Publications
In April 2022 I supported the 1752 Group, a UK-based research, consultancy and campaign organization dedicated to ending staff sexual misconduct in higher education, during a collaborative workshop on online sexual harassment as a part of the North-South Feminist Dialogue conversation series that aims to bring together academics, activists and survivors from the Global North and South, working in the area of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) in Higher Education (HE). As a result of this workshop, we wrote a handbook that attempts to share some of the knowledge produced in this day-long workshop with fellow academics, activists and organizers.
Along with sharing experiences and strategies, we collectively formulated a list of demands to address online sexual harassment that we can take to our institutions to urge transformation or even our organizing spaces for further reflection. These demands and reflections for change (see pg. 10) are by no means comprehensive and we see this as a live document that others can add to. While much has been written theoretically about online sexual harassment, within the HE sector its understanding remains quite nascent. Hence, we imagine this workshop only as a beginning of a much wider and ongoing conversation.
In addition to contributing the writing and editing of this handbook, I supported the 1752 Group with the North-South Feminist Dialogue Twitter account (@fem_ideas), documenting the conversations had throughout the day so that non-attendants could follow along and participate in the conversation.
Speaking Engagements
In February 2018, I spoke at the Madison Global Conference at James Madison University, during which I participated in a panel titled “Political Development in the Third World”.
Prior to the panel, I presented my opinion-piece, titled Nature vs. Nurture: Why Homegrown Development and External Aid Are Not Mutually Exclusive. In my presentation, I drew a parallel between the psychological debate of nature versus nurture and the highly debated topic of international aid, pulling from William Easterly’s argument for homegrown development and Jeffrey Sach’s argument for external aid. Read the full piece here.
Following my presentation, I sat on a panel with two other students, during which we answered questions about each of our respectful presentations and engaged in discussions about international development and political dynamics in the ‘Third World’. This experience, along with my other coursework and research in development studies and humanitarian affairs, as well as post-graduate experience in the field, heavily influenced my decision to pursue my masters in development studies at SOAS.