Amrita Sen

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Amrita Sen is an assistant professor of sociology at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and a visiting faculty with Azim Premji University. Her research interests include cultural and political ecology, politics of forest conservation, urban environmental conflicts and Anthropocene studies. She is the author of A Political Ecology of Forest Conservation in India Communities, Wildlife and the State, which draws on her PhD fieldwork in the Indian Sundarbans.


Articles by Amrita Sen


A man lying on the ground with his back to the camera, looking at the sky-Indian cities

August 31, 2022
Indian cities: For men, by men
Here’s how gender, caste, class, and more shape who can access public spaces in Indian cities, and why that needs to change.
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