Projects

Work spanning research, policy, and community initiatives in environmental governance, conservation, and international development.

Featured Research

Dissertation Researchongoing
2022-2026

The Unfinished River

A Political Ecology of the Namami Gange Program

Investigating the political ecology of the Namami Gange program and its impact on aquatic biodiversity.

Political EcologyRiver RestorationMultispecies EthnographyIndiaNamami Gange
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All Projects

Policy & Strategycompleted
2017

Project Disha

UNDP & IKEA Foundation Partnership

Monitored and evaluated project implementation; developed communication plans and solicited strategic partnerships.

International DevelopmentPolicyM&E+2
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Research Publicationcompleted
2023

Seeing Animals Like a State

Bureaucratic Gaze and Human-Wildlife Conflict

Led the Q-methodology analysis to study human subjectivity among forestry officials in South India.

Human-Wildlife ConflictQ MethodologyBureaucracy+2
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Digital Publicationongoing
2023

Toasted

Climate Anxiety and Ecological Grief

A digital publication exploring climate anxiety and ecological grief, bridging environmental science with mental health.

Climate CommunicationMental HealthDigital Publishing+1
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Governance Researchcompleted
2019-2020

Officer Review

Governance Restructuring at Sussex Students' Union

Evaluating and restructuring governance models for a body of 18,000+ students.

GovernanceQualitative ResearchStudent Politics+1
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Knowledge Mobilizationcompleted
2020

Poverty Unpacked

Podcast Research Assistant

Led initial digital communications and social media strategy to launch the podcast.

Knowledge MobilizationPodcastDevelopment Studies+1
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Student Leadershipongoing
2023-2026

GAGES

Graduate Association for Geography and Environmental Studies

Co-founded the graduate student association to inculcate student voices within departmental decision-making.

Student LeadershipInstitutional DesignCommunity Building+1
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Research Themes

Political EcologyRiver RestorationHuman-Wildlife ConflictEnvironmental GovernanceMultispecies StudiesScience & Technology StudiesConservation PoliticsSouth Asian Studies