New Colleagues

November 2025

Dr. Johana Kunin, FORMAS Fellow

I hold a Ph.D. in Social Anthropology from École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), France, and EIDAES/UNSAM, Argentina. My research focuses on the social dynamics of GM crops and pesticide use in Argentina. At Uppsala University, I will be working with the FORMAS funded project Prosperity, Plants, and Poison: Tracing Toxic Ambivalences in Rural Argentina. This project examines the opportunities and risks associated with GM crops in Argentina. It specifically focuses on how farmers reconcile the economic benefits afforded by their use of herbicides in genetically engineered crops and the claims about the negative environmental impacts and health risks of pesticides. The study also explores human and non-human entanglements—soils, weeds, pests, seeds, chemicals, and climates—to understand social and ecological dynamics in agro-industrial landscapes.