Peter Bille Larsen

Peter Bille Larsen is Senior lecturer and researcher at the Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies at the University of Zürich and the Environmental Governance and Sustainable Development Institute at the University of Geneva as well as visiting fellow at the College of Humanities, EPFL in Lausanne. His work addresses the governance intersection between heritage, sustainable development and social equity issues at both local and global levels through both practice and research. Key publications include Post-frontier resource governance (Palgrave, 2015), The Anthropology of Conservation NGOs (Palgrave, 2018), World Heritage and Human Rights (Routledge, 2018) and World Heritage and Sustainable Development (Routledge, 2018). He has a strong interest in the intersection between environmental conservation and social equity concerns, including work in the fields of transboundary conservation, World Heritage policy and practice, international rights standards and sustainable development.