Dr. Dhiraj Barman

About

I am a Social and Development Geographer with research interests spanning political economy, urban studies, social inequality, and development processes in India. My research engages with themes of land dispossession, peri-urban transformation, urban informality, geographies of work, and social inequality, with a particular emphasis on the socio-political processes through which geographic spaces are produced and transformed in the contemporary world.

My work is situated within critical development geography and urban studies, with a focus on medium-sized cities, urban gentrification, and neoliberal urbanism, informed by socio-spatial theories. Through this lens, I examine how power, governance, and capital shape uneven socio-spatial outcomes across urban and peri-urban contexts.

In addition to my research, I teach Development Theory, Urban, Social, and Welfare Geography. I am deeply committed to mentoring students and actively contributing to interdisciplinary debates on society, space, and development.

Employment

• Presidency University Kolkata Assistant Professor
  2014 - Present

Education

• Jawaharlal Nehru University MPhil
• Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata PhD.
• Jawaharlal Nehru University MA in Geography

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (3)

• Land for urbanization: Shifting policies and variegated accumulation strategies in a fast-growing city in eastern India
  Land Use Policy 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107111
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• Land Redevelopment, Real Estate and Capital in Urban Place-making: A Case Study of Siliguri, India
  Environment and Urbanization ASIA 2023 DOI: 10.1177/09754253231193109
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• ‘Global’-izing Indian Cities: A Spatial Epistemological Critique
  City, Space and Politics in the Global South (Routledge) 2020
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