Tag Archives: Siddharth Menon
Economic Geographies of Wisconsin – Trek
I had the opportunity to visit the headquarters of Trek Bicycle Corporation in Waterloo, Wisconsin in 2025. Many thanks to Kris Olds for the suggestion. Below are some images from my visit.
Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education
I had the opportunity to complete the Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCertHE) at the LSE. Many thanks to Jenni Carr and other members of LSE’s Eden Centre for Education Enhancement for their support through the program. Below are some readings from the course. Brookfield, S. D. (2017). Becoming a critically reflective teacher. John Wiley & […]
Summer Institute in Economic Geography
I had the opportunity to participate in the 12th Summer Institute in Economic Geography in Toronto from July 5-10 2026. Many thanks to Sergio Montero, Michelle Buckley, Jamie Peck, Maya Campo, and Benjamin Owens for organizing the same. Below are some readings shared by the Institute’s resource persons and images from the week. Bassens, D., […]
Spotlights | Department of Geography & Environment, LSE
I was interviewed as part of the ‘Spotlights’ series run by the Department of Geography & Environment, LSE where they put a ‘spotlight’ on different members of the department each month. Many thanks to Isobel Jones for the questions. You can read the interview here: https://www.lse.ac.uk/geography-and-environment/spotlights What was your route into academia, and what advice […]
Indian Ocean Urbanisms
Dr. Smriti Srinivas and I organised a panel on “Indian Ocean Urbanisms” at the 54th Annual Conference on South Asia in Madison, Wisconsin on October 24, 2025. Many thanks to the participants for making this an engaging session (CFP below). Indian Ocean Urbanisms Organizers: Smriti Srinivas, Professor, Department of Anthropology, UC-Davis & Siddharth Menon, Assistant Professor […]
Reinforcing Infrastructures: Capital, Nature, and the Translocal Relationalities of Urbanizing India
Below is the abstract and link to my PhD dissertation (2025) from the Department of Geography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. I am grateful to my PhD adviser, Prof. Stephen Young (Geography), and my PhD committee members, Prof. Kris Olds (Geography), Prof. Matt Turner (Geography), Prof. Mou Banerji (History), and Prof. Claire Wendland (Anthropology), […]
Whitbeck Graduate Dissertator Award 2024
I’m happy to have been awarded the Whitbeck Graduate Dissertator Award 2024 from the Department of Geography at UW-Madison to support me through the final stages of writing my PhD dissertation titled, “Infrastructural Entanglements: Money, Mediation, and Materiality in Transnational India”. Ray Hughes Whitbeck, Professor of Geography
From Gulf Houses to NRI Flats: On Kochi’s “World Class” Urban Transformation
I published a short essay from PhD dissertation in Ala: A Kerala Studies Blog. Many thanks to Shilpa Menon and the Editors of Ala for thoughtful comments and feedback that have significantly improved this essay. Read the full essay here, https://alablog.in/issues/68/gulf-houses-to-nri-flats/ As you exit the “world’s first green airport” in Nedumbassery on the outskirts of […]
TRANSNATIONAL URBANISM
Below are images from ethnographic fieldwork conducted with research participants involved in Dubai’s real estate industry, including diaspora Indian home buyers and investors, real estate brokers, sales and marketing executives, and banking sector officials.
