ANIMESH ROY

About

Animesh Roy received his Doctoral Degree in Development Geography from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi in 2015. He is presently working as a faculty at the Giri Institute of Development Studies (GIDS), Lucknow, India. For a brief stint from 22 Sep 2023 to 02 Jan 2024, he served as an Associate Professor at the Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata (IDSK)-- a centre of excellence in Social Sciences under the aegis of the Govt. of West Bengal.

His wide interests of research include ‘political economy of dispossession and development’, neoliberal urbanism, scheduled tribes, and the socio-cultural dynamics of Khasi matrilineage.

He has published his research papers and critical comments in refereed journals of international and national repute, such Sociological Bulletin (SAGE), International Journal of Community and Social Development (SAGE), Society and Culture in South Asia (SAGE), Journal of Land and Rural Studies (SAGE), Chinese Sociological Dialogue (SAGE), Social Change (SAGE), Journal of Rural Development, Social Change and Development, Economic and Political Weekly and so on, and a book review in highly ranked American Journal of Sociology (Chicago University Press).

He has also contributed chapters to four books: 'Media, Politics and Environment' (2023: Springer), Encyclopedia of New Populism and Responses in the 21st Century (2023: Springer), ‘Agriculture in India’ (2021: Rawat Publications ) and ‘Land and Livelihoods in India’ (2020: Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore).

Employment

• Giri Institute of Development Studies (GIDS), Lucknow, India Faculty
  2024 - Present
• Institute of Development Studies Kolkata (IDSK) Associate Professor
  2023 - 2024
• Giri Institute of development Studies (GIDS) Assistant Professor
  2015 - 2023
• Raja Narendralal Khan Women's College Assistant Professor
  2008 - 2015

Education

• Jawaharlal Nehru University Pd. D.
  ? - 2015

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (9)

• Political Economy of Land Dispossession: Disintegrating Social Bond and Family Kinship, and the Changing Facets of Social Capital
  Sociological Bulletin 2025 DOI: 10.1177/00380229251329614
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• Expanding Urban, Shrinking Rural: Land and Common Grabs and Environmental Degradation in Peri-Urban Kolkata, India
  Springer Studies in Media and Political Communication 2023 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-31252-6_17
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• From Colonial to Neoliberal Regime: Understanding the Paradigms of Land Dispossession in India
  Journal of Land and Rural Studies 2022 DOI: 10.1177/23210249221127396
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• Political Economy of Dispossession and Economic Change: A Case of Rajarhat in West Bengal, India
  The International Journal of Community and Social Development 2022 DOI: 10.1177/25166026221076630
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• Dispossession without Development: Land Grabs in Neoliberal India. By Michael Levien. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018. Pp. xxviii+300. $99.00 (cloth); $27.95 (paper).
  American Journal of Sociology 2019 DOI: 10.1086/703183
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• Discord in Matrilineality: Insight into the Khasi Society in Meghalaya
  Society and Culture in South Asia 2018 DOI: 10.1177/2393861718767238
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• Land Acquisition and Rural Transformation: A Case Study from West Bengal
  Chinese Sociological Dialogue 2016 DOI: 10.1177/2397200916663010
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• In Pursuit of Development: Land Acquisition and the Dilution of Legal Provisions
  Journal of Land and Rural Studies 2014 DOI: 10.1177/2321024913515108
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• Tourism as an Additional Source of Rural Livelihoods: An Experience from Two Villages of Rajasthan
  Social Change 2013 DOI: 10.1177/0049085713502601
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