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UMA (IN)CERTA ANTROPOLOGIA · FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO
Renzo Taddei
Anthropology, science and technology studies, and the social studies of climate.
I am an associate professor at the Institute of Marine Studies, Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp), Brazil. My research addresses relations between scientific knowledge, social life and environmental change, with particular attention to meteorology, forecasting and uncertainty.
I coordinate the Laboratory for Research on Sociotechnical-Environmental Interactions (LISTA) and participate in research networks and scientific assessments on climate.
Research → Publications → Academic CV ↗
Research interests
Themes and questions guiding my research and collaborations.
Climate knowledge and forecasting
Ethnographies of meteorology, climate prediction and local forms of environmental knowledge, including Northeast Brazil.
Science, technology and society
Expertise, institutions, sociotechnical mediations and situated knowledge production.
Uncertainty, risk and futures
Anthropological approaches to prediction, decision-making and the social dimensions of environmental change.
Anthropocene and diverse knowledges
Debates on scientific knowledge, social practices and different ways of inhabiting the world.
Selected publications
Books and edited collections featured on the original website. For references and further publications, see the publications page and academic CV.
Academic activities
Climate science assessment
Lead Author of the IPCC Seventh Assessment Report (AR7).
Conferences and teaching
Participation in the International Sociological Association working-group conference on risk and uncertainty, Santiago, January 2027; teaching and training in ethnographic research.
Hemeroteca
The media archive collects journalism, essays and other materials relevant to anthropology, science and socio-environmental change. Archived material does not necessarily express my own views.
About and contact
Renzo Taddei · Institute of Marine Studies · Federal University of São Paulo.
Biography → · ORCID · Lattes · renzo.taddei@unifesp.br
Uma (in)certa antropologia · English version · Português
