THE DIRECTORS
Dr. Christine Moliner
Prof. (Dr.)Christine Moliner is a social anthropologist whose work focuses on South Asian, particularly Panjabi/Sikh migrants in Europe. After graduating in international relations from Sciences Po, she completed her Ph.D. at the Centre d’Etudes de l’Inde et de l’Asie du sud (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris) on Sikh identity narratives in Europe. She has conducted extensive fieldwork in France, the UK, India and Pakistan and taught anthropology, Sikh studies and migrations studies courses. She is currently focusing on issues related to the impact of an irregular status on the socio-economic and health condition of South Asian migrants in France, as well as on the making of their subjectivities. More recently, she has also conducted ethnographic research on the representations and experiences of violence and death in migration among Afghan asylum seekers and refugees in France.
She is a fellow of the Institut Convergences Migrations, a recently created research consortium on migration issues and a co-editor of the online academic journal SAMAJ (South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal)
Dr. Sugandha Nagpal
Prof. (Dr.) Sugandha Nagpal has a PhD in International Development from the University of East Anglia, Norwich (UK). Her research work focuses on issues of migration, gender, education and development. Her PhD dissertation explores the gendered dynamics of middle-class culture in a Dalit community in Punjab. Previously, she has explored issues of gender-based violence, including forced marriage and sex-selection in Indian immigrant communities.
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More recently, she has forayed into interdisciplinary and applied research on mobility and resilience in migrant communities. One of her current projects focuses on internal migrants’ aspirations for education and employment in Haryana. In the other project, she is working with mental health practitioners, educators and community partners across Kenya, UK and India to develop and implement a family-based approach to mental well-being in low-income communities.
EDITORIAL TEAM
Raahat Tara
Raahat Tara is a second-year law student. She is an avid reader, and is deeply interested in philosophy, politics and literature. She is passionate about causes like the overthrow of capitalism and in discovering the best possible cheese to sauce ratio on her pizza.
Kopal Jain
A first-year masters student of International Affairs, Kopal is passionate about women empowerment, human rights and international migration. Drawing from her experiences as a media professional, she believes in creating safe digital spaces for women and other minorities.
Ruchi Yemul
Ruchi Yemul is a first year masters student of International Affairs. She firmly believes in social equality and justice and hopes to pursue a career that helps her achieve the same. When not stressing out about academics, she's either constantly trying to weave her daily observations into prose or learn something new each day.