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Gökçe Günel
Author and professor of anthropology at Rice University
Gökçe Günel is an associate professor of anthropology at Rice University. Her research investigates how infrastructure transforms amid energy and climate-change-related challenges. Her first book, “Spaceship in the Desert: Energy, Climate Change and Urban Design in Abu Dhabi” (2019) focuses on the construction of renewable energy and clean technology infrastructures in the United Arab Emirates, more specifically concentrating on the Masdar City project. Her next book, “All of the Above: A Global Future of Energy” (out in 2026) analyzes how energy infrastructure shapes South-South relations. Dr. Günel co-authored “A Manifesto for Patchwork Ethnography” (2020) and co-leads the pedagogy and research project Patchwork Ethnography.