Anuradha Mittal

Anuradha Mittal (* 1977 in Meerut , India ) is the director of the independent environmental research facility Oakland Institute in Oakland ( USA ).

Her research institute, founded in 2004, deals with all kinds of environmental issues, but also focuses on land grabbing (“ landgrab ”) in Africa and other parts of the world.

Mittal is a member of the advisory boards of several aid organizations and institutions such as the Right Livelihood Award (also known as the Alternative Nobel Prize ), the International Forum on Globalization and the board of directors of the (charitable) ice cream company Ben & Jerry's, where he takes care of social projects and that Brand image. She is also a member of the World Future Council .

Prizes and awards

• 2008 Most Valuable Progressive Thinker for US magazine The Nation
• 2007 Global Citizen Award from UNA-USA East Bay
• KPFA Peace Award in 2006

Works

• (Mis) Investment in Agriculture: The Role of the International Finance Corporation in the Global Land Grab
• The Great Land Grab: Rush for World's Farmland Threatens Food Security for the Poor
• Voices from Africa: African Farmers and Environmentalists Speak out Against a New Green Revolution
• 2008 Food Price Crisis: Rethinking Food Security Policies
• Going Gray in the Golden State: The Reality of Poverty Among Seniors in Oakland, California
• Turning the Tide: Challenging the Right on Campus
• Sahel: A Prisoner of Starvation
• America Needs Human Rights
• The Future in the Balance: Essays on Globalization and Resistance

Web links

• Curriculum vitae on the Oakland Institute homepage
• Interview with an Austrian online magazine
• Right Liveli Hood Award jury
• Bio on the Ben & Jerry's homepage