I am a social anthropologist with focus on media, mobility, and cities. I use ethnographic and participatory research methods and communicate about the findings in writing and film. My regional focus is on Asia and Europe. From 2010 to 2022 I conducted research in India and with overseas Indians in the UK, nowadays I conduct research in Vienna and prepare new research in Southeast Asia. This current research about urban cycling explores how anthropological approaches to knowledge can support transdisciplinary conversations about sustainable city-making.

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 was assistant professor in Vienna from 2020 to 2024. Previously I held postdoctoral positions at the University of Tuebingen, Leiden University and International Institute for Asian Studies and 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.