Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research interests
My PhD is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) as part of the Techne Doctoral Training Partnership. I’m working in the Economic Botany Department at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew on research linking Kew’s colonial era collections of Indigofera tinctoria from India to contemporary indigo production and dyeing in West Bengal. I am particularly interested in the knowledge and skills embedded in the craft of dyeing with natural indigo and how embodied practices can cultivate human-plant relationships.
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):
Education/Academic qualification
Resilience and Development, MSc, Making craftsmanship visible as a source of social ecological resilience , Stockholm University
Award Date: 29 Jun 2015
External positions
BBC
Discovery Networks
Stockholm Resilience Centre
SwedBio
Viskogen
WWF Baltic Ecoregion Programme
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Beyond the Silken Shadow: The Mulberry Tree's Metamorphosis and Homecoming
Kate Aubrecht & Mellegård, V., 2025, https://lab.plant-humanities.org/mulberry/Research output: Other contribution
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Reviving indigo dyeing in West Bengal - a case study
Kanika Mukerji, Amrita Mukerji & Mellegård, V., Jul 2025, Traditional Crafts of India. KolkataResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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The Promise of Cultural Geography
Mellegård, V., Jun 2025, The Promise of Cultural Geography. Zhang, V. & Anderson, B. (eds.). p. 70Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Troubled Paradise: The Persian Garden in Post-Islamic Revolution Iran
Mellegård, V., 2021, Urban Nature Enriching Belonging, Wellbeing and Bioculture. Cocks, M. & Shackleton, C. (eds.). RoutledgeResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Craftsmanship as a Carrier of Indigenous and Local Ecological Knowledge: Photographic Insights from Sámi Duodji and Archipelago Fishing
Mellegård, V. & Boonstra, W., 25 Feb 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Society & Natural Resources. 33, 10, p. 1252-1272 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Reviving natural indigo in West Bengal.
Mellegard, V. (PI), Nesbitt, M. (Mentor), Andersson, E. (Mentor) & Simon, D. (Mentor)
4/10/21 → 31/07/25
Project: Research
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Practicing Vegetal Geographies
Mellegard, V. (Speaker)
27 Aug 2025Activity: Talk, presentation or media contribution › Oral presentation
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Dyes in History and Archaeology
Mellegard, V. (Speaker)
2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in a conference