Raka Sen is a sociologist in the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Her research interests include environmental, labor, urban, gender, migration and development studies. Situated at the intersection of all of these subjects, Sen's works to understand how climate change and development are reshaping the everyday lives of local people in the Sundarban region of India and Bangladesh. Building off of ethnographic engagement and a longitudinal survey, she aims to challenge traditional notions of climate adaptation in lieu of theoretical frameworks that better encapsulate the lived realities of people facing climate change right now.