Dissertation Researchongoing2022-2026
The Unfinished River
A Political Ecology of the Namami Gange Program
Political EcologyRiver RestorationMultispecies EthnographyIndiaNamami Gange
About This Project
This dissertation investigates the political ecology of the Namami Gange program and its impact on aquatic biodiversity along India's Ganga River.
The research examines how massive state-led infrastructure projects reshape relationships between humans and aquatic biodiversity—and who (or what) is overlooked in the process.
Three papers are currently in various stages of preparation: two under review at Geoforum and Environment and Planning E, and one in preparation for Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers.
Key Activities
- •Multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork along the Ganga
- •Policy analysis of the Namami Gange program
- •Stakeholder mapping across government, science, and communities
- •Two papers under review (Geoforum, Environment and Planning E)
- •One paper in preparation for Transactions of IBG
Publications
Paper 1 - Under Review
Geoforum · 2024
Paper 2 - Under Review
Environment and Planning E · 2024
Paper 3 - In Preparation
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers · 2025