Dr Rishita Nandagiri
Lecturer in Global Health & Social Medicine
Research interests
- Biomedical and life sciences
- Ethics
- Sociology
Pronouns
she/her
Biography
Dr Rishita Nandagiri is a Lecturer in Global Health & Social Medicine, and Deputy Programme Director, MSc in Global Health, Social Justice and Public Policy.
Prior to joining King’s, she held postdoctoral positions at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). In 2020-2021, she was an ESRC funded postdoctoral fellow at LSE’s Department of Methodology where she worked with feminist collectives in India to co-produce visual resources on abortion and abortion care-seeking.
Rishita has previously worked with several feminist collectives and advocacy groups and has consulted for multilateral organisations including the WHO and UNFPA. Rishita serves on the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population’s Scientific Panel on Abortion Research, and is a council member of the British Society for Population Studies. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Research
- Abortion
- Reproduction
- Gender
- Global Health
- Qualitative Methods
Rishita’s interdisciplinary research focuses on gender, abortion and reproductive (in)justices in the Global South.
Her work is underpinned by feminist and reproductive justice approaches, interrogating how power and politics manifest and are wielded at individual, interpersonal, community, and macro levels.
Her recent work has included critiquing medico-legal approaches to self-managed abortion, examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on abortion access, and (re) conceptualising “safety” and “risk” in abortion and reproduction.
Teaching
PhD Supervision
Rishita currently co-supervises (with Dr Michelle Pentecost and Dr Silvia Camporesi) Caitlin Gardiner. Rishita is happy to co-supervise PhD projects related to her areas of expertise.
Further details
Research
Reproduction research cluster
Our interdisciplinary group examines the complex social, cultural, and political dimensions of reproduction.
News
The importance of decolonising sexual reproductive healthcare
The latest episode of WORLD: we got this speaks with Dr Annabel Sowemimo about her PhD research looking at reproductive justice.
Events
CaféTheoria Workshop 3: Talal Asad with Dr Angie Heo
CaféTheoria is an interactive, hybrid workshop series where experts discuss core social science theories and students engage in lively debate.
Please note: this event has passed.
Book launch: 'Viruses and Reproductive Injustice: Zika in Brazil'
Launch of a book by Professor Ilana Löwy, exploring health disparities and reproductive injustice revealed by the Zika outbreak in Brazil.
Please note: this event has passed.
CaféTheoria Workshop 2: Ludwik Fleck with Professor Ilana Löwy
CaféTheoria is an interactive, hybrid workshop series where renowned experts discuss core social science theories and students engage in lively debate.
Please note: this event has passed.
ESRC Festival of Social Science: What's in an abortion?
Event for anyone who supports abortion and abortion-seekers, is curious about learning more, and is keen to contribute to abortion stigma-busting.
Please note: this event has passed.
CaféTheoria Workshop 1: Michel Foucault with Professor Carlo Caduff
First part of an interactive, hybrid workshop series where renowned experts discuss core social science theories, and engage peers and colleagues in lively...
Please note: this event has passed.
Research
Reproduction research cluster
Our interdisciplinary group examines the complex social, cultural, and political dimensions of reproduction.
News
The importance of decolonising sexual reproductive healthcare
The latest episode of WORLD: we got this speaks with Dr Annabel Sowemimo about her PhD research looking at reproductive justice.
Events
CaféTheoria Workshop 3: Talal Asad with Dr Angie Heo
CaféTheoria is an interactive, hybrid workshop series where experts discuss core social science theories and students engage in lively debate.
Please note: this event has passed.
Book launch: 'Viruses and Reproductive Injustice: Zika in Brazil'
Launch of a book by Professor Ilana Löwy, exploring health disparities and reproductive injustice revealed by the Zika outbreak in Brazil.
Please note: this event has passed.
CaféTheoria Workshop 2: Ludwik Fleck with Professor Ilana Löwy
CaféTheoria is an interactive, hybrid workshop series where renowned experts discuss core social science theories and students engage in lively debate.
Please note: this event has passed.
ESRC Festival of Social Science: What's in an abortion?
Event for anyone who supports abortion and abortion-seekers, is curious about learning more, and is keen to contribute to abortion stigma-busting.
Please note: this event has passed.
CaféTheoria Workshop 1: Michel Foucault with Professor Carlo Caduff
First part of an interactive, hybrid workshop series where renowned experts discuss core social science theories, and engage peers and colleagues in lively...
Please note: this event has passed.