Gaurav Mittal

Biography

Gaurav Mittal is a Researcher in Mobility Governance at the Transport Studies Unit (TSU), School of Geography and the Environment. His research interests lie at the intersections of urban transformations, political economy, and transport governance. His work engages with the study of biopolitics by investigating the governmentalities that shape material urban mobilities in small and medium size cities in the Global South.

Gaurav obtained his PhD from the Department of Geography, National University of Singapore in 2021. His doctoral research focused on the governance of everyday mobilities and their role in the production of urban orders in the two small Indian cities of Dehradun and Shillong. Before joining TSU, Gaurav was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Mobility Network in the University of Toronto (2023), and a Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi (2021-22).

Research Interests
Urban Governance, Transport Geography, Political Geography, Informality