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Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt's research focuses on the lives and livelihoods of people in natural resource sectors, particularly mining, water, and agriculture. She teaches courses on Gender Development and Gender Resource Environmental Management. Her career highlights include a Rockefeller Academic Writing Residency at the Bellagio Centre in Italy and Senior Visiting Fellowships at the Australian Academy of Sciences and the Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore. Kuntala has received multiple research grants, including a successful Australian Research Council Discovery Project titled 'Beyond Resource Curse'. Her research explores the themes of women's empowerment, environmental sustainability, and community roles in livelihoods and natural resource management. She has also undertaken extensive fieldwork in South Asia, particularly in India, Bangladesh, and Nepal, focusing on issues such as informal mining and the feminization of agriculture. Kuntala currently supervises doctoral students researching gender development in mining and water resource management in South Asia. She is actively involved in collaborative projects on climate adaptation and assessing gendered impacts in the coal sector transition.
Australian National University • Canberra, Australia
Professor in the Crawford School of Public Policy focusing on resource, environment, and development.
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