Seth M. Holmes

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  • ICREA Researcher, Department of Social Anthropology, Hub for Global Social Medicine, University of Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona
  • Researcher, ICREA
  • Chancellor's Professor (2023-2026), Society and Environment (Environmental Science, Policy, Management), Medical Anthropology, Berkeley Center for Social Medicine, and University of California President's Faculty Fellow (UCDC Washington Center), University of California, Berkeley

Seth M. Holmes, PhD, MD, is Chancellor's Professor (2023-2026) in Society and Environment and Medical Anthropology as well as Founder and Co-Chair of the Berkeley Center for Social Medicine at the University of California, Berkeley, and ICREA Researcher and Founding Director of the Hub for Global Social Medicine at the University of Barcelona. A sociocultural and medical anthropologist and physician, he works on social hierarchies, health inequities, and the ways in which such asymmetries are naturalized, normalized, and resisted in the context of transnational im/migration, agro-food systems, and health care. He is PI of the European Research Council Project, FOODCIRCUITS: Hidden Connections Between Migrants and Societies. He has received national and international awards from the fields of anthropology, sociology, and geography, including the Margaret Mead Award. In addition to scholarly publications, he has written for popular media such as The Guardian, El Pais, The Hill, The Huffington Post and Salon.com and spoken on NPR, PRI, Pacifica Radio and Radio Bilingüe radio programs. He is also 2026 President's Faculty Fellow in the UCDC Washington Center (https://ucdcevents.my.canva.site/pffp).

Experience

  • 2023–present
    Researcher, ICREA
  • 2023–present
    ICREA Researcher, Universitat de Barcelona
  • 2023–present
    Chancellor's Professor (2023-2026), University of California, Berkeley

Education

  • 2007 
    University of California Berkeley and San Francisco, PhD, MD

Publications

  • 2023
    Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies: Migrant Farmworkers in the United States, University of California Press

Grants and Contracts

  • 2024
    AGRIHEAT: La relación oculta entre el calor y la desigualdad social en la agricultura industrial
    Role:
    PI
    Funding Source:
    Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva
  • 2024
    Collaboratively Sharing the Farmworker Experience: Priorities and Actions for a Sustainable and Fair Future
    Role:
    PI
    Funding Source:
    Clif Family Foundation
  • 2023
    FOODCIRCUITS: Hidden Connections Between Migrants and Societies
    Role:
    PI
    Funding Source:
    European Research Council

Contact Seth for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision