Contact

Email

hbaer@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials

Position
Honorary (Principal Fellow)
School of Social and Political Sciences
Education
Doctoral Degree (Research) / PhD
University of Utah
Masters Degree (Coursework & Research)
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Bachelors Degree
Pennsylvania State University
ORCID

0000-0001-8119-4051

A/Prof Hans Baer

Honorary (Principal Fellow)
School of Social and Political Sciences
268 Scholarly works
1 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    System change for a liveable future
    DOI: 10.1111/taja.70072
  • 2026

    Book Chapter

    INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS AND CLIMATE CHANGE: Impacts, Indigenous Voices, and the Need for a Collaborative Radical Response
    DOI: 10.4324/9781003469858-23
  • 2025

    Book Chapter

    ECO-SOCIALISM AS A STRATEGY FOR ACHIEVING SOCIAL JUSTICE AND PLANETARY HEALTH: A Critical Anthropological Perspective
    DOI: 10.4324/9781003462583-15
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Universities and settler colonialism in two countries: Australia and IsraelDhoombak Gooboowana: A history of Indigenous Australia and the University of Melbourne, Volume 1: Truth By Ross L.Jones, JamesWaghorne, and MarciaLangton (Eds.), Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. 2024. pp. xxxii 528. AUD$39.00 (paperback). ISBN 9785222881059Towers of ivory and steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom By MayaWind, London: Verso. 2024. pp. x 278. AUD$42.99 (paperback). ISBN 9781804291740
    DOI: 10.1111/taja.70027
  • 2025

    Book Chapter

    Chiropractors
    DOI: 10.1002/9781118410868.wbehibs035.pub2
  • 2025

    Book Chapter

    Osteopaths
    DOI: 10.1002/9781118410868.wbehibs036.pub2
  • 2025

    Journal article

    MERRILL SINGER (1950–2025)
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-8322.70005
Hans Baer

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships

2002
Research Fellowship National Institute of Drug Abuse
1994
Rudolf Virchow Prize Critical Anthropology of Health Caucus
1989
Faculty Research Award, College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences University of Arkansas at Little Rock
1988
Fulbright Fellowship German Democratic Republic

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    CLIMATE CHANGE IN AUSTRALIA, OCEANIA AND THE WORLD
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Latour's swan songs: Grappling with the ecological crisis
    DOI: 10.1111/taja.12508
  • 2024

    Book

    BUILDING THE CRITICAL ANTHROPOLOGY OF CLIMATE CHANGE: Towards a Socio-Ecological Revolution
    DOI: 10.4324/9781003469940

RECENT PROJECTS

  • Internal Research Grant

    The Culture of Australian Naturopathy: Training Programs and Clinical Practices,