Anwesha Borthakur is primarily engaged in interdisciplinary research focusing on electronic waste (e-waste) and textile waste governance in India, South Africa, and the European Union. She completed her PhD in science policy at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), India, and was a Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellow at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium. She is currently affiliated with the same university.

During her RCC Landhaus fellowship, she built on her expertise in waste management to complete a book project on e-waste and textile waste in India—two relatively invisible, ignored, and understudied waste streams in the country. She will be addressing different traits and individualities of e-waste and textile waste in the country, including the production of textiles and electronics, their consumption, and, finally, their disposal, where the informal recycling sector is a major stakeholder. Her Landhaus fellowship was followed by a Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers at the RCC.