Dr Charlotte Hawkins (she/her)

I am an anthropologist with an interest in moral and political processes related to health and care. My research explores how embodied inequalities are experienced and mitigated, particularly related to mental health stigma, ageing and elder care, and chronic illness such as hypertension. I have also worked on various cross-disciplinary projects, for example informing pandemic governance, digital health and climate technologies.   

I completed my PhD in anthropology at University College London (UCL) as part of an ERC-funded global comparative study of ageing. This involved long-term research in Kampala, Uganda on the reconfiguration of elder care in the city. This was published as an open access monograph, ‘Ageing with smartphones in Uganda: togetherness in the dotcom age’.  I have since held postdoctoral positions at the London School of Economics (LSE) and the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for the Study for Religious and Ethnic Diversity.

I am currently a research fellow on the UKRI-funded Centre for Net Positive Health and Climate Solutions at the University of Exeter. Through engagement at the intersections between health and climate action, my research will explore how the interconnectedness between human and environmental health is conceptualised and enacted in the UK, and particularly in the South-West.