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Presentations

Invited Talks (Selection)

Invited Talks
2021

Transformative Practice and gender relations in water security projects” University of Oxford, Seminar Series on Gender, Research and Action in the Global South, online, May 21st, 2021

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“Boundary making, boundary shaking: clashing worldviews and transformative change in a transdisciplinary research-for-development project” Inspirational talk at the 1st Forum for Interdisciplinary Research Related to Global Livestock Systems, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden, May 7th, 2021

2020

Discussant for the Summer Talk at the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) by Terry Cannon (IDS): “Why is it a problem to do projects which are ‘community-based’?”, Dhaka, Bangladesh, online, Aug. 16th, 2020

“Book Launch: Transformative Pedagogic Practice. Education for Sustainable Development and water conflicts in Indian Geography Education” Delhi University, Geography Department, Delhi, India, Oct. 6th, 2018

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Conference Presentations

Conference Presentations (Selection)

2021

“Rural out-migration, gender relations and farmer-managed irrigation systems: exploring linkages in Nepal” – International Association of the Commons 2021 Water Commons Conference, digital, May 19th - 21st, 2021

2020

“Irrigation Technology Encounters and the "Feminisation of Agriculture" – Conference of the Royal Anthropological Institute and the Royal Geographical Society: Anthropology and Geography: Dialogues Past, Present and Future, digital, Sept. 14th - 18th, 2020

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“A translocal feminist political ecology perspective: Community-managed irrigation systems and rural out-migration in Nepal” – POLLEN Biennial Political Ecology Network Conference, digital, Sept. 20th - 25th, 2020

“Collective water resource management in contexts of rural out-migration” – Rural Development & Migration session, German Geography Conference at the University of Kiel, Germany, Sept. 25th - 30th, 2019

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“Transformative Pedagogic Practice – a guiding principle for Geography Education?” – Geography education session, German Geography Conference at the University of Kiel, Germany, Sept. 25th - 30th, 2019

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“Gender in collective labor, water, and land management practices: critical reflections on collective farming” – Conference of the International Association of the Commons (IASC), in Lima, Peru, July 1st - 5th, 2019

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“Revitalising community-managed irrigation systems in contexts of out-migration in Nepal” – 3rd annual meeting of the South Asia Across the Nordic Region Network, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden, June 11th - 12th, 2019

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“Book Launch: Transformative Pedagogic Practice. Education for Sustainable Development and water conflicts in Indian Geography Education” – Higher Seminar Series, Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden, May 22nd, 2019

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“Can Water Technologies Address a ‘Feminisation of Agriculture’?” – American Association of Geographers, Washington D.C., USA, April 2nd - 7th 2019

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“Dialogues and ruptures between Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), pedagogic practice and postcolonialism in India” – American Association of Geographers, Washington D.C., USA, April 2nd - 7th 2019

“Feminisation of Agriculture? Migration, changing gender norms and power relations in the Eastern Gangetic Plains” Development Research Conference, Göteborg, Sweden, Aug. 21st - 23rd, 2018

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“Evolving farmer collectives at the margins: Reflections on the making of life-in-common from the Eastern Gangetic Plains” – POLLEN Political Ecology Network Conference, Oslo, Norway, June 20th - 24th 201

“Feminisation of Agriculture? Exploring changing gender norms and power relations in the Eastern Gangetic Plains” – CGIAR Scientific Conference on Gender Research, KIT Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Dec. 4th - 7th 2017

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“Food security programs in Western Nepal: Reframing for empowerment“– German Geography Congress (DKG), Tübingen, Germany, Oct. 6th - 10th 2017

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“Übersetzung transnationaler Bildungspolitiken im Globalen Süden“– German Geography Congress (DKG), Tübingen, Germany, Oct. 6th - 10th 2017

 

“Farmer collectives and shifting gender relations in the Eastern Gangetic Plains” – International Association for the Studies of the Commons (IASC), Utrecht, Netherlands, July 10th - 14th 2017

