Introduction
Prakash Kashwan is an interdisciplinary social scientist, with expertise in global climate governance, environmental and climate justice, global conservation policy, and international development. Currently he is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Co-Director of the Research Program on Economic and Social Rights, Human Rights Institute, University of Connecticut, Storrs. Prakash is a member of the global expert group for Scoping of Transformative Change Assessment by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), a Senior Research Fellow of the Earth System Governance (ESG) Project, and an Editor at the journal Environmental Politics. He is the author of Democracy in the Woods: Environmental Conservation and Social Justice in India, Tanzania, and Mexico (Oxford University Press, 2017), and of forthcoming works on decolonizing environmentalism and climate justice (contracted with Oxford University Press).
Expert
Prakash Kashwan is an interdisciplinary social scientist, with expertise in global climate governance, environmental and climate justice, global conservation policy, and international development. Currently he is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Co-Director of the Research Program on Economic and Social Rights, Human Rights Institute, University of Connecticut, Storrs. Prakash is a member of the global expert group for Scoping of Transformative Change Assessment by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), a Senior Research Fellow of the Earth System Governance (ESG) Project, and an Editor at the journal Environmental Politics. He is the author of Democracy in the Woods: Environmental Conservation and Social Justice in India, Tanzania, and Mexico (Oxford University Press, 2017), and of forthcoming works on decolonizing environmentalism and climate justice (contracted with Oxford University Press).
Fields of expertise: Environmental policy / climate change, Inclusive social development / inclusive societies / social inclusion, Policy design and delivery, Reduction of inequalities / equity / poverty eradication, Sustainable Development Goals