Ella Vallelonga

School of Society and Culture

College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences


Dr Ella Vallelonga is a Research Fellow in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Adelaide. Her ethnographic research examines the more-than-human relationalities, ecological emotions and phenomenological ruptures of submarine care, with attention to posthuman feminisms. Operating in the spaces of multispecies ethnography and environmental anthropology, her work navigates the biopolitics of marine intervention, and attunes to the sensorial dialogues that echo in ecological restorations. She is most concerned with examining co-species care and wellbeing in contexts of ecological crises. She has supported major MRFF projects in Public Health addressing vaping health-risk behaviours and youth vaping experiences.

Date Institution name Country Title
2021 - 2025 University of Adelaide Australia Doctor of Philosophy
2020 - 2020 University of Adelaide Australia Honours Degree of Bachelor of Arts (Anthropology)
2017 - 2019 University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Advanced Arts

Year Citation
2025 Vallelonga, E. C. (2025). ‘A Little Thank You Back’: Sub-Immersion, Hands-On Hope and Coral Kin-Making in a Restoration Nursery. Ethnos, 15 pages.
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Year Citation
2024 Vallelonga, E. C. (2024). Putting Grief to Work: Planting Hope for Rainforest-Futures as a Multispecies Care. In Philosophy of Environmental Emotions Grief Hope and Beyond (pp. 167-188).
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