
Anwesha Aditi
Italian National Research Council & Sapienza University of Rome
Anwesha Aditi is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies (IRPPS) of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR) and a PhD candidate in Economic Geography at Sapienza University of Rome. As part of the ERC-funded illicitLABOUR project, her work focuses on the Indian context, particularly on the intersection of illicit labour, energy transitions, and informal economies that shape the energy transition in the solar photovoltaic industry. She has also been awarded the 'International Mobility Period Scholarship' by Sapienza University of Rome for a visiting scholarship at the Department of Geography, University of Cambridge as part of her research work. Trained in urban planning, she has contributed to international research on smart cities, urban sustainability and climate governance. Her current work explores how hidden labour networks and solar waste shape renewable-energy governance across the Global South.

