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Sanjana Kumar
Sanjana Kumar is a Princeton Fellow at the Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT) based in Barcelona, Spain. She is an A.B. candidate at Princeton University studying Legal, Political, and Economic Anthropology, where she is also pursuing secondary concentrations in Sustainable Energy and Technology and Society.
Her work focuses on how societies navigate periods of profound political, economic, and environmental change. Over the past two years, she has contributed to research examining the geopolitical implications of sustainable technology transitions in the Global South, with a particular focus on restructuring of industrial supply chains in Brazil and South Africa. In tandem, she has contributed to research regarding factors and implications of large-scale displacement in regions affected by persecution and climate-induced resource scarcity through work with Pro Se Legal Clinic Solidaridad and Caritas Internationalis Migration and Refugee Services (MRS), the world’s largest private refugee resettlement organization.
At Princeton, she is an International Policy Associate at the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination (LISD), where she engages in hands-on foreign policy experience and liaises with senior stakeholders on questions of international affairs. Her fieldwork and professional experiences have taken her across East Africa, Central America, and Europe, where she has worked on climate resilience, peacebuilding, sustainable development, and institutional reform.
Working language: English
