Eva-Maria Knoll, PhD
Senior Researcher, Institute for Social Anthropology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Medical anthropologist with a research focus on medical anthropology at the intersections with life sciences, health-related mobility, tourism and island studies in the Indian Ocean World, with special expertise in the Maldives and their history. Currently she studies natural and man-made crisis and the biosocial impact of endemic inherited blood disorders (noteably thalassaemias and sickle cell disease) and associated questions of remoteness and health equity in the Republic of Maldives. Furthermore, she works on the challenges of these hemoglobinopathies as rare diseases in Austria.
Publications
M. Rajtar and EM. Knoll 2024. “Anthropology, Global Health, and Rare Diseases” in: T. Masvawure and Foley, E. (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Anthropology and Global Health. Oxon / New York: Routledge EM. Knoll 2021. “The ‘Other’ Within: Striving for Health Equity in the Maldives”, Island Studies Journal 16(2): 18-38. https://doi.org/10.24043/isj.177 Angastiniotis M., EM. Knoll et al. 2021. “Haemoglobin Disorders in Europe: A Systematic Effort of Identifying and Addressing Unmet Needs and Challenges by the Thalassaemia International Federation”, Thalassemia Reports 11(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/thal.2021.9803 G. Campbell and EM. Knoll (eds.) 2020. Disease Dispersion and Impact in the Indian Ocean World. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan EM. Knoll 2017. “Blood and Other Precious Resources: Vulnerability and Social Cohesion on the Maldive Islands”, in: Hannerz, Ulf and Gingrich, Andre (eds.): Small Countries. Structures and Sensibilities. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 213–235 For a comprehensive list of publications visit: www.oeaw.ac.at/en/isa/the-institute/staff/knoll-eva-maria