Professor Deniz Kandiyoti Middle East and Central Asia: gender and development; the state and social policy; feminist theory
Professor Alfredo Saad Filho Latin America; political economy of development; industrial policy; pro-poor economic policy; neoliberalism; value theory
Professor Jairus Banaji Agrarian history; Late Antiquity and early Islam; historical materialism; and, contemporary India, with a special interest in issues like the critique of minimalist stereotypes of the ancient economy; Marx’s method in Capital; modes of production; the fate of the peasantry under capitalism; and, labour and capital in India’s economy.
Dr Nandini Nayak India, gender, development, civil society, social movement, social policy, employment, rural economy.
Yasmine Hafez Yasmine Hafez is a PhD researcher whose work combines ethnography and archival research to examine the socio-environmental transformations of the Delta Lakes and Lake Victoria. Her project traces the colonial histories and neoliberal interventions that have shaped these water bodies, focusing on how these forces impact the everyday lives of fishermen amid escalating climate threats. Her research centers on environmental justice in the Arab world, with a particular emphasis on the politics of knowledge.