Raka Sen

Raka Sen is a graduate student in the sociology program at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research interests include the sociology of climate change, social resilience, cities, neighborhoods and disaster sociology.

Currently, Raka’s research considers how climate change adaptation in the Indian and Bangladeshi Sundarbans is fundamentally reshaping everyday lives in the region. She looks at how everyday adjustments in peoples lives are in fact a form of climate change adaptation.

Prior to beginning her graduate study, Raka was a Researcher at Rebuild By Design, a resilience initiative launched after Hurricane Sandy. At Rebuild she worked on a study of managed retreat in the Sandy region and studied how long term infrastructure projects develop over time. She holds a B.A. in Sociology, Urban Design & Architecture Studies from New York University.