Dr. Sandeep Kandikuppa is a Research Fellow at the East-West Center, Honolulu. He has a PhD in Environment from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. His current research delves into issues at the intersection of climate change, livelihoods, labor, and natural resources and has published in various academic venues, including Climatic Change, Rural Sociology, World Development, Human Geography, and Ecology and Society. Sandeep’s articles have appeared in Indian and international publications like The Diplomat, Himal Southasian, Times of India, and the Hindustan Times.