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I am a doctoral researcher at the University of Sussex. I have previously completed my bachelor's in Political Science (Honours) from the University of Delhi and MA from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS). My research focuses on the lived experiences of Pakistani-Hindu migrants from their migration to citizenship. I also highlight the intersectional identities of the migrants that shape these lived experiences in both Pakistan and India.

I am Associate Professor of Applied Social Sciences at Edinburgh Napier University and Associate Director of the Schottish Graduate School of Social Science.
In my research capacity, I am also affiliated with the Centre for Policy Studies at Central European University (Hungary). I received my PhD in Politics from the University of Glasgow and an MA in Human Rights from the Central European University.

In 2015 – 2016, I was Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Bedfordshire, Programme Director of the Professional Doctorate in Children and Young People's Service, associated member of the International Centre: Researching Child Sexual Exploitation and Human Trafficking, and a full member of the Institute of Applied Social Research.

In 2013-2014, I led a research project investigating public understanding of human trafficking in three European countries. This research was funded by a Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship awarded by the European Commission (FP7-PEOPLE-IEF / PIEF-GA-2011-298401).

I am a Senior Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) and a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (FRSA).

Yehuda Sharim is a writer, photographer. filmmaker, and poet. His work focuses on the relationship between the quotidian and poetic. Sharim’s films have appeared in film festivals, artistic venues, and universities across the world. His work offers an intimate portrayal of those who refuse to surrender amidst daily devastation and culminating strife, offering a vision for equality and a renewed solidarity in a divisive world. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor in the Program of Global Art Studies, University of California, Merced.

Namita is a Ph.D. researcher at the Department of Social Work, University of Delhi. Her academic work focuses on placing refugee identity at the center of urbanism and integration in the city of New Delhi. She is studying the forced migration and urban sustainability nexus through a post-developmental lens. She specialises in qualitative research and programme evaluations and has led research studies and interventional projects in the areas of migration, gender and sustainable development.