Ashish Prabhakar

Ashish Prabhakar is a doctoral scholar with the Centre for Regional Studies, School of Social Sciences, at the University of Hyderabad. His doctoral thesis examines the spatial constructions of social conflicts around solid-waste management in periurban India, focusing on the case of the village of Vilappilsala, Kerala. His interests include urban theory and practice, critical development studies, political ecology, human geography, and environmental policy.