Siddharth Sareen CV April 2019 | Date of Birth: 13.03.1988 | Citizen: India

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Siddharth Sareen CV April 2019 | Date of birth: 13.03.1988 | Citizen: India | Resident: Norway

Work Status: Postdoctoral research fellow, Department of Geography and Centre for Climate and Energy Transformation, University of Bergen, Norway (Apr 2017-June 2021), project leader Solar power: Producing accountable institutions for sustainable energy transitions. Researcher, Centre for the Study of the Humanities and the Sciences, University of Bergen, Norway (Mar 2018-Dec 2019). Vice-chair WG2, Indicators, EU COST Action 16232 ENGAGER on European Energy Poverty (2017-2021) Qualifications: PhD in Development Studies, Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; PhD in Forest and Nature Management, Department of Land Environment Agriculture and Forestry, Padova University, Italy Contact: [email protected] | http://www.uib.no/en/persons/Siddharth.Sareen ORCID 0000-0002-0826-7311 | Researcher ID D-8961-2015 | @sidsareen

Work Experience (besides University of Bergen)

Sept 2018 – Oct 2018 Visiting scholar (J1 visa), Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington-Seattle - Supported by grant from the University of Washington – University of Bergen Exchange Programme

June 2016 – Feb 2017 Postdoctoral research fellow, International Centre for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences, at the Institute of Economic Growth (June-Dec 2016) and at Erfurt University (Jan-Feb 2017) - Supported by grants of the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research and Erfurt University - Published articles, co-edited a journal special issue based on field research on resource politics in India

Aug 2016 – July 2017 Research consultant, Regulatory Assistance Project - Research supported by Mapping Power project on electricity governance in 15 Indian states between University of Washington-Seattle, Centre for Policy Research, and Regulatory Assistance Project - Conducted 56 expert interviews within electricity distribution sector in Indian states of Rajasthan and Gujarat, and wrote two research papers, two articles and two book chapters on electricity governance

Feb 2016 – May 2016 Visiting researcher, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, University of Copenhagen, Denmark - Hosted to publish academic outputs based on doctoral work and write grants for postdoctoral research

Aug 2012 – Feb 2016 PhD candidate, University of Copenhagen (with Double PhD partner Padova University) - PhD thesis: ‘Governing the conflicted commons: Authorising resource access in the Indian tribal belt’, supported by a prestigious Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate grant and Faculty of Science scholarship - Course coordinator (shared) for three PhD courses on Political Ecology, Environment Expertise and Development, and Governance at the Edge of the State (2013-15); taught modules of MSc courses on Qualitative methods in agricultural development, & Rural livelihoods and natural resource governance

June 2012 – July 2012 Research Assistant, Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Madras - Built on Master’s thesis work within a project on monitoring and evaluating public education

Oct 2011 – Jan 2012 Volunteer consultant, Central Himalayan Rural Action Group - Conducted qualitative research to design a toolkit of indicators for impact of development interventions in rural rain-fed agricultural regions of the Kumaon Himalayas

Aug 2011 – Sept 2011 Visiting researcher, Contemporary India Study Centre Aarhus, Aarhus University - Invited as an India-EU international essay competition winner; authored doctoral applications accepted at Oxford, King’s College London, Manchester, Wisconsin-Madison, Bonn, Aarhus and Copenhagen

University Education

July 2006 – July 2011 Integrated MA in Development Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, CGPA: 8.76/10 - Interdisciplinary, broad-based coursework in the social sciences and humanities, including thematic modules in urbanisation, gender, science and technology studies and a minor degree in Economics - Master’s thesis ‘Education and childhood poverty: an ethnographic study of determinants of access’; employed qualitative techniques in household interviews, institutional and community-level analyses - Merit-based entry to subsidised, competitive programme, rank 13 in India (~4,000 applicants, 30 seats)

