Ana Maria Kumarasamy is an Associate Research Fellow at the The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Programme at The Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI)
Ana Kumarasamy is a PhD Candidate in Politics at Lancaster University. Her thesis focuses on environmental inequalities, identity politics and governance in Beirut. She is a PHD fellow at the Sectarianism, Proxies and de-Sectarianisation (SEPAD) project, and has previously worked as a project coordinator at the Richardson Institute based at Lancaster University.
Areas of Expertise
Identity politics, environmental governance, Lebanon
Publications
“Da’ish, Stasis and Bare Life in Iraq” in Iraq after ISIS: The Challenges of Post-War Recovery, eds. Jacob Eriksson and Ahmed Khaleel. Cham: Palgrave Pivot, 2019. (Book chapter)
“Bottling up Urban Space: Unpacking Contesting Sov ereign Power and Environmental Insecurity in the Greater Beirut Area (GBA)” in Urban Spaces and Sectarian Contestation (Report), edited by Simon Mabon, 51-57. Lancaster: SEPAD, 2020.
Upcoming
Ghazal, E., Kumarasamy, A., Mabon, S., Nasirzadeh, S., and Al Refaei, E. Eds. Sectarianism, De-Sectarianization and Regional Politics in the Middle East: Protests and Proxies across States and Borders (I.B Tauris)
“Sovereign Power in an Icy Climate: An Exploration of Violence, Environmental Insecurity and Displacement in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon” in Giorgio Agamben’s State of Exception in the MENA Region (Routledge)