Maxime Polleri

Maxime Polleri is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Université Laval and a member of the Graduate School of International Studies. As an anthropologist of science and technology, he studies the governance of disasters and waste with a focus on nuclear topics. Dr. Polleri is finishing a book about the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, which happened in Japan. The manuscript explores how different groups clash and collaborate to govern something as controversial as radiation risks and post-disaster recovery. For his next research project, Dr. Polleri is examining the search of an informed and willing host for the disposal of Canada’s high-level radioactive waste in a deep geological repository potentially situated in the province of Ontario. Other areas of interests include an anthropological approach to misinformation studies.