May 21, 2026
Trouble: Kachin Amber, Chinese Palaeontology, and a Global Debate About the Ethics of Scientific Research
- 14:00 to 15:30
- Colloquium
- Lise Meitner Research Group (China)
- ALESSANDRO RIPPA
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Alessandro RippaAlessandro Rippa is Associate Professor at the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo, where he leads the ERC Starting Grant project "Amber Worlds: A Geological Anthropology for the Anthropocene". Alessandro has conducted extensive fieldwork along China's borderlands, and more recently in Italy, and has written on infrastructure development, borders, and human-environment relations, among other topics. He is the author of "Borderland Infrastructures: Trade, Development, and Control in Western China" (Amsterdam University Press, 2020).
Contact and Registration
We welcome both internal and external guests. For further information about the LMRG Colloquium series, specific sessions, or registration (a limited number of places are available), please contact Dr. Franziska Fröhlich.
About This Series
The LMRG Colloquium is a venue for members and guests of the Lise Meitner Research Group, "China in the Global System of Science," to share their work in progress. It is an opportunity to raise questions, discuss methodological challenges, or get feedback on preliminary conclusions. We aim to create a supportive atmosphere that combines rigorous criticism with genuine curiosity.