Doing Research in a Developing Country
Episode Description
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Professor Gita Gill (School of Law, Northumbria University) about her experience of doing fieldwork in India.
(Photo courtesy of Gita Gill)
Readings Recommended by Professor Gita Gill
Paterson, A. (1982). The Law Lords (Palgrave Macmillan).
Paterson, A. (2021). Final Judgment: The Last Law Lords and the Supreme Court (Bloomsbury).
Chilisa, B. (2019). Indigenous Research Methodologies (SAGE).
Gill, G. N. (2016). Environmental Justice in India: The National Green Tribunal (Routledge).
Gill, G. N. (2019). The Precautionary principle, its interpretation and application by the Indian judiciary: ‘When I use a word it means just what I choose it to mean-neither more nor less’ Humpty Dumpty. 21(4) Environmental Law Review 292.
About the Speaker
Professor Gita Gill
School of Law, Northumbria University
Professor Gitanjali Nain Gill is a tenured full professor of environmental law at Northumbria University. Her research interests and published work form a coherent body reflecting thematic issues including climate change, access to environmental justice, SDGs & sustainability. In 2013-16, funded by a British Academy Grant, she examined the casework & environmental jurisprudence of India's National Green Tribunal. The findings were published in Environmental Justice in India: The National Green Tribunal (Routledge 2017). Currently, her British Academy award (2020-23) examines land acquisition, rehabilitation and resettlement of vulnerable communities in Gujarat.