Dr A. Sharma, Postdoctoral fellow

Peer-reviewed journal articles

Sharma, A., Murton, G., (2025) “Revisiting the Frontier: Colonial Legacies and Lived Realities in Himalayan Borderlands.” Territory, Politics, Governance. (Impact factor: 1.9)

Sharma, A., Gohain, S. (2024) “Black-Necked Crane as Border Object: Interspecies Politics in Himalayan Borderlands.” Territory, Politics, Governance, 1–20. (Impact factor: 1.9) https://doi.org/10.1080/21622671.2024.2401447.

Sharma, A. (2019). Giving Water Its Place: Artificial Glaciers and the Politics of Place in a High-Altitude Himalayan Village. Water Alternatives-An Interdisciplinary Journal On Water Politics And Development, 12 (3), 993-1016. (Impact factor: 2.24) Open Access 

Goddeeris, I., Steegen, B., Sharma, A. (2018). Showcasing Adivasi culture and history: A comparative analysis of ‘tribal’ museums in Gumla and Ranchi. Rivista degli Studi Orientali, (XCI, supplemento), 109-121. doi: 10.19272/201803824009 (VABB-1) 

Chané, A-L., Sharma, A. (2016). Universal Human Rights? Exploring Contestation and Consensus in the UN Human Rights Council. Human Rights & International Legal Discourse, 10 (2), 219-247. [ACRES] (VABB-1) 

Book reviews

Sharma, A. (2023).Book review: Camelia Dewan. 2021. Misreading the Bengal Delta: Climate Change, Development, and Livelihoods in Coastal Bangladesh. Contributions to Indian Sociology, 57(3), 386-388. https://doi.org/10.1177/00699659231224144

Book (forthcoming)

Sharma, A. State Formation and the Politics of Sustainable Resource Governance in Himalayan Borderland Communities. South Asian Borderland Series. Amsterdam University Press.

Book Chapters

Sharma, A., Chané, A-L., Goddeeris, I. (2017). Opportunities and Challenges for South Asian Co-operation on Human Rights: A Case Study of the UN Human Rights Council. In: S. Bandyopadhyay, A. Torre, P. Casaca, T. Dentinho (Eds.), Regional cooperation in South Asia: socio-economic, spatial, ecological and institutional aspects (323-341). (Contemporary South Asian Studies). Springer. ISBN: 978-3-319-56746-4. [ACRES] (VABB-4) 

Chané, A-L., Sharma, A. (2017). Social network analysis in human rights research. In: B.A. Andreassen, H-O. Sano, S. McInerney-Lankford (Eds.), Research Methods in Human Rights: A Handbook, Chapt. 15, (354-378). (Handbooks of Research Methods in Law). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. ISBN: 978-1-78536-778-6. [ACRES] (VABB-4) 

Policy Reports

Wouters, J., Marx, A., Lein, B., Sharma, A., Suse, A-G., Willemyns, I., Ebert, F. (2018). What Role can Voluntary Sustainability Standards play in the European Union’s GSP Scheme? Report for the German Ministry of Development Cooperation. Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies. 

Marx, A., Sharma, A., Bécault, E. (2015). Voluntary sustainability standards: a handbook. 

Non-academic publications (sample)

Sharma, A. (2021) The Indian election results do not show that Modi’s days are numbered. MO*. Available at: https://www.mo.be/en/opinion/indian-election-results-do-not-show-modi-s-days-are-numbered.

Sharma, A. (2018). Artificial Glaciers for a Himalayan Desert: Solution or Hype? MO*. https://www.mo.be/en/analysis/artificial-glaciers-himalayan-desert-solution-or-hype.

Sharma, A. (2023) Importance of wetlands in Ladakh. In: Shambhavi Krishna, Suddhabrata Chakraborty, Chhavi Tayal (Eds.), Cultural Significance of Indian wetlands (80-82). Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change of India & Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.