Rajyashree Narayanareddy

Rajyashree Narayanareddy is an Associate Professor and Graduate Chair (Tri-Campus) at the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC). She holds a PhD in Geography from the University of Minnesota and an MSc from Yale University.

Education

• PhD, University of Minnesota
• MSc, Yale University

Research Focus

Her work intersects urban political ecology, global urbanism, and environmental justice with a focus on South Asia. Key areas include geographies of waste and labor, critiques of planetary urbanization, and more-than-human urban abolition ecologies. She examines how environmental policies and material practices shape marginalized communities in Global South cities.

Publications Trends

Her research spans e-waste circuits, urban mining, and surplus economies in India, challenging Western-centric urban theories through postcolonial and decolonial perspectives. Her work engages with critical theory, political economy, and environmental policy.