Neeraj Vedwan

Neeraj Vedwan, Ph.D.

Phone: (973) 655-7503

Office: Dickson 141

Education: University of Georgia, Department of Anthropology 2001.

Research Interests

Dr Vedwan’s fields of specialty are: cultural ecology, climatic change and society, peoples and cultures of South Asia, and development anthropology. He has conducted extensive research in the Indian Himalayas on the modernization of agriculture and responses to climatic change and the role of non-governmental organizations in agricultural policy making. During 2002-2003, Dr Vedwan was a post doctoral associate at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, studying policy and socio-political drivers of innovation in water resources management in South Florida. He has also examined socio-economic and other constraints to the use of climate information in agricultural decision-making in Florida. His current research focuses on the linkages between globalization, consumerism and environmentalism in India.

Recent Publications

2007 Pesticides in Coca-Cola and Pepsi: Consumerism, Brand Image, and Public Interest in Globalizing India. Cultural Anthropology 22(4):659-684

2007 Apple Growers' Associations in Northwestern India: Emergence, Success and Limitations in the Context of State-Society Interactions. Human Organization 67(1): In press.

2007 Institutional Evolution in Lake Okeechobee Management in Florida: Characteristics, Impacts, and Limitations (with Sajjad Ahmad, Fernando Miralles-Willhelm, Kenneth Broad, David Letson, Guillermo Podesta): Water Resources Management. In press

2007 Water and Water Management: Water Management and Dams in the United States. Encyclopedia of the Modern World. Oxford University Press. In press

2007 Natural Resources: Overview. Encyclopedia of the Modern World. Oxford University Press. In press

2007 Auto-fuel fee proposal is lean, clean and green (with Kirk Barrett). The Record. July 13. Available online at : http://tinyurl.com/28qw5h