Arpitha Kodiveri

Arpitha is an environmental law and justice scholar whose work focuses on the role of law in the context of redressing climate harms faced by indigenous communities in South Asia. Her previous research examines land conflicts and legal mobilization by forest-dwelling communities in India. She has worked as an environmental lawyer supporting Adivasi and forest-dwelling communities in India.

She is currently an assistant professor of political science at Vassar College. She is the recipient of the Hans Kelsen Fellowship at the EUI and the Fulbright-Nehru Fellowship. ML, University of California-Berkeley; ML, European University Institute; BL, BS, Indian Law Society's Law College; PhD, European University Institute