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Maan Barua is a University Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Cambridge's Department of Geography, affiliated with the Vital Geographies and Infrastructural Geographies research groups. His research focuses on urban ecologies, postcolonial environments, and the intersections of political economy with posthumanist thought. He leads the ERC Horizon 2020-funded 'Urban Ecologies' project (£1.23 million, 2018-2024) and has authored influential works like Lively Cities (2023) and Plantation Worlds (2024).
Prior to Cambridge, Barua held a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Oxford. His grants include major support from the Wellcome Trust, Leverhulme Trust, and British Academy. He collaborates internationally with institutions like SciencesPo (Paris) and Freie Universität Berlin, and serves as adjunct faculty at India's National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS).
Research areas include urban metabolism, biocapital, and postcolonial environmental theory. Current projects examine urban wetlands, amphibious urbanism, and metabolic politics. His work bridges anthropology, ecology, and policy, including contributions to IUCN's Asian Elephant Specialist Group.
