research as part of the NWO/WOTRO-funded project 'Provincial Globalisation' at the University of Amsterdam (AISSR) and the National Institute of Advanced Studies in Bangalore (NIAS).

Research photo by Sherhen Grace Torrecampo featuring Angela Gido, Sanderien Verstappen, John Lester Sila, and Wincel Gordoncillo, 2024.