Krithika Srinivasan

Professor Krithika Srinivasan holds a Personal Chair of Political Ecology in the School of Geosciences at the University of Edinburgh, where she leads groundbreaking research at the intersection of political ecology, animal studies, and post-development theory. Her work centers decolonial approaches to multispecies justice through long-term field engagement in South Asia, particularly India.

Her research program critically examines:

• Street dog-public health interfaces challenging conventional rabies narratives
• Biodiversity conservation politics exposing 'scapegoating' of animals
• Animal agriculture systems in multicultural societies
• Non-elite environmentalisms as alternatives to Western development models

Professor Srinivasan's recent publications reveal a strong focus on biopolitics, vulnerability, and decolonial knowledge production, with significant contributions to animal geography through special issues and citation analyses. Her work consistently bridges academic scholarship and real-world impact, as evidenced by Supreme Court interventions and public health policy influence in India.

She actively supervises PhD students on human-animal cohabitation and conservation politics while leading the Wellcome Trust-funded ROH-Indies project. Her collaborative network spans the TISS-University of Edinburgh Human-Animal Studies Initiative and Farm Forward, where she serves as South Asia Advisor.

Professor Srinivasan's public scholarship reaches global audiences through The Animal Turn podcast, Aeon Magazine features, and influential op-eds in The Hindu, making complex political ecology concepts accessible while challenging dominant narratives about street dogs and conservation.