Faculty

Overview

Background in Economics, graduate training in Political Science, and longstanding engagement with scholarship in Comparative Politics, Ecological Economics, Human Geography, Environmental Anthropology, Landscape Ecology, Environmental History, and Public Policy.

Education

• Ph D (Department of Political Science), Duke University 2007
• MA (Political Science), Duke University 2004
• BA (Honors) (Economics), University of Delhi 1990

Research

Published Papers

Kyle Frankel, Davis.,Chhatre, Ashwini.,Rao, Narasimha D..,Singh, Deepti.,DeFries, Ruth. (2019) "Sensitivity of grain yields to historical climate variability in India", Environmental Research Letters , 14 Lingchao, Li.,Chhatre, Ashwini.,Liu, Jinlong. (2019) "Multi-scale drivers and multiple pathways to China's forest transition", Forest Policy and Economics , 106 Li Lingchao.,Chhatre, Ashwini.,Jinlong Liu. (2019) "Multi-scale Drivers and Multiple Pathways to China's Forest Transition", Forect Policy of Economics Matthew R., Smith.,DeFries, Ruth.,Chhatre, Ashwini.,Ghosh-Jerath, Suparna.,S Myers, Samuel. (2019) "Zinc deficiency in India estimated from dietary intake: Past, present, and future", Food and Nutrition Bulletin , 40 (1), 26-40 D., Brockington.,Adams, W. M..,Agarwal, B..,Agrawal, A..,Büscher, B..,Chhatre, Ashwini. (2019) "Working governance for working land (letter)", Science , 362 (6420), 1257 Kyle Frankel, Davis.,Chhatre, Ashwini.,Ghosh-Jerath, Suparna.,Mridul, Anvi.,Poblete-Cazenave, Miguel.,Pradhan, Nabin.,Rao, Narasimha D..,Singh, Deepti.,DeFries, Ruth. (2019) "Assessing the sustainability of post-Green Revolution cereals in India", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 116 (50), 25034-25041 Chhatre, Ashwini.,Davis, Kyle.,Dutta, Arnab.,Fanzo, Jessica.,Jerath, Suparna.,Myers, Samuel.,Rao, Narasimha.,Smith, Matthew. (2018) "Opportunities to reduce iron deficiency anemia from re-introducing coarse cereals in the Indian diet", Food and Nutrition Bulletin , 39 (3), 377-392 Chhatre, Ashwini.,Davis.,Frankel, Kyle.,Chiarelli, Davide.,Rulli, Maria.,Richter, Brian.,Singh, Deepti.,DeFries, Ruth. (2018) "Alternative cereals can improve water use and nutrient supply in India", Science Advances , 4 (7), eaao1108 Harry W Fischer.,Chhatre, Ashwini. (2017) "Assets, livelihoods, and the ‘profile approach’for analysis of differentiated social vulnerability in the context of climate change", Environment and Planning A , 48 (4), 789-807 Chhatre, Ashwini.,Liu, Jinlong.,Cheng, Baodong.,Dong, Jiayun.,Liang, Wenyuan. (2017) "Effects of economic globalization and trade on", The Forestry Chronicle , 93 (2), 171-179 Rana Pushpendra.,Chhatre, Ashwini. (2017) "Beyond Committees: Hybrid Forest Governance for Equity and Sustainability", Forest Policy and Economics , 78 (1), 40-50 Chhatre, Ashwini.,Shikha Lakhanpal.,Satya Prasanna. (2017) "Heritage as weapon: Contested geographies of conservation and culture in the Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area, India", Annals of the American Association of Geographers , 107 (2), 456-464 Chhatre, Ashwini.,Devalkar, Sripad.,Seshadri, Sridhar. (2016) "Crop diversification and risk management in Indian agriculture", Decision , 43 (2), 167-179 Chhatre, Ashwini.,Sripad Devalkar.,Sridhar Seshadri. (2016) "Crop Diversification and Risk Management in Indian Agriculture", Decision , 43 (2), 167-179 Tisorn Songsermsawas.,Kathy Baylis.,Chhatre, Ashwini.,Hope Michelson. (2016) "Can peers improve agricultural revenue?", World Development , 83, 163–178 Karanth K.,V.Sankararaman.,S. Dalvi.,A. Srivathsa.,R. Parameshwaran.,S. Sharma.,P. Robbins.,Chhatre, Ashwini. (2016) "Producing diversity: Avian richness and abundance in Agroforests of India’s Western Ghats", Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution Chhatre, Ashwini. (1996) "A Socio-ecological Basis for Natural Resource Management: The Forest Bill Debate", Economic and Political Weekly , 31 (18), 1084-1090 Chhatre, Ashwini. (1994) "Missing the Woods as well as the Trees", Economic and Political Weekly , 29 (38), 2473-74

