Amrita Narlikar
Amrita Narlikar is the President of the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) [1] [2] and Professor of International Relations at the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences at the University of Hamburg, Germany. She is also a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation (ORF).[3] She was previously Reader in International Political Economy in the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) at the University of Cambridge, founding Director of the Centre for Rising Powers, and a Fellow of Darwin College, Cambridge. She works in the fields of international negotiations, the political economy of international trade, and rising powers. Narlikar is the daughter of journalist and author Aruna Narlikar and physicist Anant V. Narlikar.[4] She is the granddaughter of physicist Vishnu Vasudev Narlikar.
Career
Amrita Narlikar was awarded her MPhil and DPhil from Oxford University (Balliol College),[5] and was then appointed to a Junior Research Fellowship at St John’s College, Oxford. She also has intellectual roots at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and St. Stephen’s College.
Prior to moving to Hamburg, she held the position of Reader in International Political Economy at the University of Cambridge and a Fellowship at Darwin College.[6] She was also Senior Research Associate at the Centre for International Studies at the University of Oxford from 2003 to 2014.[7]
Publications
Amrita Narlikar has authored/edited eleven books. Her most recent book has been published by Cambridge University Press:
Poverty Narratives in International Trade Negotiations and Beyond, New York: CUP, 2020 [8]
Her previous books include:
Bargaining with a Rising India: Lessons from the Mahabharata (co-authored), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014 [9]
The Oxford Handbook on the World Trade Organization (co-edited), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012 [10]
Deadlocks in Multilateral Negotiations: Causes and Solutions (edited), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010 [11]
She has also published numerous articles in Foreign Affairs, International Affairs, Global Policy, etc. [12]
Policy Advice
The policy relevance of her research brings Amrita into frequent and close exchange with practitioners. She has authored several policy briefs — e.g. for Munich Security Times, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, CIGI, Commonwealth Secretariat etc., and has had her expertise cited in a range of media outlets — e.g. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Der Tagesspiegel, Die Welt, Spiegel Online, Deutsche Welle, NDR, BBC, etc.[13]
References
- Amrita Narlikar to Take Over as New President of GIGA | GIGA
- Amrita Narlikar Reappointed. GIGA on Course for Successful Future | GIGA
- Observer Research Foundation | ORF
- Article in German Daily Hamburger Abendblatt
- British Library eTheses
- POLIS faculty page
- Research Associates at CIS
- Narlikar 2020 Poverty Narratives in International Trade Negotiations and Beyond
- Narlikar 2014 Bargaining with a Rising India: Lessons from the Mahabharata
- Narlikar 2012 The Oxford Handbook on the World Trade Organization
- Narlikar 2010 Deadlocks in Multilateral Negotiations: Causes and Solutions
- Amrita Narlikar's Website
- Amrita Narlikar GIGA Website