Priya A. Kurian

Priya Anna Kurian is a New Zealand political science academic. She is currently a full professor at the University of Waikato.

Academic career

After several years working as a reporter in India, Kurian completed a 1995 PhD titled 'Gender and environmental policy: A feminist evaluation of environmental impact assessment and the World Bank.' at the Purdue University, they then moved to the University of Waikato, rising to full professor. Notable students include professor of journalism Verica Rupar.

Selected works Bartlett, Robert V., and Priya A. Kurian. "The theory of environmental impact assessment: implicit models of policy making." Policy & Politics 27, no. 4 (1999): 415–433. Bhavnani, Kum-Kum, John Foran, and Priya A. Kurian. "An introduction to women culture and development." (2003): 1-21. Kurian, Priya A. Engendering the environment? Gender in the World Bank's environmental policies. Routledge, 2018. Bhavnani, Kum-Kum, John Foran, and Priya A. Kurian. "Introduction: from the edges of development." In On the Edges of Development, pp. 15–24. Routledge, 2009. Bartlett, Robert V., Priya A. Kurian, and Madhu Malik, eds. International Organizations and Environmental Policy. No. 355. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1995.