The Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Environment and Development (CISED) is an autonomous centre promoted by the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) for bridging the social and natural sciences. CISED aims to promote environmentally sound and socially just development by contributing critically and constructively to public and academic debates. 

Our Research Areas

Natural Resource Management

  • Forests and Common Lands
  • Water
  • Multi-Sectoral Linkages

Energy & Pollution

  • Nuclear Energy

Has the Orissa govt. helped corporates to harm tribal livelihoods?  Mining in the Niyamgiri Hills raises some contentious issues >>

Shrimp culture at the Chilika lake has severely affected both the ecology and people of a once vibrant coastal ecosystem >>

Atomic energy is unlikely to be economically competitive if the true cost of producing heavy water is taken into account pdf

A ‘Defining’ Moment for Forests? The MoEF’s attempt to arrive at a definition of “forests” has opened a Pandora’s box with all stakeholders analysing the semantics threadbare pdf