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“Migration, gendered water institutions and farmer collectives in a changing agrarian structure in Mithilanchal” – International Silver Jubilee Conference of the Asian Development Research Institute “Bihar and Jharkhand: Shared History to Shared Vision“, Patna, India, March 24th - 28th 2017

“Participatory gender training for farmer groups.” – Annual Research Meeting of the International Water Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Nov. 17th 2016

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“Re-framing women’s empowerment in water security programmes in Western Nepal” – CGIAR Gender and Agriculture Network Meeting, poster presentation, CIAT, Cali, Colombia, Nov. 11th 2016

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“Changing agricultural practices – transforming gender norms? Linking women’s empowerment, migration and resilience in the Far West of Nepal” – Royal Geographical Society (RGS) conference, London, Aug. 31st - Sept. 2nd 2016

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“Climate resilience through empowerment: the water link” – Nepal Water Week 2016, Kathmandu, Nepal, March 23rd 2016

2012-2015

“Gender relations in agricultural development processes in the Eastern Gangetic Plains” – German Congress for Geography, Berlin, Germany, Oct. 1st - 6th 2015

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“Neglected Geography Education in India? Opportunities and challenges for curriculum design through Education for Sustainable Development“ – International Geographical Union (IGU) Regional Conference, Kraków, Poland, Aug. 18th - 22nd 2014

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“Dowry practices and gendered space in urban Patna/India“ – 23rd European Conference on South Asian Studies (ECSAS), Zürich, Switzerland, July 25th 2014

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“Komplexe Mensch-Umwelt-Beziehungen im Geographieunterricht: Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung am Beispiel der Wasserversorgung in Pune/Indien“ – 58. German Geography Conference, Passau, Germany, Oct. 10th 2013

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“Education for Sustainable Development in Pune/India: Understanding complex factors of water supply through argumentation“ – International Geographical Congress, Köln, Germany, Aug. 26th 2012

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Session Chair

Chaired Sessions

2023

Nurturing sustainable agriculture, food and water security discourses through social relations and subjective perspectives”(with Dr. Judith Bopp) – Deutscher Kongress für Geographie, Frankfurt, 21. Sept. 2023

2021

“Eco-feminist perspectives and gender in environmental justice research” International Workshop on Environmental Justice, Freiburg, Germany (online), May 19th - 21st, 2021

2020

“Contesting Capitalism at the Margins” (with Dr. Patrik Oskarsson), Conference of the Royal Anthropological Institute and the Royal Geographical Society: Anthropology and Geography: Dialogues Past, Present and Future, London, UK (online), Sept. 14th - 18th, 2020

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“Challenges of critical knowledge production for a transformation: perspectives and experiences” (with Dr. Judith Bopp, Dr. Jonas Hein, Juan Sebastian Velez Triana, Prof. Silja Klepp) Workshop at POLLEN Biannual Conference Sept. 2020, Brighton, (virtual)

“New agrarian practices? Trajectories of social and environmental change“ (with Dr. Judith Bopp), Deutscher Kongress für Geographie (German Congress for Geography, DKG), Kiel, Germany, 25th - 30th Sept., 2019

 

“Outside perspectives: how is (geography) education possible? “ (with Dr. Johanna Mäsgen), Deutscher Kongress für Geographie (German Congress for Geography, DKG), Kiel, Germany, 25th - 30th Sept. 2019

“Contradicting contradictions- Rethinking Education for Sustainable Development towards the SDGs” (with Dr. Anna Oberrauch, Ass. Prof. Dr. Lars Keller, Prof. Dr. Peter Bagoly-Simo) German Congress for Geography (DKG), Tübingen, Germany, Oct. 6th - 10th, 2017

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“Geography Education and Research in the Global South” (with Prof. Dr. Gregor Falk) German Congress for Geography (DKG), Tübingen, Germany, Oct. 6th - 10th, 2017

“Geographies of migration, gender and agrarian change in the Global South” (with Dr. Fraser Sugden), Royal Geographical Society (RGS) conference, , Imperial College London, UK,

Aug. 31st - Sept. 2nd 2016

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