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Thomas Malsom

North Eastern Social Research Centre (NESRC), Holy Cross College, Agartala

ORCID iD 0000-0002-0514-5095
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Dr. Thomas Malsom is currently an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Faculty of Liberal Arts, ICFAI UNIVERSITY, Tripura (India). He have obtained his PhD from the Department of Sociology, School of Social Sciences, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya (India)

His research interests includes Sociology of Development, Environmental Sociology, Tribal/Indigenous Studies, Community Development, Collective Memory, Resource Politics and Governance, Human-nonhuman relations, Water and Climate Change.

His research works has been published in the journals 'Sociological Bulletin(Sage),' 'Economic and Political Weekly(EPW),' 'Journal of Asian and African Studies (Sage),' 'Journal of Native India and Diversity,' 'Intersectionalities: A global Journal of Social Work Analysis, Research, Polity and Practice.'

His other writings (column/pitches/insights) have appeared in e-magazine like 'Down to Earth,' 'India Water Portal,' 'Grassroots Options,' ' Northeast India Water Talk,' 'Homchang.'

He is also a co-author with Walter Fernandes of a book entitled: ‘Ethnicity and Land Conflicts: Development -Induced Displacement in Tripura 1947-2010.’ and two contextual children picture book 1) The Fishing Trip 2) Lungdai and Honrbills.

He is currently a Guest Writer with Homchang (An independent media house based in Tripura) and a fellow of India Water Portal Fellowship. Previously, he served as a Water Fellow at North-East India Water Talk (2021) and a Fellow of the Forgotten Folklore Project Fellowship (TFFP) at Sauramandala Foundation (2024-2025).

Employment

  • Holy Cross College, Agartala Assistant professor
    2019 - 2020
  • North Eastern Social Research Centre (NESRC) Research Assistant

Education

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