David Jackman

David’s research focuses on the political economy of crime and violence in South Asia. He works particularly in Bangladesh and West Bengal, and has published on topics ranging from labour politics, syndicates and elections to beggar leaders and destitution.

He is the author of Syndicates and Societies: Criminal Politics in Dhaka (Cambridge University Press) and co-editor of Controlling the Capital: Political Dominance in the Urbanizing World (Oxford University World). He is currently writing a political history of the Sundarbans (the world’s largest mangrove forest) focusing on piracy.