Souvik Chakraborty

Dr. Souvik Lal Chakraborty is a Lecturer of Human Geography in the Faculty of Arts and he is also the Course Director of the Master of International Development Practice.

Souvik prefers to identify himself as a multidisciplinary academic as his research stands at the intersection of Anthropology, Sociology, and Human Geography. In 2022, Souvik completed his Ph.D. in Human Geography at Monash University, and in his doctoral research, he analyzed the developmental pathway India is currently following and how it is affecting the cultural identity of the marginalized and the tribal communities in the country. For his doctoral research, Souvik was awarded the prestigious Award for Dissertation Excellence by the Institute of Australian Geographers in July, 2023. 

Prior to his doctoral studies, Souvik completed his Master’s in Democratic Governance and Civil Society from the University of Osnabrück in Germany as a DAAD Public Policy and Good Governance Scholar. Souvik’s research and teaching focus on studies of nature-society relationships. More specifically his research interests include studies of politics of mining and resource extraction, intersections between indigenous geographies and political ecology, contentious politics, and critical development studies.

Current teaching:

Understanding development: Discourse, practice and power (APG5628)

Project planning and management in international development (APG5805)

Previous teaching:

Political Ecology: Critical explanations of socio-environmental problems (APG5627) (2022)

Environmental governance and citizenship (APG5428) (2022)

Power and poverty: International Development in a globalised world (ATS2628) (2022 and 2020)

Environmental assessment and decision making (ATS3546) (2020)

Project planning and management in international development (APG5805) (2018)