29 and 30 April 2024
Venue: Amphi 28 - 28, rue Saint - Guillaume, 75007 Paris
Inaugural meeting of the Sciences Po South Asia Program
Amphi 28 - 28 rue Saint - Guillaume Paris 7
9:00: Opening by Sergei Guriev, Sciences Po Provost
9:30: Introductory remarks by Mrs Chandrika Kumaratunga, Former President of Sri Lanka and a Sciences Po alumna
10:00 – 12:30 : A Crisis of a Different Magnitude
Chair: Alexandre Mariani, Sciences Po-DAI
Discussant: Charlotte Halpern, Sciences Po-CEE/CNRS
Christophe Jaffrelot, Sciences Po-CERI/CNRS
Hydric Stress, Air Pollution and Deforestation in India
Isha Ray, Berkeley University/LSE
Community and the Commons: Case Studies from India, Nepal and Bangladesh
--- Lunch break ---
13:45 – 16:45 South Asian Cities and Climate Change
Chair: Sukriti Issar, Sciences Po-CRIS/CNRS
Discussant: Laurent Gayer, Sciences Po-CERI/CNRS
Lalitha Kamath, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
Fisher Stories that Reframe Climate Action in Mumbai
Umair Javed, Lahore University of Management Studies, Lahore
Urban Villages, Environmental Transformation, and Local Politics in Lahore
Kazi Khaleed Ashraf, Bengal Institute for Architecture, Landscapes and Settlements, Dakha
The Future is Fluid: Water as an Existential Theme in Architecture and Urbanism in Bangladesh
Amphi 28 - 28 rue Saint-Guillaume - Paris 7
9:00 – 11:00: Rural Issues and Agricultural Innovations
Chair: Olivia Aubriot, CESAH-EHESS/CNRS
Discussant: Hemal Thakker, Sciences Po alumnus
Frédéric Landy, Nanterre University
An Agriculture Adapted to the Instability of Tropical Climates, but not yet to Climate Change
Anne Sophie Poisot, Office of Innovation, FAO
Micro-Farming and Macroeconomic Transitions Towards Climate-Resilient Agroecology in Andhra Pradesh, India
11:00 – 12:30: Panel discussion on South Asia and Climate Negotiations
--- Lunch break ---
14:00 – 16:45: Mitigation, Adaptation and Resistance
Manisha Anantharaman, Sciences Po-CSO/CNRS
From Performative to Transformative Environmentalism: Seeking Cross-Class Coalitions for Climate Justice
Clément Imbert, Sciences Po-Economy Department
Climate Change and Seasonal Migration in India: Evidence from Railway Data
Matthew Gordon, Paris School of Economics
Targeting Disaster Aid: Visibility and vulnerability after the 2015 Nepal Earthquake
--- Coffee break ---
Introduced by Sergei Guriev