Dr. Kuntala’s research is on the interface of gender, the environment and natural resource management in developing countries, primarily in India. Dr. Kuntala has also carried out field-based research in Indonesia, Lao PDR and Mongolia. Dr. Kuntala’s publications include Dancing with the River: People and Lives on the Chars in South Asia (co-authored, Yale University Press, 2013); The Coal Nation (Ashgate, 2014); Gendering the Field: Towards Sustainable Livelihoods for Mining Communities (edited, ANU Press, 2011); Women Miners in Developing Countries: Pit Women and Others (co-edited, Ashgate, 2006). More about Dr. Kuntala’s work is available on her staffpage https://crawford.anu.edu.au/people/academic/kuntala-lahiri-dutt.