Stephen M. Lyon
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology
Durham University
United Kingdom
Biography
Stephen Lyon obtained a BSc in Social Anthropology from Goldsmiths' College, London in 1993 and his PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Kent in 2002. His primary research interests focus on local politics, patron-client networks and cultural models in Punjab, Pakistan. He has also conducted research on ethnicity and identity both in Pakistan and among Pakistani diaspora. He has worked with Department for International Development, the International Water Management Institute and the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council on agricultural development in rain fed and canal areas of Punjab. His research on cultural models of nature seeks to address the ways in which Punjabi subsistence farmers might effectively adapt to profound environmental, political and economic changes occurring across Pakistan. His research incorporates computer modelling and ethnographic research to develop robust predictive, explanatory and testable models of social relations in environmental contexts.
Research Interest
Conflict resolution, political and legal anthropology, Cultural Systems, Kinship and Social Networks, Pakistan, Islam, Computing and Anthropology.
Publications
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Lyon, Stephen M., Jamieson, Mark A. & Fischer, Michael D. (2015). Persistent Cultures: Miskitu Kinship Terminological Fluidity and Idea Systems. Structure and Dynamics: eJournal of Anthropological and Related Sciences 8(1): 1.
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Lyon, Stephen M. & Mughal, Muhammad Aurang Zeb (2016). Ties That Bind: Marital Networks and Politics in Punjab, Pakistan. Structure and Dynamics: eJournal of Anthropological and Related Sciences 9(2): imbs_socdyn_sdeas_32330.
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Powells, Gareth, Bell, Sandra, Judson, Ellis P., Lyon, Stephen M., Wardle, Robin , Capova, Klara Anna & Bulkeley, Harriet (2016). Fostering active network management through SMEs’practises. Energy Efficiency 9(3): 591-604.
