Gund Fellow, Professor, Department of Geography and Geosciences; Director of the Global and Regional Studies Program at the University of Vermont

Dr. Bose’s ongoing interest is in interdisciplinary teaching and research on issues of culture, space and power. He is particularly fascinated by the ways in which people and landscapes transform each other. The primary focus of his work over the past decade has been on migration, transnationalism, diasporas, and diverse environments.  This has afforded him the opportunity to explore a range of different topics, regions, and time frames through the course of his investigations. 

Some of his earlier work focused on environmental advocacy and grassroots social justice struggles against dams and logging in both India and Canada and he continues to be inspired by activist struggles and the strength and challenge of resistance movements across the globe.  

He is also part of an ongoing multi-site, multi-year study of economic as well as other forms of development and population displacement, which has resulted in several publications including the co-authored Displacement by Development: Ethics, Rights and Responsibilities (Cambridge University Press, 2011).

Publications

Selected

  • Bose, P. S. (2022). Refugee research in the shadow of fear. GeoJournal, 87(2), 195-207.
  • Lunstrum, E., & Bose, P. S. (2022). Environmental Displacement in the Anthropocene. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 112(3), 644-653.
  • Bose, P. S. (2021). Refugees and the transforming landscapes of small cities in the US. Urban Geography, 42(7), 958-978.
  • Bose, P. S. (2016). Vulnerabilities and displacements: adaptation and mitigation to climate change as a new development mantra. Area, 48(2), 168-175.
  • Bose, P. S. (2015). Urban development in India: Global Indians in the remaking of Kolkata. Routledge.  Vandergeest, P., Idahosa, P., & Bose, P. S. (Eds.). (2010). Development's Displacements: Economies, Ecologies, and Cultures at Risk. UBC Press.

Associations and Affiliations

  • Director, Global and Regional Studies Program
  • Chair, Athletics Advisory Board
  • Chair, Diversity Curriculum Review Committee, University of Vermont
  • Editor, Urban Geography (Urban Pulse Series)

Areas of Expertise and/or Research

Environmentally-induced forced migration; refugee resettlement; urbanization in the global south political ecology; development and displacement; climate change

Education

  • PhD, Environmental Studies, York University
  • MA, Communications, Simon Fraser University
  • PBD, Communications, Simon Fraser University
  • BA, English Honours, University of British Columbia

Contact

Email:

pablo.bose@uvm.edu

Phone:
  • 802-656-5717
Website(s):
  1. Research and Teaching