Simone Sambento
Job Title
PhD Student
Research interests
Research interests
Environmental Anthropology; confluence of Anthropology and Science and Technology Studies (STS); knowledge production; relationships between scientific research and policy; ethnographic research; impacts of writing and research narratives.
My main academic interests are at the confluence of Anthropology and STS, with a focus on interactions between people and the environment. Currently, I am doing research on how multi-stakeholders collaborate in the production of scientific knowledge in cave and karst research. I am also interested in the interplay between cave and karst knowledge-production and policy.
I work with qualitative research methods, mainly ethnography and its variations, as well as more creative and experimental approaches to research. I am interested in playing with different writing styles and research narratives.
Feel free to get in touch - I welcome enquiries from academic colleagues and researchers, as well as other individuals and organisations interested in this line of work.
Background
I have a BA in Anthropology by the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, with my specialisms spanning across environmental and political anthropology, as well as ethnography. In 2017 I obtained a Masters by Research in Science and Technology Studies by the University of Edinburgh. Currently, I am doing a PhD at the confluence of Anthropology and STS looking at collaborative aspects of the production of scientific knowledge in cave and karst environments, particularly the interplay between professional/academic scientists, speleologists/cavers and governing funding bodies.
I tutor in Introduction to Social Anthropology, Imagining Anthropological Research and Research and Evidence-Based Medicine.
Recently, I worked as Research Assistant on the projects What Comes Next: Demystifying PhD Futures and Exploring the Experiences of STIS Early Career Academics on Fixed Term Contracts.
Qualifications
PhD in Science, Technology and Innovation Studies, expected submission June 2024
MSc Res in Science, Technology and Innovation Studies, 2018 - Distinction
BA (Hons) Anthropology - University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 2014 - First
Awards
ESRC/UKRI Studentship in Science and Technology Studies (1+3 - MSc Res+PhD), 2017-2023
Special Award University of Edinburgh (1+3 - MSc Res+PhD), 2017-2022
Helen McCormack Scholarship Prize, Faculty´s Best Dissertation of the Year, 2014
Publications
Mattes, J., Sambento, S. and Uasapud Enríquez, N. V. Forthcoming 2024. Guidelines for Social and Gender Equality in Speleology. International Union of Speleology (UIS).
Sambento, S. 2024. 'Hard core, soft touches: A story of affect between caves, rocks and humans' in Earthy Matters, eds Louise Steel and Luci Attala. Cardiff: University of Wales Press.
Sambento. S. 2019. 'Entrevista con Simone Sambento' interviewed by Martin Arriolabengoa, Laurent Richard, Arturo Hermoso de Mendoza, in Karaitza, 27: 80-83.