Dr. William Wheeler
William Wheeler is Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in Social Anthropology, University of Manchester. He carried out fieldwork in the Aral Sea region of Kazakhstan in 2012-14, completing his PhD at Goldsmiths, University of London, in 2016. His current research project is closer to home, looking at experiences of enforced destitution and encounters with a hostile, disbelieving bureaucracy among those seeking asylum in UK.
William Wheeler is Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in Social Anthropology, University of Manchester. He carried out fieldwork in the Aral Sea region of Kazakhstan in 2012-14, completing his PhD at Goldsmiths, University of London, in 2016. His current research project is closer to home, looking at experiences of enforced destitution and encounters with a hostile, disbelieving bureaucracy among those seeking asylum in UK. See less
