Nikita Sud, Associate Professor of Development Studies, University of Oxford

Nikita Sud is Associate Professor of Development Studies at the University of Oxford. She is Governing Body Fellow and Vicegerent of Wolfson College. Her widely reviewed book Liberalization, Hindu Nationalism and The State: A Biography of Gujarat was also published by Oxford University Press (2012). Besides teaching and academic writing, she regularly comments on politics, development, and the environment in the media.

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Honorable Mention, 2022 Book Award, The International Studies Association Global Development Studies section

"Nikita Sud has written a book of impressive range and originality, which explores the multidimensionality of land, and its many lives …' -Niraja Gopal Jayal, professor at the Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India "

"'Nikita Sud's narrative captures the essence of the 'social life of land' and the resolve for social and ecological justice through our renewed relations with land.' -Michael Goldman, associate professor of sociology, University of Minnesota, USA "

"'The Making of Land is a brilliant book about an old theme: land and what it implies for broader social life, and vice versa.' -Saturnino M. Borras Jr., professor of agrarian studies, International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Netherlands "