Asha Amirali

My main research interest lies in understanding the messy, intersecting politics of the climate crisis, with a particular focus on Pakistan and South Asia. My doctorate theorised the persistence of inequality and domination in Pakistan through an examination of capitalist accumulation in Pakistan’s informal economy. My current research brings understandings of class, state, markets, and other institutions to analysis of energy transitions and movements for climate justice in South Asia and beyond.

Through focusing on the politics of energy and climate justice, I also engage with questions of state transformation, social movements, and political ecology. I am interested in learning and contributing to how we can move through planetary crisis and forge a more humane and humble society.