Organisation of Academic Events

2019 Organising committee, Beyond Oil conference, Bergen (October) 2019 Co-chair, mobilising data for energy poverty research and action training school, Barcelona (June) 2019 Convenor, Accountability and legitimacy in energy transitions governance workshop, Bergen (May) 2019 Convenor, Writing retreat on “Scalar perspectives on energy poverty metrics”, Lisbon 2019 Convenor, Bergen Energy Lab seminar on “Smart cities and energy” 2019 Convenor, National SDG Conference workshop, Accountable climate action for energy transition, Bergen 2018 Co-host, Joint Programming Initiative Urban Europe PARENT project consortium workshop, Bergen 2018 Convenor, Bergen Energy Lab seminar on “Energy, measurement and society” 2018 Co-chair, COST Action European Energy Poverty Working Group on Indicators workshop, Dublin 2018 Session convenor (with Don Kalb) on disruptive junctures, 2nd Political Ecology Network conference, Oslo 2018 Workshop convenor (with Tarje Wanvik) on transformative deliberation, SDG Conference Bergen 2018 Convenor, SpaceLab group seminar on interdisciplinary collaboration with Don Kalb, University of Bergen 2017 Session convenor on solar energy, 7th International Conference on Sustainability Science, Stockholm 2016 Panel convenor, ‘Political Ecologies of Conflict Contestation and Capitalism’, Wageningen 2013 Panel convenor on development interventions, Asian Dynamics Initiative 5th conference, Copenhagen

Commissions of Trust

2017-2021 COST Action 16232 on European Energy Poverty, co-chair of working group 2 on indicators 2014-2019 Member of Editorial Board, Sustainability Science journal (2017-2020), Copenhagen Centre for Development Research Policy Brief series (2014-2017), Asia in Focus journal (2014-2016, founding member) 2016- Reviewer: Environmental Innovations & Societal Transitions, Land Use Policy, Energy Research & Social Sciences, Applied Energy, Sustainability, Contemporary South Asia, Policy Studies, Society & Natural Resources, Emotion Space and Society, Sustainability Science, Frontiers in Energy Research, Land, Sociologus

Institutional Responsibilities

2019-2020 Board representative (elected), Department of Geography, University of Bergen, Norway 2018- Norway Social science faculty representative, Bergen Energy Lab programme committee, Norway 2017- SpaceLab network representative, Future Earth working group in ECR Network of Networks 2013-2015 Programme representative (elected), Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate programme on Forest and Nature for Society, University of Copenhagen (EU consortium, European Commission)

Fellowships and Awards 2019 Visiting fellowship grant to be hosted by Sussex Energy Group, University of Sussex, Aug-Dec 2019 2018 EU COST Action grant for workshop on energy metrics and accountability in Lisbon, Feb 2019 2018 Faculty support based on recognition of excellence towards ERC Starting Grant application in 2019 2018 Strategic Programme for International Research and Education workshop grant for May 2019 2018 UW–Seattle University of Bergen Exchange Programme visiting fellowship (Sept-Oct), host Prof. Sunila Kale, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington – Seattle, USA, Meltzer Foundation

2017 Strategic Programme for Internationalisation of Research and Education (SPIRE) grant awarded to host month-long Visiting Researcher Prof. Steven Wolf, Cornell University, USA 2017 Funding secured till 2021 at Faculty of Social Sciences (UiB-Statoil Akademia agreement and Bergen Research Foundation) and Faculty of Humanities (Horizon 2020 / Research Council of Norway), University of Bergen

2016 German Federal Ministry for Education and Research research fellowships (6+2 months) held at Institute of Economic Growth, India and Erfurt University, Germany 2016 Regulatory Assistance Project, research consultancy on Mapping Power project, USA/India

2013 Ambassador of the Year 2013, Danish Youth Goodwill Ambassador Corps (award)

2012 Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate grant, 3-year PhD, European Commission 2012 Supplementary faculty PhD scholarship, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

2011 Aarhus University, Denmark (one month) visiting fellowship based on essay award, European Commission

2010 Best academic performance award among Development Studies majors at IIT Madras

2009 (Apr-May): German Technical Cooperation fellow, Summer School on sustainable innovations 2009 (Nov-Dec): UNDP fellow, JBF Scholar Programme on best practices of sustainable development

