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

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!

With effect from 1st June 2009, CISED will be shifting out of the ISEC campus and moving to (and eventually merging with) the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE: www.atree.org) in Bangalore. The faculty of CISED will join the ATREE faculty and the CISED Board members will join the ATREE Board.

The new address is:

Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment

Royal Enclave, Srirampura

Jakkur Post

Bangalore 560 064

INDIA

 Please note that the email addresses of all faculty have changed (replace isec.ac.in with atree.org as the domain name). You may use the address cised-info@atree.org for general CISED-related enquiries.

This website (www.cised.org) will continue to function as a repository of past CISED work.

CISED’s mission to “promote environmentally sound and socially just development by carrying out research, teaching and outreach on issues at the interface of environment and development” will be pursued with greater vigour after this merger.

 We look forward to seeing you there!