I specialize in the political analysis of environment and development, with a special focus on India. My recent work addresses disaster politics, resource contestations, certifications and citizenship, extractive development, hydropower as green energy, and critiques of green developmentalism. My ongoing research project is studying coal closures and expansions at a historic time when India is considering an energy transition.
Research areas
Extreme events, disasters and long-term recovery; coal and climate change; green developmentalism; just energy transitions.
You can hear me say more about my current research in this recent talk: https://www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/events/climate-justice-series-resource-extraction-and-energy-equity/
I am a part of the Global Environmental Justice research group at the School of Global Development at University of East Anglia.
I have a Ph.D. in Development Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. I obtained my first and second degrees in Political Science at Lady Shri Ram college, University of Delhi.
Key Research Interests
Political analysis of development and resource use; politics of mineral extraction and extractive regimes; politics of climate change, green energy and hydropower development; just energy transitions and the future of coal; environmental and social justice; long term drivers of disaster recovery; states and welfare provision; citizenship, local politics and identity documents; subnational political analysis of development, political ecology. India/South Asia.
Research Groups: Global Environmental Justice Politics, Governance and the State, UEA Water Security Research Centre
