Andrew deSouza is a Senior Research Analyst with the Research, Knowledge and Engagement Team of the Cities Program at World Resources Institute. He contributes to urban policy research, including recommendations for a National Urbanization Policy and analysis of public space policies in Indian cities. Additionally, he supports research on Nature-based Solutions for the India Forum for NbS.

Before joining World Resources Institute, Andrew worked on a number of interdisciplinary research projects across the country, including leading a qualitative research team studying the effects of the coastal road construction on fisherfolk in Mumbai, studying extreme heat in informal settlements in Hyderabad, and studying the social geography of caste in peri-urban Bangalore.

He has a Bachelors degree in Sociology from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, and a Masters degree in Sociology from the Department of Sociology at the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. He was also part of the Urban Fellows Programme at the Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore and was an awardee of the inaugural Writing Urban India fellowship.

In his free time, he enjoys hiking, traveling, photography, and music.