Sharma, SnehaSneha Sharma is a post-doctoral researcher at the department of geography, University of Bonn, Germany. After pursuing her bachelors and masters in sociology, she pursued an M.Phil in Planning and Development from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India. She was awarded a DAAD scholarship for undertaking her PhD from Centre for Development Research (ZEF), Bonn. She is working on a project titled »Urban Villages by the Airport«, funded by the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung, which analyses intersections of urban renewal and affordable housing near international airports. With her keen interest in informality, discard studies and urban development, she continues to draw from critical perspectives in political ecology and urban sociology to shape her work.