Small grants <€2,500: EU COST Action grant for STSM to NOVA University Lisbon (2019), Cornell / Toronto / INRA Summer Institute on accountability (2018), Training school on environmental citizenship (2018), Statoil conference grant for World Congress of Sociology (2018), International Sustainability Transitions conference (2017), Future Earth Sweden conference (2017), Max Planck Institutes workshop (2017), Energy Anthropology Network (2017), Future Earth Norway conference (2017), French Development Agency (2016), Political Ecology Network conference (2016), Heilmann Foundation (2016), University of Melbourne conference (2015), South Asia Swedish Network conference (2013), ETH Zurich Cortona week (2010)

Supervising and mentoring activities

University of Bergen: Currently supervise one Masters student on energy poverty and solar transitions in Portugal

University of Copenhagen: Mentored a junior PhD student (2015-2016) and two visiting PhD students (2014), co- supervised a group project for five MSc students; mentored six BSc students each (autumn 2014 and Spring 2015)

Overview of teaching experience

2017, 2018 and 2019 University of Bergen, Department of Geography

▪ Responsible for 10 ECTS Masters course GEO337: Discourses, politics and people: Critical perspectives on environmental governance (2018 – 6 students, 2019 – 16 students) ▪ Examiner for 10 ECTS Masters course GEO324: Geographies of the green economy ▪ Modules on other Bachelors and Masters courses, including: Planning and society, Theories of migration and development, Geographies of the green economy, Unproductive landscapes ▪ Evaluator for PhD philosophy of science seminar, Masters seminar, Masters thesis (University of Oslo) ▪ Guest lectures (course module & seminar) as Visiting Scholar at Jackson School of International Studies, UW-Seattle

2013, 2014 and 2015 University of Copenhagen, Department of Food and Resource Economics ▪ Co-coordinated three 5-8 ECTS PhD courses on political ecology and environmental governance

2013 and 2014 University of Copenhagen, Department of Food and Resource Economics ▪ Two modules on Masters course: Qualitative methods in agricultural development ▪ One module on Masters course: Rural livelihoods and natural resource governance

Languages, competence and field experience Native fluency (mothertongues): English and Hindi Acquired proficiency: Danish (Prøve i Dansk 3, December 2014, C1), Norwegian (advanced level 3, May 2018) Fieldwork experience with interpreters: Ho (6 months), Kumaoni (4 months), Tamil (1 month), Telugu (1 month) Regional fieldwork experience in English/Hindi: Portugal (3 months), Rajasthan (1 month), Gujarat (1 month) Working with interview and group discussion audio recordings and transcripts in Norwegian since spring 2018

Presentations at conferences and workshops 2019 Invited talk, Extractions and digital infrastructure workshop, Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology, Oslo Moderator, Norwegian School of Economics bi-annual energy conference on offshore renewables, Bergen Seminar talk, How geographers can enable energy transitions, disciplinary pedagogy day, University of Bergen Conference paper, 2nd annual energy poverty conference, European Commission Representation in Romania 2018 Invited talk, Ethical Legal and Social Aspects (ELSA) Norway, annual network workshop, Trondheim Paper, Centre for Climate and Energy Transformation work-in-progress seminar series, Bergen Department talk, ‘Spis deg Vis’ (Eat and be Wise) lunch seminar, Department of Geography, University of Bergen Main speaker, career development seminar, South Asia Center, University of Washington-Seattle Host address, Rise for Climate Bergen, 350.org initiative Selected paper, International Sociological Association World Congress, Toronto Selected paper, Summer Institute on metrics & accountability in environmental governance, University of Toronto Invited talk, Review of SDG7 at High Level Political Forum 2018, United Nations Headquarters, New York Public performance, "The future of solar power" at Pecha Kucha Bergen #10 Participant, Climate Governance Workshop, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies Invitee, COST Action on Innovations in Climate Governance meeting, Norwegian Embassy, Brussels Paper, Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, Washington D.C. Paper, World Bank Land & Poverty Conference: Land Governance in an Interconnected World, Washington D.C. Invited participant, 2nd INOGOV Spring School on Governing Climate Change: Polycentricity in Action?, Heerlen Invited talk, How new are the renewables? Historicizing energy transitions conference, Deutsches Museum, Munich Invited talk, Transformative infrastructures: Second energy vulnerabilities and pathways symposium, Manchester Network representative, Future Earth Early Career Researchers Network of Networks, British Academy, London 2017 Selected paper on solar energy, Royal Geographical Society – IBG annual conference, London

