Centre for Cosmopolitan Studies

Websitehttps://ccs.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/

Postal address
United Kingdom

Daniel Knight
- dmk3st-andrews.acuk
- Social Anthropology - Professor
- Centre for Energy Ethics
- Centre for Cosmopolitan Studies
Person: Academic
Nigel Rapport
- njr2st-andrews.acuk
- Social Anthropology - Emeritus Professor
- Centre for Cosmopolitan Studies - Founding Director
Person: Emeritus Professor
Huon Wardle
- hobwst-andrews.acuk
- Social Anthropology - Senior Lecturer
- Centre for Cosmopolitan Studies
- Centre for Amerindian, Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Person: Academic

1 Active
2 Finished

Times of Polycrisis in the UK & Europe
Knight, D. (PI)
Leverhulme Trust
3/03/25 → 28/02/29
Project: Standard
Caribbean Experiences of Refuge, Detention and Deportation
Wardle, H. (PI) & Obermuller, L. (PI)
University of St Andrews
1/06/17 → 30/09/18
Project: Research
Caribbean Experiences of Refuge, Detention and Deportation
Wardle, H. (PI) & Obermuller, L. (PI)
The Russell Trust
1/06/17 → 30/09/18
Project: Research

Afterword: limits, events, and anthropology’s complicity in axiomatic violence
Knight, D., 18 Feb 2026, Emergent axioms of violence. Pipyrou, S. & Sorge, A. (eds.). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Against Polycrisis: A Theory of Toxic Presentism
Knight, D., 16 Feb 2026, (Accepted/In press) Stanford University Press. (Square One: First-Order Questions in the Humanities)
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Thumbelina’s fury: a Serresian vision of future-creation in a polycrisis world
Knight, D., 3 May 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Ethnos. Latest Articles, 18 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
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Centre for Reparation Research, University of the West Indies
Wardle, H. (Visiting researcher)
Feb 2026 → Mar 2026
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution
Crisis, Joy, Noise, Silence: Modes, Moods and 'Street Embedments' in Kingston, Jamaica
Wardle, H. (Speaker)
20 Jun 2025
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Federal University of Pará
Wardle, H. (Visiting researcher) & Brulon Soares, B. (Visiting researcher)
1 Jun 2025 → 30 Jun 2025
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution

We are living in a time of polycrisis. If you feel trapped – you’re not alone
Knight, D.
14/01/26
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Relating to Research
Interview on book "Vertiginous Life" (New Books Network)
Knight, D. M.
24/12/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Relating to Research
Interview on book "Vertiginous Life" (Movement Radio - "Archipelago")
Knight, D. M.
11/12/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Relating to Research