Thomas Reuter#
| Membership Number: | 4890 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | HUMAN MOBILITY, GOVERNANCE, ENVIRONMENT AND SPACE |
| Elected: | 2019 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/display/person1161#tab-publications |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-9090-1544 |
| Linkedin: | https://au.linkedin.com/in/thomas-reuter-77859035?trk=people-guest_profile-result-card_result-card_full-click |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2010 - 2016, Future Fellow and Professor, The University of Melbourne, Asia Institute (14.3.2010-present)
- 2006 - 2010, Monash Senior Research Fellow, Monash University, School of Political and Social Inquiry (14.3.2006- 14.3.2010, full time)
- 2001 - 2006, ARC Queen Elizabeth II Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne, School of Anthropology, Geography & Environmental Studies (9.3.2001 – 8.3.2006, full time)
- 1998 - 2001, ARC Post-doctoral Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne, Dept. of History & Philosophy of Science (1.4.1998 – 8.3.2001, full time)
- 1996 - 1997, Assistant Professor, Institut für Ethnology, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany (1.9. 1996 – 31.3. 1998, full time)
Fields of Scholarship
- Ethnography
- Religion
- Climate change impacts
- Social change
- Sustainability
- Political elites
- Ethnology
- Southeast Asian Studies
- Food systems
- Anthropology
Honours and Awards
- 2019 Elected to the board, World Academy of Arts and Science (WAAS)
- 2018 Elected as Member, European Academy of Sciences and Arts
- 2018 Nominee for Vice -President, International Science Council
- 2016 Steering Committee (Executive) Member, World Anthropological Union (WAU)
- 2016 Scientific Panel Member, International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU)
- 2016 Elected as Fellow, World Academy of Art and Science
- 2016 Appointed Scoping Expert by the Intergovernmental Panel for Biodiversity & Environmental Services (IPBES)
- 2015 Appointed to Regional Advisory Board (Asia) of Future Earth
- 2014 Appointed to the scientific committee, World Social Science Forum (Durban)
- 2014 Elected to the executive of the International Social Science Council (ISSC)
- 2014 Editorial board, Space - The Journal of Built Environment, Indonesia
- 2013 Elected as Chair, Int. Scientific Commission on Anthropology and Environment
- 2013 Elected as Senior Vice-President of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES)
- 2012 Keynote speaker, ICSU forum, Rio+20 Earth Summit
- 2012 Appointed as Expert Reviewer, 5th IPCC Climate Change Report (WGII AR5)
- 2011 Scientific Advisory Board, 2013 World Social Science Report (UNESCO and ISSC)
- 2010 Awarded Australian Research Council Future Fellowship
- 2009 Elected Vice-President of Int. Union of Anthropologists (IUAES, 2009-2013)
- 2009 Elected chair of the World Council of Anthropological Associations (2008-12)
- 2001 Awarded Australian Research Council Queen Elizabeth II Research Fellowship
- 1998 Awarded Australian Research Council Post-doctoral Research Fellowship
