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Benedict – New Postdoctoral Researcher at CBM

Published: 21 March 2017

The second of three new CBM Postdoctoral researchers, Benedict Singleton, began working in March. Benedict is working on the role different experiences of nature play in the social construction of biodiversity.

Benedict Singleton has a diverse research background, having carried out research in Zambia, Jamaica, the UK and, most recently, the Faroe Islands on topics including international development, HIV/AIDS and whaling. His undergraduate degree was in social anthropology at Queen’s University Belfast. Subsequently he completed a MSc in international development and management at Lund University and a Ph.D. in sociology at Örebro University.

His work at CBM specifically examines the professionalisation of experience within biological science, in common with trends in other areas of society. In particular, he will examine the growth of the volunteer tourism industry and its relationship to scientific practice with regard to the concept of biodiversity. This research thus draws together literature on bureaucratisation, political ecology and science and technology studies.


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