Krishna Malakar

Assistant Professor
Room no.: 240B
Phone: +91 (44) 2257 4543
Email: krishnamalakar@iitm.ac.in
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Yc-tKKgAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Academic Background:
- Ph.D., Interdisciplinary Programme in Climate Studies (Policy), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India, 2019
- M.Sc. Environmental Studies, TERI School of Advanced Studies, New Delhi, India, 2012
Research Interest:
My research focusses on understanding the human dimensions of environmental/climate change with the aim to inform policy and action. The following lists some of my specific research themes.
- Vulnerability, risk and adaptation to climate change
- Resilience, response and recovery of communities from extreme weather events
- Social barriers to adoption of technology
- Livelihood and environmental sustainability
Publications in Journals:
- Malakar, K., & Lu, C. (2022). Hydrometeorological disasters during COVID-19: Insights from topic modeling of global aid reports. Science of The Total Environment, 838, 155977. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155977
- Leal Filho, W., Wall, T., Mucova, S. A. R., Nagy, G. J., Balogun, A. L., Luetz, J. M., Ng, A.W., Kovaleva, M., Azam, F.M.S., Alves, F., Guevara, Z., Matandirotya, N.R., Skouloudis, A., Tzachor, A., Malakar, K. & Gandhi, O. (2022). Deploying artificial intelligence for climate change adaptation. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 180, 121662.
doi: 10.1016/j.techfore.2022.121662
- Malakar, K., Mishra, T., Vittal, H. & Karmakar, S. (2021). Risk mapping of Indian coastal districts using IPCC-AR5 framework and multi-attribute decision-making approach. Journal of Environmental Management, 294, 112948. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112948
- Malakar, K., & Lu, C. (2021). Measuring sustainability as distance to ideal position of economy, society and environment: Application to China’s provincial water resources (2004-17). Journal of Environmental Management, 292, 112742. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112742
- Malakar, K. & Mishra, T. (2020). Revisiting cyclone Phailin: Drivers of recovery in marine fishing communities. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 48, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101609
- Malakar, K., Mishra, T. & Patwardhan, A. (2019). Factors linked with adaptation in the Indian marine fishing community. Ocean & Coastal Management, 171, 37-46. doi: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2018.12.026
- Malakar, K., Mishra, T. & Patwardhan, A. (2018). Drivers of response to extreme weather warnings among marine fishermen. Climatic Change, 150 (3-4), 417-431. doi: 10.1007/s10584-018-2284-1
- Malakar, K., Mishra, T. & Patwardhan, A. (2018). Perceptions of multi-stresses impacting livelihoods of marine fishermen. Marine Policy, 97, 18-26. doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2018.08.029
- Malakar, K., Mishra, T. & Patwardhan, A. (2018). A framework to investigate drivers of adaptation decisions in marine fishing: Evidence from urban, semi-urban and rural communities. Science of The Total Environment, 637-638 (1 October 2018), 758-770. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.04.429
- Malakar, K., Mishra, T. & Patwardhan, A. (2018). Inequality in water supply in India: an assessment using the Gini and Theil indices. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 20(2), 841-864. doi: 10.1007/s10668-017-9913-0
- Malakar, K. & Mishra, T. (2017). Application of Gini, Theil and Concentration indices for assessing water use inequality. International Journal of Social Economics, 44(10), 1335-1347. doi: 10.1108/IJSE-01-2016-0017
- Malakar, K. & Mishra, T. (2017). Assessing socio-economic vulnerability to climate change: a city-level index-based approach. Climate and Development, 9(4), 348-363. doi:10.1080/17565529.2016.1154449
Book Chapters:
- Mishra, T. & Malakar, K. (2020). Loss and Damages from Cyclone: A Case Study from Odisha, a Coastal State. In Singh, A., Fernando, R.L.S. & Haran, N.P. (Eds.), Development in Coastal Zones and Disaster Management. Disaster Research and Management Series on the Global South (pp. 281-291). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-4294-7_19
- Malakar, K. & Mishra, T. (2019). Adaptation and its socio-economic facilitators in the marine fishing community of Maharashtra, India. In C. Venkataraman et al. (Eds.), Climate Change Signals and Response: A Strategic Knowledge Compendium for India (pp. 231-245). Singapore: Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/978-981-13-0280-0_14
- Malakar, K., Mishra, T. & Patwardhan, A. (2017). Developing Indices for Adaptation and Adaptive Capacity in Indian Marine Fishing. In W.L. Filho (Eds.), Climate Change Research at Universities: Addressing the Mitigation and Adaptation Challenges (pp. 401-421). Cham: Springer International Publishing AG. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-58214-6_26
Awards/Fellowships:
- International Postdoctoral Fellowship awarded by the Office of China Postdoc Council (OCPC) and Hohai University, November 2019-October 2021
- Awarded Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) in Environmental Sciences in March 2013 by University Grants Commission, India