Simone Abram

Simone Abram qualified in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Manchester University, then studied Social Anthropology at Oxford University. After a DPhil on history and heritage in the French Auvergne, she turned to questions of governance, with research on local and regional planning in the UK and Norway. Her work now spans the fields of governance, tourism and energy. A monograph, ‘Culture and Planning’ challenges planners to think differently about society.

Since 2014 her research has moved into energy issues. Publications on the anthropology of energy include ‘energy futures’ and 'Electrifying Anthropology' (https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/electrifying-anthropology-9781350102644/ )

She also continues research in Norway, as co-Investigator at the INCLUDE Centre for social inclusive energy transition (https://www.sum.uio.no/english/include/ )