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Sohini Kar is a socio-cultural anthropologist specializing in economic anthropology with a focus on South Asia, particularly urban India. Her research examines the impact of increasing financialization on poverty and development. Kar's notable work includes the book 'Financializing Poverty: Labor and Risk in Indian Microfinance,' which was awarded the 2020 Bernard Cohn Book Prize by the South Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies. This ethnographic study investigates how commercial microfinance institutions in Kolkata, India, exploit the poverty of residents. In addition to her research on microfinance, she has delved into women and finance, India's financial inclusion policies, and their relationship to social welfare programs. Currently, she is engaged in two major projects: one focusing on financial activism and the role of non-financial actors in promoting social change, and another analyzing the impact of extreme heat on the lives and livelihoods of the urban poor in India. Before her appointment at the London School of Economics, she was a Harvard College Fellow in the Department of Anthropology at Harvard University from 2013 to 2014.
London School of Economics and Political Science • London
Teaching and conducting research in socio-cultural anthropology with a focus on economic anthropology.
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