Research

I use qualitative and quantitative methods to carry out research at the interface of critical development studies and political ecology. My areas of interest include biodiversity conservation and rural livelihoods; involuntary displacement policy and practice; agrarian change and rural transformations; social impact assessment; and the political economy of natural resource governance.

I served as Managing Editor (2021-24) of Ecology, Economy and Society – an open access, peer reviewed journal of the Indian Society for Ecological Economics (INSEE). I am Associate Editor for Environment, Politics and Society, a section of the journal Frontiers in Human Dynamics. I am also an Associate Editor of Conservation & Society, an open access journal exploring linkages between society, environment and development. I am an External Member of the Human Research Ethics Committee of the Wildlife Conservation Society – India.

More details about my ongoing and past work can be found on my Scopus profile, ResearchGate profile and ORCiD page. My peer review contributions for important international journals can be found on my Publons profile page.

I am a member of the Advisory Board of India Just Transition Centre, an initiative of iFOREST, which works on just transition towards a low carbon society in India from the perspective of the global South.

I am a member of the following professional associations: POLLEN (The Political Ecology Network); European Association of South Asian Studies (EASAS); International Network on Displacement and Resettlement (INDR); Indian Society for Ecological Economics (INSEE)