British Academy: The UK's National Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences

Professor Roy Ellen

Professor of Anthropology, University of Kent at Canterbury

Year Elected: 2003

His research is at the forefront of ecological anthropology. He has recently embarked on a series of major studies of indigenous know-edge and of the consequences of deforestation in parts of Indonesia and in Brunei. He has also contributed notably to work on anthropological history and method.