Professor Priya Kurian

Dr Priya Kurian is professor of political science and public policy at the University of Waikato.

Priya Kurian is associate professor of political science and public policy at the University of Waikato.

A former journalist in India, her research spans the areas of environmental politics and policy, science and technology, gender and development, and sustainable development.

She is the author or co-editor of four books, including Engendering the Environment? Gender in the World Bank’s Environmental Policies (Ashgate, 2000) that focused on a case study of the World Bank-funded Sardar Sarovar Dam Project in India. She is co-principal investigator of a Marsden Fund research grant of the Royal Society of New Zealand for a project on “Sustainable Citizenship”.

For more details, see Associate Professor Priya Kurian’s profile.