Lys Kulamadayil
Author and scholar researching international law, natural resources, and post-colonial studies; Swiss National Science Foundation Ambizione Fellow and principal investigator of the Law by Colour Code project, interviewed about her book Pathology of Plenty.
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Feb 13, 2026 • 1h 6min
Lys Kulamadayil, "Pathology of Plenty: Natural Resources in International Law" (Bloomsbury 2025)
Lys Kulamadayil, scholar of international law and natural resources, examines how legal rules shape the exploitation of resource-rich, post-colonial states. She discusses colonial continuities from Congo, crisis discourse, doctrines like effective control and usufruct, global financial enablers of grand theft, limits of carceral responses, and calls for intersectoral, anti-carceral alternatives such as earth law and posthuman feminism.
Feb 13, 2026 • 1h 6min
Lys Kulamadayil, "Pathology of Plenty: Natural Resources in International Law" (Bloomsbury 2025)
Lys Kulamadayil, a Swiss NSF Ambizione Fellow and PI of Law by Colour Code, explores how international law shapes resource extraction in post-colonial states. She discusses colonial continuities, financial and legal infrastructures that enable large-scale resource theft, the limits of human rights and anti-corruption frameworks, and calls for intersectoral, anti-carceral, and ecological approaches.
