PhD
PhD Supervisor: Shaila Seshia Galvin
Profile
Sohnee Harshey is a PhD researcher in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology. Her research interests include urban political ecology, particularly intersecting questions of waste, small-town planning, and conservation in India. Her prior academic training includes a B.A. (Hons) in History at St. Stephen’s College, Delhi, an M.A. in Social Work and an M.Phil. in Women’s Studies from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.
Before commencing the PhD, Sohnee led the communications and advocacy efforts of Nirantar Trust, a feminist organisation working on women’s literacy and pedagogy in rural North India, as well as its bilingual thinktank, The Third Eye portal. Between 2017–2020, Sohnee was part of the founding team of Economic and Political Weekly’s digital initiative EPW Engage where she was involved in reimagining the journal’s digital presence in new visual formats. Earlier in her career, she also conducted multilingual research training for doctoral scholars in the social sciences.
Areas of expertise
- Urban Ecologies
- Waste
- Infrastructure
- Peri-urban India
- Environmental Anthropology
Publications and Works
Harshey, Sohnee and Pratibha Sharma (2016): “Making Waste Matter: Reimagining Urban Renewal and Advocating for Waste-pickers' Right to a Dignified Livelihood,” Land, Labour and Livelihoods: Indian Women's Perspectives, Fernandez et al (eds), Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-40865-1.
Harshey, Sohnee (2021): “Either We All Live in a Decent World, Or Nobody Does,” The Third Eye, 30 June, https://bit.ly/3kHlsJV.
Harshey, Sohnee (2021): “Private Health Insurance Has No Future in India, or Anywhere Else in the World,” The Third Eye, 24 September, https://bit.ly/3P0YQ4T.