Gaurav

Gaurav Mittal

Postdoctoral Researcher
Institute for Management and Innovation

Gaurav Mittal is a Mobility Network Postdoctoral Fellow at IMI. He holds a PhD in Geography from the National University of Singapore. Gaurav’s academic interests include urban governance, infrastructures, political economy, and southern theory. His research broadly focuses on the political geographies of urban transport interventions. At IMI, he is working with Professor Shauna Brail on regulatory governance of app-based mobilities.

Publications

2023   Parkar, K., Zérah, M., & Mittal G.: Platformization, Infrastructuring, and Datafication: Regional Variations in the Digitalization of Indian Cities. Economic & Political Weekly, 58(14), 53–60. https://www.epw.in/journal/2023/14/special-articles/platformisation-infrastructuring-and-datafication.html

2022   Mittal, G. The State and the Production of Informalities in Urban Transport: Vikrams in Dehradun, India. Geoforum, 136, 273–282. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2020.10.003

2022   Mittal, G. COVID-19 and State of Exception: Urban Mobility under the Epidemic State. Economic & Political Weekly, 57(5), 52–56. https://www.epw.in/journal/2022/5/review-urban-affairs/covid-19-and-state-exception.html