Collective of Agrarian Scholar-Activists from the South
agrarian studies, global south, scholar-activists
CASAS’ members spotlight
Bruno Prado is a Ph.D. candidate in the Graduate Program in Social Sciences in Development, Agriculture and Society (CPDA) at the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ). He works as programme coordinator in AS-PTA Agroecology and Family Farming and is a member of the Working Group in Climate Justice & Agroecology within the…
Eka Zuni Lusi Astuti is a PhD student in the University of Limerick, Ireland. Their focus study is resistance studies, social movement, and community development. In Indonesia, she serves as a lecturer in the Department of Social Development and Welfare at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada.
Kunal Munjal is a Senior Research Fellow at the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Bangalore, and a Ph.D. Scholar in Development Studies at IIT Hyderabad. His research focuses on class relations, rural industrialisation, agricultural commercialisation, and the role of the state, particularly the interactions between agrarian, merchant, and industrial classes. He is a research collaborator with…
Enrique Castañón Ballivián is a Lecturer in International Development at the Institute of the Americas, University College London. He researches the dynamics, theory and politics of agrarian change and environmental governance in Latin America, with a focus on agribusiness expansion and resource politics. Enrique is an Editor of the Journal of Agrarian Change. To know…
Grettel Navas is a political ecologist whose research focuses on environmental conflicts associated with toxic pollution, particularly pesticide exposure in agrarian contexts. Her work also examines the role of environmental defenders and the diverse forms of violence they face in their struggles. She holds a PhD in Environmental Science and Technology from the Autonomous University of…