Gwyn Campbell, McGill University

Research

indian ocean world, global economy, human-environment interaction, commodity exchange, migration, slavery

Latest papers

Where environment and malaria intersect: Exploring the spatio-temporal footprints of Plasmodium falciparum in Tanzania.
PloS one · 2025
Politics, economics, how about our health? Impacts of large-scale land acquisitions on therapeutic spaces and wellbeing in coastal Tanzania.
Social science & medicine (1982) · 2019 · senior author
Eating the dead in Madagascar.
South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde · 2013 · first author

All 3 publications

Latest funding

The 2016 Madagascar Workshop: The Sacred and the Profane- Society, Cosmology and Environment in Madagascar, from Early Times to the Present Day
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$25,000
New Methods for the Study of Indigenous Forms of Human Bondage in the Indian Ocean World
SSHRC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$67,683
Global currents: cultures of literary networks
SSHRC · 2013 · Co-investigator
$124,942

All 11 grants and awards

3 publications.

01

Where environment and malaria intersect: Exploring the spatio-temporal footprints of Plasmodium falciparum in Tanzania.

Mohammed K, Dhillon S, Pienaah CKA, Luginaah I, Knoll EM, Campbell G, Hambati H

PloS one2025

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0321200 PMID: 40424291

02

Politics, economics, how about our health? Impacts of large-scale land acquisitions on therapeutic spaces and wellbeing in coastal Tanzania.

Atuoye KN, Luginaah I, Hambati H, Campbell G

Social science & medicine (1982)2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.11.026 PMID: 30476741

03

Eating the dead in Madagascar.

Campbell G

South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde2013First author

DOI: 10.7196/samj.7076 PMID: 24300654

The 2016 Madagascar Workshop: The Sacred and the Profane- Society, Cosmology and Environment in Madagascar, from Early Times to the Present Day

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Campbell, Gwyn R.

Keywords: international workshop; Madagascar; society; history; environment; interdisciplinary; intergenerational; Indian Ocean world;

$25,000

New Methods for the Study of Indigenous Forms of Human Bondage in the Indian Ocean World

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Campbell, Gwyn

Keywords: slavery; bondage; unfree labour; history; geography; Indian Ocean world economy; social network analysis; economics; migration

$67,683

Global currents: cultures of literary networks

Co-investigatorSSHRC2013

Principal investigators: Piper, Andrew

Keywords: image processing; network science; literary cultures

$124,942

Canada Research Chair in Indian Ocean World History

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Campbell, Gwyn R.

Keywords: indian ocean world, global economy, human-environment interaction, commodity exchange, migration, slavery

$1,400,000

Textile Trades and Consumption in the Indian Ocean World, from Early Times to the Present

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Campbell, Gwyn R.

Keywords: textiles; cloths; trade; social history; political history; Indian ocean world

$12,649

The Indian Ocean world: the making of the first global economy in the context of human-environment interaction

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Major Collaborative Research Initiatives Program

Principal investigators: Campbell, Gwyn R.

Keywords: Indian Ocean world; global economy; history; environment; climate change; labour; migration; disease

$2,500,000

The first global economy and human-environment interaction

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009Major Collaborative Research Initiatives Program

Principal investigators: Campbell, Gwyn R.

Keywords: history; global economy; environment; trade; China; Islam; India; Africa

$20,000

International conference: debt and slavery

Principal investigatorSSHRC2008Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Campbell, Gwyn R.

Keywords: international conference; debt; enslavement; slavery; debt bondage

$11,821

Slavery, memory, citizenship

Co-investigatorSSHRC2007

Principal investigators: Johnson, Michele A.

Keywords: slavery; memory; citizenship; reparations; identity; Indian Ocean world; Atlantic world; Africa; African diaspora; Canada; slave trade; droits humains; justice sociale; migrations; citoyeneté; héritage; multiculturalisme; racisme; réparations symboliqu

$2,499,742

International Conference: Sex, Power and Slavery: The Dynamics of Carnal Relations under Enslavement

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Campbell, Gwyn R.

Keywords: slavery; enslavement; slave trade; sex; power

$20,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Isaac Luginaah

Geography and Environment

2 shared papers, latest 2025

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: indian ocean world, global economy, human-environment interaction, commodity exchange, migration, slavery Dear Professor Campbell, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Where environment and malaria intersect: Exploring the spatio-temporal footprints of Plasmodium falciparum in Tanzania." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]