Matteo Saltalippi is an anthropologist and filmmaker; he holds an MA and PHD in Visual Anthropology from Goldsmiths University of London. He has a background in visual, qualitative and quantitative methods and has conducted extensive ethnographic research around labour unrest in an industrial context in Italy. His visual production includes documentaries on contemporary art, labour struggle, environmental activism and migration, which have been screened at international film festivals such as the Workers Unite in New York, the Royal Anthropological Institute in Bristol, and the Ethnofest in Athens.

He is a member of the European Association of Social Anthropologists and has experience in the private sector as senior research consultant for a London based research company.

He’s a newly appointed Research Associate in the Department of Organisation, Work and Technology for the Plastic Packaging in Peoples’ Lives (PPiPL) project, and his work focuses on waste management and sustainability.