Shalaka Thakur

Shalaka Thakur

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Biography

Shalaka Thakur is a PhD candidate at the Graduate Institute, Geneva, where she works on the role of power in conflict zones. She has been conducting extensive field research in north-east India over the last decade, looking at armed group governance, local political economy and borderland politics.

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Journal Article

The Politics of Passage: Studying Checkpoints and Claim Making in Conflict-affected Settings

May 2026
Peer Schouten, Vanessa van den Boogaard, Max Gallien, Shalaka Thakur, Florian Weigand

Journal Article

Not-so-Freeway: A Relational Approach to Checkpoints and Conflict in Northeast India

March 2026
Shalaka Thakur

Research in Brief

The Politics of Passage: Roadblocks, Taxation, and Control in Conflict

August 2025
Peer Schouten, Max Gallien, Shalaka Thakur, Vanessa van den Boogaard, Florian Weigand, Tracy Beyuo

Partner Publication

The Politics of Passage: Roadblocks, Taxation and Control in Conflict

June 2024
Peer Schouten, Max Gallien, Shalaka Thakur, Vanessa van den Boogaard, Florian Weigand

Research in Brief

Not-So-Freeway: Informal Highway Taxation and Armed Groups in North-East India

May 2024
Shalaka Thakur

Working Paper

Not-So-Freeway: Informal Highway Taxation and Armed Groups in North-East India

November 2023
Shalaka Thakur
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From Afghanistan to Venezuela, new research shows how roadblocks shape governance and everyday life in conflict contexts
20 July 2026

From Afghanistan to Venezuela, new research shows how roadblocks shape governance and everyday life in conflict contexts

A new special issue in the leading development studies journal Development and Change puts roadblock politics squarely on the academic…
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Webinar: The politics of passage - New research on checkpoints and revenue in conflict

Webinar: The politics of passage – New research on checkpoints and revenue in conflict

Virtual

30 June 2026 – 14:00

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Timezone: Europe/London

This webinar launches the Development and Change special issue, The Politics of Passage: Checkpoints and Authority amidst Conflict, drawing on the Roadblocks and Revenues research series.
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