Talks, Presentations, & Media Appearances

2022

• Too Much Democracy: Insights from India into the Link between National Identity and Democratic Backsliding, International Studies Association, Annual Convention, Virtual/Nashville (29 March)

• The Prudent Judgment Approach for Decision-Making under Uncertainty, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India (4 February)

2021

• International Politics of Climate Change, Keynote talk at the Space & Geospatial Virtual Pavilion for COP26 (10 November)

• Promises at COP26, live interview on Sky News Arabia (2 November)

• Climate pledges ahead of COP26, live interview on BBC World News (23 September)

• International Politics of Climate Change, Keynote talk at the Geospatial World Forum 2021 (Amsterdam, 20 October)

• The Logic of Prudence, EISA Pan-European Conference on International Relations, Virtual (17 September); MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory, Virtual (7-10 September); European Workshops in International Studies, Brussels (30 June – 3 July)

• Publishing as an early-career researcher, panellist in a workshop for the King’s India Institute Graduate Conference 2021, King’s College London (30 June)

• US President Joe Biden’s Climate Summit, live interview on BBC News (22 April)

• Rising Power Identities and Role Performance: India in Global Climate Governance, International Studies Association, Annual Convention, Virtual/Las Vegas (6 April)

• Understanding Rising Power Identities and Interests: The Case of India, 1980-2020, Research Seminar (Politics), School of Economics & Political Science, University of St. Gallen (23 February)

• Making Identity Count: Discourses of Indian National Identity, 1950-2020, Swiss Political Science Association, Annual Conference, Bern/Online (February)

2020

• Substantive Aspirations Beyond the Process: Meanings of Democracy in Brazil, India, UK, and US, Research Seminar (Politics), School of Economics & Political Science, University of St. Gallen (17 November); Identities Cluster Research Seminar, Asia Research Institute, NUS (20 October); European Consortium of Political Research, Virtual General Conference (24-28 August 2020)

• Making Identity Count: Discourses of Indian National Identity, 1950-2010, guest lecture for PSC1666 Terrorism and Political Violence (graduate seminar) Hawai’i Pacific University (28 October)

• Domestic Identity and International Security, Department of International Relations and Governance Studies, Shiv Nadar University, India (19 February)

2019

• A Theory of Prudent Judgment for Foreign Policy Decision-Making, British International Studies Association, General Conference, London, (June 2019); School of Economics & Political Science, University of St. Gallen (April 2019); International Studies Association, Annual Convention, Toronto (March 2019); Swiss Political Science Association, Annual Conference, Zurich (February 2019)

2017

• Doing Archival Research, Archival Research Skills Panel, 12^th Singapore Graduate Forum on Southeast Asian Studies, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore (July 2017)

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