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Research interests
Social Sciences - Ethnopsychiatry
Social Sciences - Medical anthropology
Humanities - Philosophy of psychiatry
Humanities - Global history
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Education/Academic qualification
PhD in Social Anthropology, PhD, The London School of Economics and Political Science
2020
External positions
Officer (The Asian Philosophy of Science Association), APSA Asia Workshop
1 Jan 2025 → …
Team Member (Program of Placebo Studies & the Therapeutic Encounter), Harvard Medical School
1 Sept 2021 → …
Keywords
- B Philosophy (General)
- RZ Other systems of medicine
- GN Anthropology
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Conscious Life and Voodoo Death
ONGARO, G., 2025, 29 p.Research output: Other contribution › peer-review
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When new shamans enter the stage: ecstatic healing and the neutralisation of messianism among Akha in northwestern Laos
ONGARO, G., Dec 2025, Being Present: Emerging Ethnographic Perspectives and the Study of Laos. Stolz, R. & Lutz, P.-D. (eds.). National University of Singapore PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Conference Proceeding/Report › Book Chapter › peer-review
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Outline for an Externalist Psychiatry (1) Or, How to Fully Realize the Biopsychosocial Model
Ongaro, G., Sept 2024, In: Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology. 31, 3, p. 269-284 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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Outline for an Externalist Psychiatry (2) An Anthropological Detour
Ongaro, G., Sept 2024, In: Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology. 31, 3, p. 285-300 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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Outline for an Externalist Psychiatry (3) Social Etiology and the Tension Between Constraints and the Possibilities of Construction
Ongaro, G., Sept 2024, In: Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology. 31, 3, p. 301-314 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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Activities
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Human phenotypic plasticity: an ideal-experimental approach
ONGARO, G. (Invited speaker)
23 May 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited
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The Construction of a Valley Society: Ecology, Political Power, and Communal Ties in the Dulong Valley of South Himalaya
ONGARO, G. (Examiner)
30 Apr 2026Activity: Examination
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When new shamans enter the stage: ecstatic healing and the neutralization of messianism among Akha in northwestern Laos
ONGARO, G. (Invited speaker)
23 Apr 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited
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Special Ethnogenic Zones: An ideal framework for an experimental social science’
ONGARO, G. (Invited speaker)
11 Apr 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited
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Akha voices in one script: a project of digitalization and standardization of oral texts
ONGARO, G. (Invited speaker)
21 Mar 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited
Awards
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2025 Berggruen Essay Prize Competition (shortlisted)
ONGARO, G. (Recipient), 2026
Prize: Other Research Award and Prize
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