Karen Coelho Visiting Scholar
Assistant Professor, Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai, India
Quadrant: Global Cultures

Karen Coelho is an Assistant Professor at the Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai, India, where she specializes in urban governance and reforms. Her research interests include urban collective action, reforms, and water policy.
Contact Information
- Address:
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Madras Institute of Development Studies
79, Second Main Road, Gandhinagar,
Adyar, Chennai - 600 020
Tamil Nadu, INDIA - Email:
- karenc@mids.ac.in
- Phone:
- 0091-44-24412589
- Fax:
- 0091-44-24910872
- Web:
- http://www.mids.ac.in/karenc.htm
Selected Publications
"The Slow Road to the Private: A Case Study of Neoliberal Water Reforms in Chennai," in Water Governance in Motion: Towards Socially and Environmentally Sustainable Water Laws, edited by P. Cullet, A. Gowlland-Gualtieri, R. Madhav, and U. Ramanathan.Cambridge University Press, 2010: 80-108.
"Tapping In: Leaky Sovereignties and Engineered (Dis)Order in an Urban Water System," in Sarai Reader 06: Turbulence, edited by Monica Narula, Shuddhabrata Sengupta, Ravi Sundaram, Jeebesh Bagchi, Awadhendra Sharan + Geert Lovinket. Centre for the Study of Developing Societies: 497-509.



