
Dr Nickolas Surawy Stepney
Research Associate
Research interests
- Medicine
- Sociology
Contact details
Biography
Nick is currently working as a Postdoctoral Research Associate on the project ‘Grid oncology: remaking cancer care in India’ at King's College London, led by Professor Carlo Caduff.
He completed his PhD in anthropology at the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at King’s in September 2022. Using ethnographic methodologies, his research examines the material and symbolic circulations of morphine in northwest India.
Research
- Medical anthropology
- South Asia
- Opiates Cancer
Further details
Research

Culture, Medicine & Power research group
Delving into the interdisciplinary study of social, cultural, political and historical dimensions of health and illness.
Features
Indian Himalayas: Postcard from the field
Living in the city of Shimla when its COVID-19 lockdown began, Nick Surawy Stepney, King’s Global Health & Social Medicine PhD candidate, provides a rare...

Research

Culture, Medicine & Power research group
Delving into the interdisciplinary study of social, cultural, political and historical dimensions of health and illness.
Features
Indian Himalayas: Postcard from the field
Living in the city of Shimla when its COVID-19 lockdown began, Nick Surawy Stepney, King’s Global Health & Social Medicine PhD candidate, provides a rare...
