Sindi-Leigh McBride is a writer and scholar from Johannesburg, currently based in Bern. Her research interests include contemporary art and literature, climate change, youth and work.
She holds a PhD in African Studies from the University of Basel and MA degrees in Political Communication and International Relations from the University of Cape Town and University of the Witwatersrand.
She is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Basel and British Council Scotland EARTH Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. During 2023, she was a Creative Knowledge Resources Fellow at the University of Cape Town.
At the Human Sciences Research Council, she works on The African Youth Livelihoods Virtual Museum; and as the Climate Change Thematic Lead on the u’GOOD research programme on young people and relational wellbeing.
Her arts criticism and short stories have appeared in numerous outlets, and she is a co-editor of Lost Libraries, Burnt Archives (2023).