Books and Monographs

Lakhanpal Shikha.,Chhatre, Ashwini. (2018) "For the Environment, Against Conservation: Conflict between biodiversity protection and renewable energy in India", Earthscan Publications Chhatre, Ashwini. (1997) "Towards a Pro-people Forest Legislation: The Forest Bill Campaign", Experiences of Advocacy in Environment and Development. Lucknow, India: Development Support Initiative. Chhatre, Ashwini. (1996) "Joint Forest Management: Beyond the Rhetoric.", Drafting a People's Forest Bill: The Forest Dweller-Social Activist Alternative. New Delhi: Indian Social Institute.

Conference Proceedings

Chhatre, Ashwini.,Tisorn Songsermsawas.,Katherine R Baylis. (2015) "Effects of Peers on Agricultural Productivity in Rural Northern India", Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

Other

D., Brockington.,Chhatre, Ashwini.,Duffy, Rosaleen.,Fletcher, Robert.,Oldekop, Johan A.. (2018) "Working governance for working land (letter).", Science

Working Papers

Karanth K..,A. Srivathsa.,V.Sankararaman.,S. Dalvi.,R. Parameshwaran.,S. Sharma.,P. Robbins.,Chhatre, Ashwini. "Diversity Amidst Production: Amphibian Richness andDistribution Patterns in India’s Commodity Agroforests" Agarwal, Sumit.,Alok, Shashwat.,Chhatre, Ashwini.,Murali, Arun.,Pradhan, Nabin. "Unintended positive health impacts of federal tax reforms in India" J., Erbaugh.,Pradhan, N..,Adams, J..,Oldekop, J..,Agrawal, A..,Brockington, D..,Pritchard, R..,Chhatre, Ashwini. "Forest landscape restoration must provide opportunities for local people" Harry, Fischer.,Agrawal, Arun.,Chhatre, Ashwini.,Duddu, Apurva.,Pradhan, Nabin. "Joint distribution of multiple benefits from forest commons" Deepti, Singh.,Karambelas, Alexandra.,Davis, Kyle.,Chhatre, Ashwini.,Kinney, Patrick.,DeFries, Ruth. "Pathways for understanding the integrated impacts of anthropogenic activities on human health in South Asia" Subramanian Krishnamurthy.,Chhatre, Ashwini.,Prasanna Tantri.. "The Development Vote: Changing Patterns of Electoral Success in India" Harry, Fischer.,Sohoni, Milind.,Devalkar, Sripad.,Chhatre, Ashwini. "Institutional Networks and Self-organized Adaptation to Climate Change" Chhatre, Ashwini.,Deo, Sarang.,Pradhan, Nabin. "Heterogenous climate impacts across the yield distribution of monsoon rice in India" Fischer Harry.,Milind Sohoni.,Sripad Devalkar.,Chhatre, Ashwini. "Institutional Access, Democratic Articulation, and Self-organized Adaptation to Climate Change" Robbins Paul.,Chhatre, Ashwini.,Krithi Karanth.,Vaishnavi Tripurareni. "Coffee, trees, and workers: Political economy of biodiversity in commodity agroforests" Rodriguez-Solarzano.,Claudia.,Chhatre, Ashwini. "Successful Collective Action Predicts Individual Conservation Behavior in Guatemala"