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Ju­li­an Dan­nef­jord

Ph.d. Fellow

Subjects
Green transition Environment Politics Latin America Geopolitics

Primary research areas

Crit­ic­al polit­ic­al eco­nomy
Polit­ic­al eco­logy of de­vel­op­ment
Ex­tract­iv­ism
Lat­in Amer­ica

I am in­ter­ested in ex­plor­ing the glob­al power dy­nam­ics of cap­it­al­ism and the in­equal­it­ies, in­justices, and so­cial struggles that come with it.

I have an interdisciplinary academic background in political science and global studies, and I am especially anchored in the fields of critical political economy, political ecology, international relations, and development studies. Geographically, I have a strong interest in Latin America, with previous experience from Argentina, Cuba, and Paraguay.

My PhD project treats the topic of lithium extractivism in northwestern Argentina. I am particularly interested in how large-scale extraction of minerals for the green transition causes dispossession in the Global South, how state-capital relations contribute to this, and what and how alternatives to extractivism may emerge.