Department of Development Studies
Dr Subir Sinha
You are viewing:
Key information
Key information
- Roles
- Department of Development Studies Reader in the Theory and Politics of Development Food Studies Centre Member, SOAS Food Studies Centre Academic Staff, SOAS South Asia Institute Research Cluster Member Research Cluster Member Centre for Migration and Diaspora Studies Member
- Department
- Department of Development Studies
- Qualifications
- BA (Delhi); MA, PhD (Northwestern)
- Building
- Russell Square: College Buildings
- Office
- 287
- Email address
- ss61@soas.ac.uk
- Telephone number
- +44(0) 20 7898 4495
- Support hours
- By email appointment
Biography
He studied History at the University of Delhi (BA) and Political Science at Northwestern University (MS, PhD), and has taught at Northwestern University and the University of Vermont. His research interests are institutional change, sustainable development, social movements, state-society relations in development, and South Asian politics, with a current focus on decentralised development in India, early postcolonial planning, and on the global fishworkers' movement.
Research interests
Institutions; international institutions; social movements; sustainable development; NGOs; South Asian Politics; development interventions.
PhD Supervision
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Philip Hadley | |
| Dr Sruthi Herbert | |
| Guanchen Lai | Speaking from the village: modes of writing about the village in contemporary Hindi fiction |
| Mr Manish Maskara | Identity of Bihari migrant labour in India's cities |
| Ms Aruna Pandey | Institutional Models to Resolve Conflicts over Natural Resource Governance: Role of Community Enterprises and Solidarity Economy |
| Mr Hashim Rashid | The Agrarian Question in West Punjab since 1885: The Politics of the Formation of a New Peasantry |
| Christian Sowa | The Accommodation of Migrants in Berlin: Exploring the City and Urban Transformations (Working Title) |
| Vidya Venkat | India’s Democratic Revolution: The Right to Information and the Anti-Corruption Discourse |
Publications
Contact Subir
- Telephone
