| Title | Post-Covid Transitions in Inner Asia |
|---|---|
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.63308/63899870973021.intro |
| Landing page | https://www.whpress.co.uk/publications/2025/02/06/ruraltransitions/ |
| License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| Copyright | Ariell Ahearn and Gantulga Munkherdene |
| Publisher | The White Horse Press |
| Published on | 2026-02-15 |
| Page range | pp. 1–24 |
| Print length | 25 pages |
| Language | English (Original) |
Ariell Ahearn is a departmental lecturer in Human Geography at the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford. Her research focuses on the spatial politics of development, environmental governance and mobile pastoralism. She works closely with rural pastoralists and human rights NGOs in Mongolia to secure legal safeguards for herders facing forced eviction, destruction of cultural and spiritual sites, and discrimination from mineral extraction.
Gantulga Munkherdene is a Ph.D. candidate in Geography at the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford. He also serves as the Executive Secretary of the Mongolian Anthropological Association. Prior to joining Oxford University, he held the position of Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, National University of Mongolia. His research interests encompass the social life of artisanal gold miners, known as ninja miners, as well as nationalism, cultural heritage, globalisation, capitalism, development and mining in Mongolia. Munkherdene has conducted extensive fieldwork in several provinces of Mongolia and China. Based on his participant observation, he has published over twenty book chapters and articles at both the national and international levels.