Ghurni Bhattacharya

Ghurni Bhattacharya, hailing from Kolkata, India, is currently pursuing a Double Master of Arts in Sociology from the Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University in Germany and from the Department of Sociology and Economic Law at Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Italy under the Erasmus+ scholarship. She works as a student Research Assistant at Bielefeld University. Her primary research interests include studying climate-induced poly-crises, labor migration, and mobilities in the context of climate change, local climate adaptation solutions in response to environmental degradation and climate change, eco-social justice, etc. She is interested in inequality studies. She is a Co-Founder and Admin of an initiative called “SocioScopia,” which is a free platform to share social science-related academic and job opportunities with global social enthusiasts and practitioners despite their socio-economic backgrounds. She is associated with the Policy Team of the Human Rights Working Group in Youngo and advocates for human rights, especially migrants and indigenous rights. She served as an individual Pan–India volunteer during the Covid-19 pandemic to help people with medical resources primarily in West Bengal, India. She is continuing with the efforts to date. She has past International Delegation experiences such as at UN Women UK and UNECE. She is selected as a Local Pathways Fellow for the 2024 cohort under the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. She is a Youth Present Representative from India at the World Future Council who envisions a discrimination-free and sustainable tomorrow and attempts to bridge the gaps in the real world.