Neera Singh is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography and Program in Planning, University of Toronto, Canada. Her research interests include democratization of forest governance, conservation and development, and the affective dimensions of people’s relations with forests. She uses interdisciplinary approaches to understand the dynamics of social-nature relations, local visions of conservation and development, and alternatives to market-based approaches to conservation. Prior to her current academic position, she worked for over a decade as a practitioner with issues of forest conservation and sustainable livelihoods in Odisha, India. She founded Vasundhara, a non-profit organization based in Bhubaneswar and provided leadership to Vasundhara in its formative years from 1991 to 2001.
Contribution to GTI Roundtable Beyond Development
An exchange on the essay Vivir Bien: Old Cosmovisions and New Paradigms
Contribution to GTI Roundtable “Work in the Great Transition”
An exchange on the viewpoint The Struggle for Meaningful Work
Contribution to GTI Roundtable “Ending Ecocide”
An exchange on the viewpoint Against Ecocide: Legal Protection for Earth
Contribution to GTI Roundtable “Common Wealth Trusts”
An exchange on the viewpoint Common Wealth Trusts: Structures of Transition
Contribution to GTI Roundtable “Does Nature Have a Price Tag?”
An exchange on the viewpoint Monetizing Nature: Taking Precaution on a Slippery Slope
Contribution to GTI Roundtable “Democracy from the Grassroots”
An exchange on the essay Radical Ecological Democracy: A Path Forward for India and Beyond
