Dr. Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen

Professor, Department of Geography, State University of New York - Buffalo

Research Interests (Link to Publications)

Demographic change in US urban areas; migration and labor outcomes; shrinking cities; innovation and entrepreneurship (go to webpage on NSF-funded research on ethanol industry) Download docx; industry studies - biotech, pharma, and bioenergy; universities and regional development; and foreign direct investment

Recent Publications

Bagchi-Sen, S., Franklin, R., Rogerson, P., & Seymour, E., (2020 accepted). Urban inequality and the demographic transformation of shrinking cities: The role of the foreign born. Journal of Applied Geography.

Bagchi-Sen, S., Schunder, T., Tai, X. (2019). An analysis of employment patterns of domestic migrants and immigrants in a Rustbelt city: A study of Buffalo-Niagara Falls. Growth and Change: A Journal of Urban and Regional Policy. https://doi.org/10.1111/grow.12345

Mclean, E., Bagchi-Sen, S., Atkinson, J., & Schindel, A. (2019). Household Dependence on Solid Cooking Fuels in Peru: An Analysis of Environmental and Socioeconomic Conditions. Global Environmental Change, 58 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2019.101961

Schunder, T., and Bagchi-Sen, S. (2019). Understanding the household cooking fuel transition. Geography Compass. https://doi.org/10.1111/gec3.12469

Ding, N. and Bagchi-Sen, S. (2019). An analysis of commuting distance and job accessibility for residents in a U.S. legacy city. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 109, 1560-1582. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2019.1580133

Mclean, E., Bagchi-Sen, S., Atkinson, J., Ravenscroft, J., Hewner, S., & Schindel, A. (2018). Country-Level Analysis of Household Fuel Transitions. World Development, 114, 267-280.

Kedron, P. and Bagchi-Sen, S. (2018). Explanations of firm survival in renewable energy in the United States: a study of ethanol refineries. European Planning Studies, 26, 2237-2255. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2018.1530150