Governance of Commons; Commoning; Collective Action; Farmer Collectives; Sustainable Livelihoods and Production Systems; Sustainability Governance; Social Responsibility of Business; Interpretive Policy Analysis; Text Analysis.
Research
Ongoing
Study of MGNREGS in Bihar (ongoing study, funded by PCI, India);
Food security of Forest Dependent Communities in Central India (ongoing academic collaboration with PRADAN);
Governance of Gram Sabha Federations in Vidarbha, Maharashtra (with Dr. Divya Gupta, SUNY, USA);
CSR implementation in Odisha (with graduate students)
Completed (since 2020)
Sudy on smallholder inclusion in Farmer Producer Organizations in India (Research Grant from Azim Premji University);
Study on gender and wellbeing in a slum in Konark, Odisha (Research Grant from Resource Equity, Washington USA);
Arrest distress migration by strengthening Agri-based livelihood through INRM under MGNREGS (funded by PRADAN/MGNREGA society - PR & DW, Govt. of Odisha).
Socio-Economic Survey (funded by JSW);
Study of Timber Supply and Demand in Odisha (funded by Odisha State Forest Department);
Case study of an all-women tribal collective in Gumla, Jharkhand (funded by Small Farm Incomes, IRMA)
Research Interests: Collective action in Natural Resource Commons; Commoning; Community Forestry; Farmer/Producer Collectives; Rural Livelihoods and Production Systems; Interpretive Policy Analysis.
