As someone working closely with people who are on the ground, I publish short and accessible pieces on matters related to my research. Many of these were published in ANU’s Crawford Policy Forum and East Asia Forum. Some of these pieces are reproduced in more widely circulated websites (such as the ABC’s Drum).
India’s women are the key to its future, 13 April, 2022, Policy Forum.
Gendering just transitions: How coal mine closures really affects communities, 20 October, 2021. This media piece was among the top ten among the most-read pieces in Policy Forum.
Conducting feminist research during the lockdown, 9 June, 2020
Livelihoods, workers and COVID-19 in India, 28 May, 2020.
Gender in Post-COVID-19 Development Policy, 6 May, 2020.
Development workers behaving badly, Dev Policy, 11 May, 2018.
Mining the Land, Mining People, Inside Indonesia, 13 October, 2017.
Mining, minerals and firmer foundations for the future, Policy Forum, 3 November, 2016.
Women as farmers: Feminisation of farming, 21 August 2014.
PhD theses and online availability in India, Economic and Political Weekly, 17 August 2013.
Black dust and bicycles, College of Asia and the Pacific, 22 October, 2013.
The Delhi gang-rape can be explained by India’s gender ideologies, 26 February 2013.
Notes from the field: feminization of agriculture in Eastern Gangetic Plains, 14 August 2012.
Momota’s khomota or the backlash of the bhadraloks (commentary on West Bengal politics), 27 April 2012.
Thinking about the defeat of the Left Front in West Bengal assembly elections, 23 May 2011.
Anglo-Indians as part of the Indian diaspora: Making a home in Australia, 11 May 2011.
Indus floods, 2010: Why did the Sindhu break its agreement?, 1 September 2010. Republished in The Drum (of the ABC),
Indian women: Bargaining with patriarchy, 22 March 2010.
I have also contributed to important policy documents published by global agencies. Here are some examples:
International Resource Panel, 2020. Mineral Resource Governance in the 21st Century: Gearing Extractive Industries Towards Sustainable Development, United Nations Environment Program, Nairobi. I contributed to Chapters 3 and 6.
Cane, I., A. Schleger, S. Ali, D. Kemp, N. Mcintyre, P. Mckenna, A. Lechner, B. Dalaibuyan, K. Lahiri-Dutt, and N. Bulovic. 2015. Responsible Mining in Mongolia: Enhancing Positive Engagement, Brisbane: University of Queensland, Sustainable Minerals Institute.
Adriana Eftimie, Katherine Heller, John Strongman Jennifer Hinton, Kuntala Lahiri- Dutt, Nellie Mutemeri, with Chansouk Insouvanh, Michael Godet Sambo, and Susan Wagner. 2012. Gender Dimensions of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining A Rapid Assessment Toolkit, Washington D.C.: The World Bank.