ERC Starting Grant · 2025
Zoonotic Anthropology and Multispecies Infrastructures along China's Belt and Road
This project develops a zoonotic anthropology by examining the intersection between infrastructure development and multispecies relations along China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). It addresses the increasing risk of zoonoses due to infrastructural expansions reshaping ecosystems and interspecies dynamics. The construction of roads, railways, and ports creates new contact zones between humans, animals, and microbes, amplifying the risk of zoonotic spillover. This is critical as zoonoses like COVID-19 pose global health threats and the BRI's transnational reach introduces new cross-cultural interactions which shape experiences and public health responses. Understanding this is vital for…
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