Dr. Pooja Nayak
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
Rachel Carson Center
Büroadresse:
Leopoldstr. 11a
Raum 428
80802 München
Personal Details
- 2022
- Ph.D. in Anthropology and South Asian Studies, University of Pennsylvania
- 2023-present
- Postdoctoral Lecturer and Researcher, Chair of Environmental Humanities, LMU Munich
Research
- History of modern South Asia
- Post-extraction landscapes
- State and economy relationships
- Ethnography of industrial labor
- Multispecies relations
Selected Publications
- “Ungovernable ferns and the horizons of conservation in late industrial ecologies.” Journal of Political Ecology 33(1): 6752 (March 2026). https://doi.org/10.2458/jpe.6752
- “Growing Up amid Environmental Change: A Conversation with Jan David Hauck.” Springs: The Rachel Carson Center Review, no. 9 (February 2026). https://doi.org/10.5282/rcc-springs-20765
- “Relations and Difference: Teaching the Human and More-than-Human Ecologies in Germany.” Lagoonscapes: The Venice Journal of Environmental Humanities. (December 2025). http://doi.org/10.30687/LGSP/2785-2709/2025/02/006
- “Inefficiency and the Rhythms of Industrial Time.” Exertions, Society for the Anthropology of Work. July 2023. https://anthrowork.org/collections/book-forum-porkopolis/inefficiency-and-the-rhythms-of-industrial-time/
- “On Livability in the Sri Lankan Tea Plantation.” Exertions, Society for the Anthropology of Work. September 2021. https://anthrowork.org/collections/book-forum-tea-and-solidarity/on-livability-in-the-sri-lankan-tea-plantation/
Teaching
- Human and More-than-Human Ecologies
- Natures and Justice
- Environmental Justice in Practice
- Concepts, Analyses, and Interpretations (Thesis Preparation)
- Current Perspectives on Environment and Society: Thinking, Envisioning,
and Building Futures