Dr. Anu Susan Sam

          Dr. Anu Susan Sam obtained her Ph.D. degree in Agricultural Economics from Humboldt University Berlin, Germany with German Academic Exchange Scholarship (DAAD). She completed her International Master’s in Rural Development (IMRD) from Gent University, with Erasmus Mundus Scholarship from European Union. She also holds a Master’s degree in Agricultural Economics from Indian Agriculture Research Institute, New Delhi (Junior Research Fellowship from ICAR) and MPhil in Business studies from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala. Her main research focus is on Climate Change, vulnerability and adaptation studies, food security, and rural development.

Peer-reviewed journal articles

1. Sam, Anu Susan, Abbas, A., Surendran Padmaja, S., Raghavan Sathyan, A., Vijayan, D., Kächele, H., Kumar, R., & Müller, K. (2021). “Flood vulnerability and food security in eastern India: A threat towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals”. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102589. (Impact factor: 4.28)
2. Ullah, A., Sam, Anu Susan, Sathyan, A. R., Mahmood, N., Zeb, A., and Kächele, H. (2021). “Role of local communities in forest landscape restoration: Key lessons from the Billion Trees Afforestation Project, Pakistan”. Science of The Total Environment, 772, 145613. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145613. (Impact factor: 7.963).
3. Dam, T. H. T., Tur-Cardona, J., Speelman, S., Amjath-Babu, T. S., Sam, Anu Susan and Zander, P. (2021). “Incremental and transformative adaptation preferences of rice farmers against increasing soil salinity - Evidence from choice experiments in north-central Vietnam”. Agricultural Systems, 190, 103090. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103090. (Impact factor: 5.37).
4. Sam, Anu Susan, Subash Surendran Padmaja, Harald Kächele, Ranjit Kumar, and Klaus Müller. (2020). “Climate Change, Drought and Rural Communities: Understanding People’s Perceptions and Adaptations in Rural Eastern India”. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 44: 101436. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2019.101436. (Impact factor: 4.28)
5. Sam, Anu Susan., Abbas, A., Surendran Padmaja, S., Kächele, H., Kumar, R., & Müller, K. (2018). “Linking Food Security with Household’s Adaptive Capacity and Drought Risk: Implications for Sustainable Rural Development”. Social Indicators Researches. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-018-1925-0.  (Impact factor: 2.614).
6. Sam, Anu Susan., Kumar, R., Kächele, H., & Müller, K. (2017).“Vulnerabilities to flood hazards among rural households in India”. Natural Hazards, 88(2), 1133-1153. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-017-2911-6. (Impact factor: 3.102)
7. Sam, Anu Susan., Kumar, R., Kächele, H., & Müller, K. (2017). “Quantifying household vulnerability triggered by drought: evidence from rural India”. Climate and Development, 9(7), 618-633. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2016.1193461. (Impact factor: 4.28)

Book Chapters

1. Devi, P. I., Sam, Anu Susan. & Raghavan Sathyan, A. (2022). Resilience to Climate Stresses in South India: Conservation Responses and Exploitative Reactions. Ins: A. K. Enamul Haque, P. Mukhopadhyay, M. Nepal, & M. R. Shammin (eds.); Climate Change and Community Resilience: Insights from South Asia. Springer Singapore, pp. 113–127. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0680-9_8
2. Sam, Anu Susan. & Raghavan Sathyan, A. (2021). Agricultural technology interventions and gender inequality:  A study of constraints and opportunities, In Sudheer, K. P. & Bonny, B. P. (eds.) Engendering Agricultural Development: Dimensions and Strategies. NIPA Publishers, New Delhi, pp 269-284.
3. Raghavan Sathyan, A. & Sam, Anu Susan. (2021). Gender-sensitive monitoring and evaluation: prospects and challenges, In Sudheer, K. P. & Bonny, B. P. (eds.) Engendering Agricultural Development: Dimensions and Strategies. NIPA Publishers, New Delhi, pp 133-146.
4. Philip, K., Aditya, K.S., Sam, Anu Susan. & Subash, S.P. (2021). The economics of climate change in agriculture, In: Mahdi, S. Sheraz. & Rajbir Singh (eds.); Innovative approaches for sustainable developments: Theories and Practices in Agriculture. Springer Nature Singapore, Switzerland. (Accepted).
5. Sam, Anu Susan., Abbas, A., Arshad, M., & Kächele, H. (2016). Analysing Vulnerability to Climate Change in India with Special Reference to Drought Risk: Results from a Field Survey. In: Nautiyal. S., Schaldach. R., Raju. V.K., Kaechele. H., Pritchard. B., & Rao, S.K. (eds); Climate Change Challenge (3C) and Social-Economic-Ecological Interface Building: Exploring Potential Adaptation Strategies for Bio-resource Conservation and Livelihood Development. Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp 409-427. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31014-5_25

Published Books

Sam, Anu. Susan (2018). Natural Disasters and Household Vulnerability: A Study of Floods and Droughts with Special Reference to Food Security and Adaptation Strategies in Rural India. Verlag Dr. Köster, Germany. ISBN: 9783895749384. Pp 167 https://www.verlag-koester.de/buch/natural-disasters-and-household-vulnerability/

Awards/Scholarships Received

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Scholarship for pursuing doctoral studies by the Government of Germany (2014-2018).

Erasmus Mundus scholarship from the European Union (2007-2009) for pursuing International Master’s in Rural Development (IMRD).

CIM Returning Expert fellow of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Germany

Projects - Principal Investigator

1. Climate change, floods, and rural farming communities in Kuttanad: A shift from disaster management towards disaster preparedness (2020-2023). Funded by Directorate of Environment & Climate Change, Government of Kerala, India
2. ICT-enabled social science lab at Regional Agricultural Research Station, Kumarakom (2020-2021). Funded by the Centre for International Migration and Development (CIM), New Delhi
3. Climate change, labour migration, and food security: An Indian perspective (2015). Funded by Fiat Panis Foundation, Germany

Projects -Co-Principal Investigator

1. Introducing Citizen Science Approach for Climate Smart Rice Variety Selection: A Case Analysis of Smallholder Rice Farmers from Kuttanad Region, Kerala (2020-2022). Funded by Kerala State Planning Board