MOSES AKOGUN

Doctoral Candidate

University of Toronto

Vanier Scholar (2025-2028)

Connaught Scholar (2022-2027)

Profile

I am a doctoral candidate in Anthropology at the University of Toronto and a Visiting Scholar in the Trent Environmental Archaeology Lab (TEAL) at Trent University, Canada. My research integrates zooarchaeology and stable isotope analysis as complementary approaches for reconstructing past human–animal–environment interactions.

I am generally interested in understanding how humans and animals adapted to and thrived in marginal environments, and how these adaptations influenced the emergence and development of early complex societies.

My research interests also involve applying archaeological and biomolecular evidence to contemporary issues, including food insecurity, climate change, biodiversity loss, and species resilience. In addition, I am interested in advancing methodological approaches to stable isotope analysis and exploring their potential to improve our understanding of past human and animal lifeways.

Interests

Human–animal–environment interactions; foodways; palaeoecology; mobility and landscape use; animal management; pastoralism; hunter-gatherer lifeways; the archaeology of complex societies.

Methods

Zooarchaeology; Stable Isotope Analysis; Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS).

Regions

East Asia; West Africa.