Institute of Development Studies

Biography

Linda Waldman is Team Leader and Research Fellow in the KNOTS Team. The primary focus of her work has been on diverse dimensions of poverty, and the related issues of gender, racial classification, ethnicity and identity. She obtained her Ph.D. in social anthropology at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, where her research focused on indigenous identity and nationalism amongst the Griqua of South Africa. She has also worked on farm workers, gender, environmental policy processes, health and social housing and aid architecture with research experience in Africa, India and the UK. As a member of the STEPS Centre, her research has focused on the comparative study of asbestos-related diseases and on peri-urban sustainability.

 

Selected Projects and Recent Work

• Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability (STEPS) Centre
• Review of UN Country Teams Engagement
• Environment and PRSPs

Thematic Expertise

Culture / Identity; Environment; Gender; Health; Work and Labour; Science and Society; Industry; Citizenship.

Geographic Expertise

Sub Saharan Africa; South Africa; United Kingdom; India.

Selected Publications »»

• Waldman, L. (2011) The Politics of Asbestos: Understandings of Risk, Disease and Protest, London: Earthscan
• Waldman, L. and Simpson, N. (2010) 'Mobilization through Litigation: Claiming Health Rights on Asbestos Issues in South Africa' in Thompson, L. and Tapscott, C. (eds), Citizenship and Social Movements: Perspectives from the Global South, London: Zed Books
• Waldman, L. (2009) ''Show me the Evidence': Mobilisation, Citizenship and Risk in Indian Asbestos Issues', IDS Working Paper 329, Brighton: IDS
• Waldman, L (2009) ''Through no Fault of Your Own': Asbestos Diseases in South Africa and the UK (Research Summary', IDS Research Summary 301, Brighton:
• Leach, M. and Waldman, L. (2009) 'Centres of Excellence? Questions of Capacity for Innovation, Sustainability, Development', STEPS Working Paper 23, Brighton: STEPS Centre
• Marshall, F., Waldman, L., MacGregor, H., Mehta, L. and Randhawa, P. (2009) 'On the Edge of Sustainability: Perspectives on Peri-urban Dynamics', STEPS Working Paper 35, Brighton: STEPS Centre
• Waldman, L. (2009) '‘Show me the Evidence’: Mobilisation, Citizenship and Risk in Indian Asbestos Issues', IDS Research Summary of IDS Working Paper 329, Brighton: IDS
• Waldman, L., Sumner, A. and Leach, M. (2008) 'Technology, Rural Dynamics and Pro-Poor Development', European Journal of Development Research 20.3:371-376
• Waldman, L. (2008) ''Through no Fault of Your Own': Asbestos Diseases in South Africa and the UK', IDS Working Paper 301, Brighton: IDS
• Leach, M., Sumner, A. and Waldman, L. (2008) 'Discourses, Dynamics and Disquiet: Multiple Knowledges in Science, Society and Development', Journal of International Development 20.6:727-738
• Waldman, L. (2007) 'Klaar Gesnap as Kleurling: The Attempted Making and Remaking of the Griqua People', African Studies 65.2:175 – 200
• Chataway, J., Maat, H. and Waldman, L. (2007) 'Understanding Participation Through Science and Technology', IDS Bulletin 38.5, Brighton: IDS
• Waldman, L. (2007) 'When Social Movements Bypass the Poor: Asbestos Pollution, International Litigation and Griqua Cultural Identity', Journal of Southern African Studies 33.4:577-600
• Waldman, L. (2007) ''I've Got the Dust as Well': Asbestos Disease, Litigation and Laggers', IDS Working Paper 287, Brighton: IDS
• Waldman, L. (2007) The Griqua Conundrum: Political and Socio-Cultural Identity in the Northern Cape, South Africa, Oxford: Peter Lang