Dr Majed Akhter
Senior Lecturer in Environment and Society
Research interests
- Geography
Contact details
Biography
Majed Akhter joined the Department of Geography in 2018. He was previously at Indiana University in the US.
Research
- Technopolitics
- Physical infrastructures
- Water resources
- State theory
- Marxism
- Pakistan
Majed's research and teaching is at the intersection of development geography, and environment/resource studies, and geopolitics. His work develops a historical-geographical materialist approach to questions of technology, territory, and trans-regional relations, especially in an Asian and Pakistani context.
Teaching
PhD supervision
Majed would be interested to supervise anyone looking to research:
- Historical geography and politics of Pakistan
- Politics of large physical infrastructures
- Critical approaches to environment and development (especially water)
- Geopolitics of state formation
Further details
Research
Contested Development research group
Exploring environmental, political and social questions in relation to contested and uneven processes of development.
Urban Futures research group
Examining urban futures through a conceptual, analytical and methodological lens that questions what cities are and how they work.
King's Water Centre
Researching water, environment and development. Our centre spans the humanities, social, and physical sciences to explore the challenges of water governance from global to local scales.
Contemporary Marxism Research Group
The Contemporary Marxism Research Group use the varieties of Marxist theory to analyse the contemporary world, with special reference to political economy and to political and social movements.
Political Ecology, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services
The Political Ecology, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services (PEBES) group provides a collaborative focus for work on the social (re)production of nature, environmental conservation and resource management.
Cities, Climate and Capital in the Greater Indian Ocean World
A research group examining cities, climate, and capital in the Greater Indian Ocean world.
King's Water Centre
Researching water, environment and development. Our centre spans the humanities, social, and physical sciences to explore the challenges of water governance from global to local scales.
Critical Global Capitalism Studies Collective
A collective bringing critical global capitalism research, teaching and activism at King's together under one umbrella to provide a forum for collaborations, events, and discussions, and to forge connections with the media, the policy world, and other like-minded groups.
News
New book argues for a critical, social understanding of water to solve global challenges
The book by academics from the King’s Water Centre explores how social practices and geometries of power shape the flow of water.
Geography launches its new MA in Geopolitics, Resources and Territory
The King’s Geography Department is proud to launch the new Geopolitics, Resources and Territory masters programme.
Events
Book Talk on “The Indebted Woman: Kinship, Sexuality, and Capitalism” with Isabelle Guérin
Isabelle Guérin talks about her new book and exposing the ways capitalism transforms womanhood.
Please note: this event has passed.
Research
Contested Development research group
Exploring environmental, political and social questions in relation to contested and uneven processes of development.
Urban Futures research group
Examining urban futures through a conceptual, analytical and methodological lens that questions what cities are and how they work.
King's Water Centre
Researching water, environment and development. Our centre spans the humanities, social, and physical sciences to explore the challenges of water governance from global to local scales.
Contemporary Marxism Research Group
The Contemporary Marxism Research Group use the varieties of Marxist theory to analyse the contemporary world, with special reference to political economy and to political and social movements.
Political Ecology, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services
The Political Ecology, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services (PEBES) group provides a collaborative focus for work on the social (re)production of nature, environmental conservation and resource management.
Cities, Climate and Capital in the Greater Indian Ocean World
A research group examining cities, climate, and capital in the Greater Indian Ocean world.
King's Water Centre
Researching water, environment and development. Our centre spans the humanities, social, and physical sciences to explore the challenges of water governance from global to local scales.
Critical Global Capitalism Studies Collective
A collective bringing critical global capitalism research, teaching and activism at King's together under one umbrella to provide a forum for collaborations, events, and discussions, and to forge connections with the media, the policy world, and other like-minded groups.
News
New book argues for a critical, social understanding of water to solve global challenges
The book by academics from the King’s Water Centre explores how social practices and geometries of power shape the flow of water.
Geography launches its new MA in Geopolitics, Resources and Territory
The King’s Geography Department is proud to launch the new Geopolitics, Resources and Territory masters programme.
Events
Book Talk on “The Indebted Woman: Kinship, Sexuality, and Capitalism” with Isabelle Guérin
Isabelle Guérin talks about her new book and exposing the ways capitalism transforms womanhood.
Please note: this event has passed.