Seema Mundoli
Research Associate
Social sciences
Azim Premji University
India
Biography
"Seema Mundoli began her career in Human Resources in the corporate sector. She later moved to work with different NGOs involved in conservation, and advocacy on issues of mining, land and forest rights, and education with a focus on tribal areas in the Eastern Ghats. Having worked for the most part in tribal and rural landscapes, more recently she has become interested in looking at the social and ecological interactions around urban commons especially in the current phase of increasing urbanization that the Indian cities are witnessing. Academic Qualifications MA Development PGDBA (Human Resources) "
Research Interest
Current research interests: Examining the transformation of urban commons both historically and in present times. Looking at social, ecological and institutional interactions and how they could contribute to protection or degradation of urban commons Urbanization processes of Indian cities Research in the past was around issues of land and resource rights of adivasis particularly in the context of mining in Fifth Schedule areas and also access to education for these communities
Publications
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Mundoli S, Joseph G, Setty S. “Shifting agricultureâ€: the changing dynamics of Adivasi farming in the forest-fringes of a tiger reserve in south India. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. 2016 Sep 13;40(8):759-82.
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Mundoli S, Manjunatha B, Nagendra H. Commons that provide: the importance of Bengaluru’s wooded groves for urban resilience. International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development. 2017 May 4;9(2):184-206.
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Unnikrishnan H, Mundoli S, Nagendra H. Making water flow in Bengaluru: planning for the resilience of water supply in a semi-arid city. Journal of Sustainable Urbanization, Planning and Progress. 2017 Feb 19;2(1).
