Katharina Paterok is currently pursuing her Ph.D. from The Institute for Asian and African Studies at Humboldt-Universität, Berlin. Her doctoral research focusses on the evolution and implementation of India’s municipal solid waste management agenda during the past 3 decades, with the example of Delhi’s solid waste management. Before joining CSH as a visiting Phd candidate, she worked in the field of resource efficiency at Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in Delhi.