I am a Professor for Social and Cultural Anthropology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, Germany. Previously, I held a position as Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences, Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand. I received my PhD and venia legendi (Habilitation) from the University of Freiburg, Germany. I have conducted fieldwork in New Zealand, Mexico, the USA, and Germany on topics ranging from patterns of cultural change to migration and the formation of cultural identities. My research projects and publications reflect my interests in transpacific relationships, urban anthropology, spatiality, tourism, mobilities and globalisation, and take into consideration the historical trajectories that have formed present conditions.
Information on my current research projects are available at http://www.en.ethnologie.uni-muenchen.de/staff/professors/duerr/index.html

Anthropological Fieldwork, Anthropology of Ontology, Anthropology of Tourism, Colonial Discourse, Cultural Change, Eco-anthropology, Ethnographic Encounter, Globalization, Identity, Indigenous Mobility, Inter-ethnic Relations, Landscape, Material Culture, Migration, Museums, Place-making, Political Ecology, Poverty, Settler Colonialism, Social Change, Spatial Theory, Sustainable Tourism, Tourism, Urban

Anthropology

Australian and New Zealand Studies Association of North America (ANZSANA)
European Society for Oceanists (ESfO)
New Zealand Studies Association (NZSA)

Polynesia

20th century
21st century