Professor Stanley Ulijaszek

stanley ulijaszek

BSc Manc, MSc PhD Lond, MA Oxf

stanley.ulijaszek@stx.ox.ac.uk

Professor Stanley Ulijaszek

Emeritus Professor of Human Ecology

Emeritus Fellow  |  Dean of Degrees

Stanley's research interests centre on the biocultural ecology of human populations past and present, and nutritional anthropology.

He is particularly interested in understanding patterns of human growth and development as markers of well-being, the relationships between nutrition, disease and reproduction in tropical seasonal environments, and the effects of economic change on nutritional health.

He has carried out research in India, Nepal, Sarawak, Bangladesh and the Cook Islands, and maintains ongoing research in Papua New Guinea and Poland.

He is the former Director of the Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) and former Director of the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology.

 

 

Work Related to COVID-19

Professor Uljaszek has researched some of the nutritional and ecological effects of COVID-19 lockdowns on individuals. Updates on his work will be posted here.