Dr Fraser Sugden is a human geographer who has written extensively on shifting class, gender and generational relations in smallholder agriculture, and their interaction with contemporary environmental, political and economic stresses. He has conducted intensive rural fieldwork across South and East Asia, with a focus on the Eastern Gangetic Plains, and was based in this region for over a decade. He has a commitment to interdisciplinary action research with strong engagement and partnership with civil society and organisations working at the grassroots.