Amrita Narlikar is an academic specializing in international relations, international negotiations, the political economy of international trade, and the role of rising powers in global politics.
Career Amrita Narlikar was awarded her MPhil and DPhil from Oxford University (Balliol College),British Library eTheses on an Inlaks Scholarship and was appointed to a junior research fellowship at St John's College, Oxford. She also has a master's degree from the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and a bachelor's degree in history from St. Stephen's College, Delhi.
Narlikar was a junior research fellow at St John's College, Oxford from 1999 to 2003, and continued as a research associate in the Oxford Centre for International Studies until 2014. After a year as a lecturer at the University of Exeter, she became a lecturer, senior lecturer, reader, and full professor at the University of Cambridge from 2004 to 2015, and a fellow of Darwin College, Cambridge from 2008 to 2015.
Next, she worked in Germany from 2014 to 2024 as president of the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) and as a professor in International Relations at the University of Hamburg. In 2024 she returned to India as a distinguished fellow of the Observer Research Foundation in Delhi. She continues to hold honorary positions as a fellow of Darwin College and as a distinguished fellow of the Australia-India Institute at the University of Melbourne in Australia.
Books Narlikar's books include:
Strategic Choices, Ethical Dilemmas: Stories from the Mahabharat (co-authored), Penguin Random House India, 2023Review of Strategic Choices, Ethical Dilemmas: Stories from the Mahabharat: Abhilash Kolekar (2024), Centre for Land Warfare Studies, Saurabh Kumar (2024), "Reliving Age-old Wisdom in the Age of AI", The Book Review Literary Trust India Rising: A Multilayered Analysis of Ideas, Interests, and Institutions (co-edited), Oxford University Press, 2022Review of India Rising: A Multilayered Analysis of Ideas, Interests, and Institutions: Arundhati Sharma (2022), Strategic Analysis, Poverty Narratives and Power Paradoxes in International Trade Negotiations and Beyond, Cambridge University Press, 2020Reviews of Poverty Narratives and Power Paradoxes in International Trade Negotiations and Beyond: Henrique Choer Moraes (2020), International Affairs, Gonca Oguz Gok (2022), International Journal: Canada’s Journal of Global Policy Analysis, Jürgen Rüland (2023), The Journal of Development Studies, Bargaining with a Rising India: Lessons from the Mahabharata (co-authored), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014Reviews of Bargaining with a Rising India: Lessons from the Mahabharata: Amitav Acharya (2014), International Affairs, Merlin Linehan (2014), LSE Review of Books, Vikash Chandra (2015), South Asia Research, Sojin Shin (2016), Political Studies Review, Pooja Arora (2021), International Studies, The Oxford Handbook on the World Trade Organization (co-edited), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012Reviews of The Oxford Handbook on The World Trade Organization: Agustín José Menéndez (2014), Political Studies Review, Mark Wu (2015), World Trade Review, Deadlocks in Multilateral Negotiations: Causes and Solutions (edited), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010Reviews of Deadlocks in Multilateral Negotiations: Causes and Solutions: J. P. Singh (2011), International Affairs, Andy Smith (2012), Revue française de science politique, New Powers: How to Become One and How to Manage Them (2010)Reviews of New Powers: How to Become One and How to Manage Them: Louise Fawcett (2011), International Affairs, Yannick Prost (2011), Politique étrangère, Hilde Wallacher (2011), Journal of Peace Research, The World Trade Organization: A Very Short Introduction (2005)Review of The World Trade Organization: A Very Short Introduction: Kern Alexander (2006), The International and Comparative Law Quarterly, , International Trade and Developing Countries: Bargaining Coalitions in the GATT & WTO (2004)Reviews of International Trade and Developing Countries: Bargaining Coalitions in the WTO: Sean W. Burges (2004), International Affairs, Wyn Grant (2004), "Is a More Multilateral Trade Policy Possible?", Review of International Studies, Oliver Morrissey (2005), Journal of International Development,
Personal life Narlikar is the daughter of author Aruna Narlikar and physicist Anant V. Narlikar, and the granddaughter of physicist Vishnu Vasudev Narlikar.
References
External links Amrita Narlikar's Website at GIGA Hamburg POLIS faculty page Global Policy Journal Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte Wir brauchen eine neue Form der Globalisierung