My research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of political ecology, post-development politics, and animal studies. Over the years, my work has spanned conservation and animal welfare politics, disasters and vulnerability, the politics of knowledge, Foucauldian biopolitics, and urban sanitation. My current research revolves around intersectional approaches to social, ecological and animal justice in the context of contemporary development. I am investigating this theme through four empirical projects. Two of them are pilot studies led by me, one on the interactions between the labour and environmental movements funded by the BA/Leverhulme, and the other, on street dogs and rabies funded by the Wellcome Trust.  The other two are projects on urban natures (funded by the ERC and led by Matthew Gandy, Cambridge), and on antibiotic use in aquaculture (funded by the ESRC and led by Steve Hinchliffe, Exeter).

I welcome discussions and debates with academics, practitioners, students, and others interested in my research/teaching and am happy to be contacted for copies of my publications.

Email: k.srinivasan@ed.ac.uk

Office: Room 3.16, Old Infirmary Building, Institute of Geography,

           Drummond Street, Edinburgh EH89XP

Twitter: @kritcrit

I worked as a Lecturer in the departments of Geography at the University of Exeter and Durham University before moving to Edinburgh. I have a PhD from King’s College London and an MA from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) where I was subsequently employed as a researcher; my years at TISS have had a particularly formative influence on my work.

Political Ecology

Food, Animals and Society 

South Asia in the World

Research Design in Human Geography 

I have been collaborating with the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, to initiate and establish human-animal studies as a field of scholarship and education in the university and India more broadly. This is currently funded by 2017 HSI/ASI Human-Animal Studies International Development Project and includes a master's course titled 'Animal Ethics and Social Justice', a series of public lectures, and student internships.

https://www.animalsandsociety.org/news/tata-institute-winner-of-the-2017-international-development-project-award-provides-an-update/

http://www.tiss.edu/view/5/mumbai-campus/school-of-social-work/planet-politics-a-series-of-public-events-on-natur/

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18th January, Friday: 4 pm - 5 pm