Laura Bear

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Laura Charlotte Bear MBE FBA (born 1965) is a British anthropologist and academic, specialising in economic anthropology of South Asia and the United Kingdom. She is Professor of Anthropology at the London School of Economics and head of its Department of Anthropology. [1] [2] [3]

Bear's research has focused on India and the United Kingdom. While her early research concerned the effect of austerity on communities in India, she has most recently been studying the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable households in the United Kingdom. [1] She is a member of three sub-groups of the British government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE). [4]

In 2021, Bear was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences. [5]

Bear was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to anthropology during COVID-19. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Professor Laura Bear". London School of Economics and Political Science. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  2. "The Public Good: Austerity, Infrastructure and a Social Calculus". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  3. "Professor Laura Bear FBA". The British Academy. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  4. "List of participants of SAGE and related sub-groups". GOV.UK. Government Office for Science. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  5. "The British Academy elects 84 new Fellows recognising outstanding achievement in the humanities and social sciences". The British Academy. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  6. "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N17.