Invited talk, Asian Dynamics Initiative and South Asia across the Nordic Region launch, Copenhagen Invited talk at the 8th International Sustainability Transitions conference, Gothenburg Invited talk, King’s India Institute seminar, Narratives of Indian Democracy, King’s College London Paper, 16th Annual Science and Technology Studies conference, Graz Paper, International Energy Agency Annex 28 workshop on distributed energy storage, Copenhagen Invitee of Energy Anthropology Network on energy governance, ‘Energy Impacts’ workshop, Bergen Invitee of Future Earth Norway on energy governance, ‘Ecological Challenges’ conference, Oslo Invited talk, ‘Energy Transitions’ symposium of Max Planck Institutes, Harnack Haus, Berlin Invited talk, energy governance, Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies, Erfurt Invited talk, Social science approaches to energy: A practical workshop on theory', University of Oslo Paper, EASST workshop on Making Futures, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań Invited speaker, Roundtable discussion, 10th Annual Nordic NIAS Council Conference, Oslo Norway Management Committee member, , COST Action on European Energy Poverty launch meeting, Brussels Paper, Interdisciplinary Conference on Extraction and Exclusion, University of Oxford Paper, Beyond Oil: Mobilizing alternative futures, University of Bergen 2016 Invited talk at ‘Commons and Development’, French Development Agency annual conference, Paris Invited talk, International Centre for Advanced Studies seminar, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi Invited talk, seminar on discourses around logging in Jharkhand, Department of Sociology, Delhi Invited talk, seminar on logging, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment, Bangalore Invited talk, project workshop on state electricity governance, Centre for Policy Research, Delhi Paper, ‘Undisciplined Environments’ conference, European Network of Political Ecology, Stockholm 2015 Invited paper, 4th Erasmus Mundus Forest and Nature for Society annual conference, Bangor Invited talk, University of Melbourne and IDS Kolkata workshop, Instruments of Intervention, Kolkata 2014 Invited paper, 3rd Erasmus Mundus Forest and Nature for Society annual conference, Montpellier Invited talk, SASNET workshop on South Asia: Culture, Technology and Development, Falsterbo Paper, 23rd European Conference on South Asian Studies, Zurich Paper, Danish Development Research Network conference on Development Paradoxes, Copenhagen Paper, International Union of Forest Research Organizations 24th World Congress, Salt Lake City Paper, 43rd Annual Conference on South Asia, Madison, Wisconsin Invited representative, Erasmus Mundus Association 10th Annual General Assembly, Krakow Invited talk, Property and Citizenship initiative’s seminar with Nancy Peluso, Copenhagen A. T. Kearney fellowship, invited talk on natural resource governance, Falling Walls Labs, Berlin 2013 Paper, Global Political Ethnography: Studying Policy Regimes in Flux, Copenhagen Invitee, National Consultation: Effective Implementation of Protective Legislation – PESA, New Delhi Invitee, 2nd Erasmus Mundus Forest and Nature for Society annual conference, San Vito di Cadore Invitee from Denmark, South Asia Swedish Network’s Nordic-Indian research workshop, Bangalore Main speaker, South Asia Swedish Network Seminar on forest access in a resource-rich region, Lund Invited speaker, panel debate on dams and livelihoods of indigenous communities, Copenhagen Invited talk, Copenhagen Goodwill Ambassador Corps Annual Conference, Copenhagen Invited talk, Youth Goodwill Ambassadors Denmark National Conference, Copenhagen Earlier Paper, Arts and Aesthetics in a Globalising World (ASA UK & Commonwealth), New Delhi (2012) Paper, Earth System Governance: Evidence for Sustainable Development (IHDP), Berlin (2012) Paper, International Sociological Association’s XVII World Congress of Sociology, Gothenburg (2010) Invitee, The February Dialogues on Food Sovereignty and Climate Change, Bangalore (2010)