My research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of political ecology, post-development politics, animal studies, and nature geographies. My work draws on research in South Asia to rethink globally established concepts and practices about nature-society relations. Through empirical projects on street dogs and public health, biodiversity conservation, animal agriculture, and non-elite environmentalisms, my scholarship focuses on decolonizing and reconfiguring approaches to multispecies justice. My research and teaching are deeply rooted in long-term field engagement and praxis in India.

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

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. I continue to be involved in the Indian academy through a collaboration to introduce and establish human-animal studies as a field of scholarship and education at TISS and India more broadly.

Political Ecology

Food, Animals and Society 

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 was initially funded by 2017 HSI/ASI Human-Animal Studies International Development Project and includes a master's course titled 'Animal Ethics and Social Justice', 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/

Guillem Rubio Ramon, 'Animal nations: More-than-human nationalisms in Catalonia and Scotland', School of GeoSciences

Anjali Dalal, 'Agricultural transitions and sustainability: A study of farmers' perspectives in rural North West India', School of Social and Political Science