Jacob Aldred

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Position Title
Graduate Student

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Cubicle #4 at Blue Ridge Office Building (1050 Blue Rdg Rd)
Office Hours
Winter 2025: Mon 1 – 3pm, (or by appointment)
Bio


Australian immigrant. First-gen undergraduate student. Grateful and proud to be at UC Davis. 

Interested in pushing social science studies on climate change to consider not just how the world's economies have lead to a climate crisis but, in extension, how the climate crisis prompts new forms of economic behavior – along with better understanding people's different worldviews regarding these interconnected global transitions.

 

Education and Degree(s)
  • M.A., Social Sciences (Anthropology), University of Chicago, 2023
  • B.A., Philosophy + Literary Studies, Deakin University, 2020
Research Interests & Expertise
  • Climate change; post-carbon transitions; landscape transformation; resource extraction; critical minerals; transnational supply chains; state capitalism; settler colonialism; Australia.

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