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Education

• B.A, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan
• M.A (Sociology), University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan
• MPhil (Sociology), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
• PhD, Environmental Sustainability and Wellbeing (Interdisciplinary), University of Ferrara, Italy

Research interests

Dr Meetha Ram (He/Him) is a Social Scientist, works on interdisciplinary research involving communities and other stakeholders. Through interdisciplinary research approaches, his research aims to contribute new scientific knowledge on existing social, environmental, and political issues and their collaborative, sustainable solutions. His research aligns long-term sustainability frameworks and environmental goals, contributions, emerging challenges, and ways forward towards sustainability and sustainable development. He works on food waste, best-before dates, sustainable consumption, waste management and the SDGs, climate-induced migration, nature-based approaches, internal migration and women's empowerment, international migration and labor integration, sustainability communication, youth studies and non-profits. With non-profits and community organizations/groups collaborations, he works for community engagement, youth and women empowerment by human rights education, sustainability knowledge, promoting peace and tolerance and meaningful engagement of youth, women, civil society and other social groups. In his postdoctoral research, he focuses on examining the interpretations of best-before dates, using the food justice and food security lens and aligning with SDGs, CIF and long-term sustainable consumption.

Selected publications

• Ram, M., Zurba, M., & Nizamani, B. (2026). From waste to sustainable development: Evaluating Canada鈥檚 waste management policies and Sustainable Development Goals progress.聽Waste Management & Research,听44(2), 103-115.
• Ram,听M., and聽B. Nizamani. 2026. 鈥淲omen's Migration to Cities and Their Multifaceted Transformation.鈥澛�International Social Science Journal. 1-11.
• Nizamani, B., Ruiu, G., & Ram, M. (2025). Satisfaction and Structure: A Multivariate Analysis of South Asian Migrant Employment Experiences in Italy.聽Societies,听15(12), 350.
• Ram, M., Bracci, E., & Nizamani, B. (2025). Achievements of Waste Indicators of Sustainable Development Goals 6, 7, 11, and 12 in Italy from 2015 to 2020.聽Sustainability,听17(9), 3952.
• Nizamani, B., Ruiu, G., & Ram, M. (2025). A review of Asian migrants to Europe: historical context, trends, motivation and socio-economic impacts.聽J. Econ.-JE,听1, 15-21.
• Ram, M., Nizamani, B., & Muhammad, A. F. (2025). Context of rural to urban migration and socio-economic empowerment of women in Pakistan and Philippines; A systematic literature review.聽Asas Wa Tandhim: Jurnal Hukum, Pendidikan Dan Sosial Keagamaan,听4(1), 1-14.
• Ram, M., & Bracci, E. (2024). Waste management, waste indicators and the relationship with sustainable development goals (SDGs): a systematic literature review.聽Sustainability,听16(19), 8486.
• Ram, M., & Nizamani, B. (2024). Feminisation of Migration.聽The Pakistan Development Review,听63(3), 429-448.

Select Awards and Honours

• Mitacs Postdoctoral Grant with industry partner Second Harvest 鈥� Two years
• Fully funded grants for PhD 2021-2024 and for MPhil 2017-2020
• Achievement Award by the Government of Sindh and the Hindu Youth Council of Pakistan
• Recognition Award Tharparkar by District Government and District Education Alliance Tharparkar Sindh Pakistan
• Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Democracy Award 2014 by the Center for Human Rights Education