Graduate Research Meet 2024
The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at IIT Guwahati is a centre for research and teaching composed of academics from eleven different disciplines: Economics, English, Linguistics, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, History, Archaeology, Political Science, Geography, Development Studies. With its varied range of research interests and expertise, the department promotes interdisciplinary work in humanities and social sciences, offering projects, supervision and fellowships aimed to attract students and researchers from diverse academic and cultural backgrounds. Apart from its undergraduate B.Tech taught courses which include uniquely designed content offered by members of faculty, the department offers highly interdisciplinary areas of expertise and investigation in its MA and PhD programmes.
In the Btech program the Department of HSS offers compulsory elective courses for 24 credits. Electives are offered in 4th, 5th, 7th and 8th semesters only. Each individual course is of 6 credits.
MA in Development Studies
MA in Liberal Arts
The PhD programme of the department is an area of vibrant research pursuit.
The Deptartment supports advanced scholars with the Institute Post Doctoral Fellowship (IPDF) programme...
Tania Sen, Sambit Mallick and Ngamjahao Kipgen " Body as Space, Politics of Body Modification and Representation: A Study of the Apatanis in Arunachal Pradesh", Social Currents , [2025]
T. Sen, S. Mallick and N. Kipgen " Body as Space, Politics of Body Modification and Representation: A Study of the Apatanis in Arunachal Pradesh", Social Currents , [2025]
Anjal Prakash, Ritwick George and Anamika Barua " Socio-hydrological frameworks for adaptive governance: addressing climate uncertainty in South Asia", Frontiers in Water , [2025]
Sumit Vij, Surbhi Vyas, Visakha G, Anamika Barua, " What works, where and how? A Systematic Literature Review of Climate Change Adaptation Measures in India", Current Research in Environmental Sustainability , [2025]
Rituparna Patgiri " ‘Let Me Take a Photo Before We Eat’: The Impact of Digital Technologies on Food Production and Consumption in New Delhi", Sociological Bulletin , [2025]
Bandana Chowdhury, Bodhisattva Sengupta " Evolving Food Consumption Patterns in Assam: A Comparative Demand Analysis Using LES Framework", South India Journal of Social Sciences , [2025]
Prasenjit Barik, Rajshree Bedamatta " Is Contract Farming a Fair Practice for Smallholder Farmers? A Case Study of Potato Contract Farming from West Bengal, India", Journal of Contemporary Asia , [2025]
Fernando Marmolejo-Ramos, Rebecca Marrone, Malgorzata Korolkiewicz, Florence Claude Gabriel, George Siemens, Srecko Joksimovic, Yuki Yamada, Yuki Mori, Talal Rahwan, Maria Sahakyan, Belona Sonna, Adil Samekin, Aidos Bolatov, Bidisha Som, Izuchukwu Ndukaihe, Nwadiogo C Arinze, Josef Kundrát, Lenka Skanderová, Van-Giang Ngo, Giang Nguyen, Michelle Lacia, Chun-Chia Kung, Meiselina Irmayanti, Abdul Muktadir, Fransiska Timoria Samosir, Marco Tullio Liuzza, Roberto Giorgini, Omid Khatin-Zadeh, Hassan Banaruee, Asil Ozdogru, Kris Ariyabuddhiphongs, Wachirawit Rakchai, Natalia Trujillo, Stella Maris Valencia, Armina Janyan, Kiril Kostov, Pedro R. Montoro, Jose Hinojosa, Kelsey Medeiros, Thomas Hunt, Raquel Meister Ko Freitag, Julian Posada and Julian Tejada. (accepted and forthcoming). " Factors Influencing Trust in Algorithmic Decision-Making: An Indirect Scenario-based Experiment.", Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, section AI for Human Learning and Behavior Change. , [2025]
B. Kharmylliem and N. Kipgen " Village councils, social capital and sustainability: a study of urban water management of Shillong in Meghalaya, India", Water Policy , [2025]
Sharma, A., Hussain, D. " Veteran's Identity Journey: A Qualitative Exploration Through Social Identity Model of Identity Change", Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology (Wiley) , [2025]
Mithilesh Kumar Jha " Gandhian Conception of Swaraj and its Post-Independence (Re)Interpretations by Jayaprakash Narayan and Rammanohar Lohia", Araucaria , [2025]
Prabhu Venkataraman, Upamita Mukherjee " Questioning Vegetarianism: An Analysis from the perspective of Mature Care", Philosophia: International Journal of Philosophy , [2025]
Avinash Ranjan, Kajal Kumar Mandal and Sambit Mallick " The land use and land cover changes, 1994-2024: Implications for livelihood options and employment opportunities in Dhanbad, India", Spatial Information Research , [2025]
Debarchana Biswas, Anamika Barua, Debarpita Banerjee, and Chayashri Basumatary " Stranded by Climate: Exploring the Complex Realities of Migration in Dhemaji, Assam (Under review).", Regional Environmental Change. , [2025]
Debarchana Biswas and Anamika Barua " Neglect to Recognition: Embracing Women as Key Agents in Climate Solutions” (Under review)", Environmental Science and Policy journal , [2025]
Anamika Barua, Tanushree Baruah and Sumit Vij " Game theoretical analysis of China-India interactions in the Brahmaputra River Basin", Journal of Hydrology , [2025]
Rupam Bhaduri, Anamika Barua, Sumit Vij and Arup Kumar Sarmah " What are we missing? A systemetic mapping of climate change projections research in the Brahmaputra River Basin (Under review)", Climate and Development , [2025]
Aditi Sharma, Dr Dilwar Hussain " The Veteran's Identity Journey: A Qualitative Exploration Through Social Identity Model of Identity Change", Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology , [2025]
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