Melissa Leach | |
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Born | 5 January 1965 |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London Newnham College, University of Cambridge, UK |
Children | 4 |
Parent(s) | Penelope Jane Leach; Gerald Leach |
Melissa Leach is a British social scientist. As of 2017 she is the Director of the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the [University of Sussex, UK]. Leach founded and directed the interdisciplinary, internationally-collaborative ESRC STEPS (Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability) Centre from 2006 – 2014. Her interdisciplinary, policy-engaged research in the field of environment, health and development is widely recognised, beyond West Africa, where much of her empirical research work is based.
She earned her BA (Hons) Geography, University of Cambridge, UK; and her MPhil and PhD in Social Anthropology from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.
Leach's main academic interests are in linking the issues of health, environment, technology and gender with the politics of knowledge, power, science and policy processes.
Melissa Leach also regularly writes newspaper columns, gives interviews, and public presentations .
Category:Living people
Category:Alumni of SOAS, University of London
Category:Alumni of Newnham College, Cambridge
Melissa Leach | |
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Born | 5 January 1965 |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London Newnham College, University of Cambridge, UK |
Children | 4 |
Parent(s) | Penelope Jane Leach; Gerald Leach |
Melissa Leach is a British social scientist. As of 2017 she is the Director of the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the [University of Sussex, UK]. Leach founded and directed the interdisciplinary, internationally-collaborative ESRC STEPS (Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability) Centre from 2006 – 2014. Her interdisciplinary, policy-engaged research in the field of environment, health and development is widely recognised, beyond West Africa, where much of her empirical research work is based.
She earned her BA (Hons) Geography, University of Cambridge, UK; and her MPhil and PhD in Social Anthropology from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.
Leach's main academic interests are in linking the issues of health, environment, technology and gender with the politics of knowledge, power, science and policy processes.
Melissa Leach also regularly writes newspaper columns, gives interviews, and public presentations .
Category:Living people
Category:Alumni of SOAS, University of London
Category:Alumni of Newnham College, Cambridge