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Ruchi Anand is an Indian-born academic and author living in
France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
. She has authored or contributed to several books in the field of
international relations International relations (IR), sometimes referred to as international studies and international affairs, is the scientific study of interactions between sovereign states. In a broader sense, it concerns all activities between states—such a ...
and environmental politics and teaches international relations in France and the United States.


Education and career

Ruchi Anand was born in India. She studied at the
Lady Shri Ram College for Women Lady Shri Ram College for Women (LSR) is a constituent women's college, affiliated with the University of Delhi, and has a legacy in women's education. History Established in 1956 in New Delhi by the late Lala Shri Ram in memory of his wife ...
at the University of Delhi and at
Jawaharlal Nehru University Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is a public major research university located in New Delhi, India. It was established in 1969 and named after Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister. The university is known for leading faculties and r ...
in
New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament Ho ...
, before moving to the United States to conduct her graduate studies at
Purdue University Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and mone ...
. There she obtained her PhD in Political Science, focusing on the disparities of
environmental justice Environmental justice is a social movement to address the unfair exposure of poor and marginalized communities to harms from hazardous waste, resource extraction, and other land uses.Schlosberg, David. (2007) ''Defining Environmental Justic ...
between developed and developing countries. This work became the basis of her first book
International Environmental Justice: A North-South Dimension
(London: Ashgate, 2004). Anand is currently a professor at the
American Graduate School in Paris The American Graduate School in Paris (or AGS) is an American institution of higher education located in Paris, France and specializes in International Relations and related disciplines. It is a not-for-profit organization. It is recognized in Fran ...
, France, where she teaches courses on international relations, gender studies and environmental politics, and co-teaches a course on NGO management along with Jean-Marie Fardeau, France Director of
Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization, headquartered in New York City, that conducts research and advocacy on human rights. The group pressures governments, policy makers, companies, and individual human r ...
, and NGO specialist Solène Edouard. Anand also regularly teaches courses through the Junior Statesmen of America summer programs at
Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the ...
, Stanford University and
Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...
. She also teaches and lectures at several other campuses such as INSEEC and CEFAM in Lyon; Chambre de Commerce and IUT/IAE in Valence >, and at the University of California in Paris. She serves as an Associate Editor for New York-based peer-reviewed journal called ‘Environmental Justice.’ She has appeared in several documentaries and television interviews on various subjects of her expertise. Her prominent appearance in France was in December 2016 when she was interviewed for a Documentary by Maximal Production called ‘L'inquiétant Monsieur Trump’ on France 5 - Le monde en face about the then newly elected President Donald Trump. Another noteworthy documentary in which she appeared is ‘The Illusionist’ by Italian film-maker Elena Rossini.https://theillusionists.org Anand's research interests include international relations, international law, international organizations, foreign policy, environmental policy, politics of developing countries and women's studies.


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