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Prathivadi Anand

Professor-Public Policy & Sustainability

Area
School of Social Sciences
Faculty of Mgmt, Law & Social Sciences
E-mail
P.B.Anand@bradford.ac.uk
Phone
+441274233957
Prathivadi Anand

Biography

Professor Anand is a specialist in environmental economics and public policy with a focus on the interface of urban economy, environment and sustainability. Prof Anand has held various leadership positions including as the Head of the Department of Peace Studies and International Development (February 2019- July 2024) and the Programme Leader for the PG Certificate programme for the Young Professionals of the African Development Bank (since 2019). Previously, he was the Head of Centre for International Development at Bradford (2010-2015). He has been the PI of a three-year British Academy funded project on infrastructure governance for inclusive, smart and sustainable cities (jointly with Prof Rajan of IIT Madras, India). He was the team leader and principal author of the Mongolia National Human Development Report 2011 titled From vulnerability to sustainability for UNDP and Co-author of a report on Assessing the Potential Contributions to SDGs of the Colluli Project  for UNDP Eritrea. He has been co-organising the Cambridge Capability Conferences led by Prof Flavio Comim with Dr Shailaja Fennell. This has led to two books: New Frontiers of the Capability Approach (Cambridge University Press, 2018) and Social Choice, Agency, Inclusiveness and Capabilities (2024, Cambridge University Press).  He has been the principal editor of the 1187-page volume with 43 chapters written by some 60 experts from around the world and published as Handbook of BRICS and Emerging Economies published by Oxford University Press (2021). Based on the British Academy work, he guest edited a special issue of Telecommunications Policy on the governance and economics of smart cities. 

He served as elected member of the Senate (2007-2010 and 2013-18) and elected member of senate on the University Council (2015-18). He served one term as elected Council member of the British Association of South Asian Studies. (BASAS) and two terms as elected  council member of the Development Studies Association (2015-2021). He has been a Fellow of the Human Development and Capability Association (since 2010). He is the chair of the Annual Conference of the Human Development and Capability Association due to take place from 1-5 September 2025 in Bradford on the theme of 'Culture, Peace, and Capabilities'.  

Though he is interested in all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), his work maps significantly on the following:
SDG6: Clean water and sanitation
SDG10: Reduced inequalities
SDG11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG13: Climate action


Teaching

Critical Perspectives on Sustainable Development
Governance for Development
Public Policy Analysis
Sustainable Cities

Modules

  • Project Planning and Design - DEV7033-B
  • Issues in Development Practice (AfDB) - DEV7038-B
  • Security and Development in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Areas - PES7048-B
  • Policy Analysis for Governance and Development - DEV7037-B
  • Policy Analysis for Governance and Development (Distance Learning) - DEV7042-B
  • Sustainable Cities - PES7052-B
  • Critical Perspectives on Sustainable Development - DEV7026-B

Professional activities

Other activities (9)

  • Research: Designed and conducted a study for the evaluation of ‘Aim 4- right to be heard’ for Oxfam GB
  • Programme Director: Programme director, Chevening Fellowship programme of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Reform, regulation and public service provision
  • tbc: Delivering economic and regulatory reform
  • Organiser: Organised a Workshop on ‘Markets, governance and human development’ at Robinson College, Cambridge, jointly with Des Gasper and Miriam Teschl
  • Specialist Consultant: Specialist consultant - design and conduct of household surveys for understanding socio-economic well-being of communities in remote mountain regions in the Pamirs of Tajikistan for the Aga Khan Trust for Culture
  • Principal Organiser: Principal Organiser of an international conference on ‘Making development inclusive: MDGs and beyond’
  • tbc: National Human Development Report of Mongolia
  • Programme Director: Team leader and programme director, knowledge transfer programme of executive education for senior staff of China Development Bank
  • Principal Investigator: Principal investigator on project ‘Sharing water peacefully: Understanding when collective action for sharing water works and why’ - with a focus on River Cauvery dispute in India - supported by a Small research grant of the British Academy

Publications

Book (2)

Book chapter (10)

Edited book (1)

Editorial (2)

Peer reviewed journal (20)

Published report (3)

Reviews (1)

Working paper (1)