Dr Sheba Tejani
Senior Lecturer in International Development
Biography
Sheba Tejani is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of International Development at King's.
Sheba's work is centred on the distributional consequences of international trade and structural transformation in developing countries. She is interested in the effects of technological upgrading, automation and gender segregation on workers and the future of work. She has studied labour market inequalities in the context of structural change and export-oriented industrialization in countries in the Global South. In a related and emerging research programme, she explores Indian political economy and its relationship to development.
She was recently awarded a Senior Research Fellowship from the American Institute of Indian Studies to support this work. Sheba has a PhD in Economics from the New School for Social Research, New York. She has previously worked as Assistant Professor at the Graduate Program in International Affairs at the New School (NY) and at the International Development Department, University of Birmingham. She has served as a Consulting Economist with the Gender, Trade and Development section of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in Geneva. She has also consulted with other international organizations such as the ILO, World Bank, UN Women and UNDESA.
Research
- Trade, global value chains and inequalities
- Gender, informality and labour markets
- Automation, structural change and its impacts on workers
- Indian political economy and development
PhD supervision
Sheba is happy to supervise students whose projects relate to:
- Global value chains, inequality and development
- Gender inequalities in the labour market
- Indian political economy and development
Expertise and Public Engagement
- Trade and gender
- Future of work
Further details
Research
Global Production, Finance and Labour research group
A multidisciplinary research group dealing with global production, labour, money and finance within the Department of International Development at the School of Global Affairs, King's College London.
Global Capitalism, Power & Uneven Development research group
We study the many ways in which the world-system unevenly constrains and drives development everywhere, with its persistent structural hierarchies, dependencies, contradictions, and unequal power relations between classes, ethnicities, genders, races, and states.
Technology, Innovation, and Economic Development research group
The Technology, Innovation, and Development Research Group explores the role of cutting-edge technologies in International Development.
Critical Global Capitalism Studies Collective
A collective bringing critical global capitalism research, teaching and activism at King's together under one umbrella to provide a forum for collaborations, events, and discussions, and to forge connections with the media, the policy world, and other like-minded groups.
Events
Making India Work: The Development of Welfare in a Multi-Level Democracy
Join us for the launch of Professor Louise Tillin's book.
Please note: this event has passed.
Book talk on "The Political Economy of Patriarchy in the Global South" with Ece Kocabıçak
Please join the Department of International Development at KCL for a book talk with Ece Kocabıçak about her new book, "The Political Economy of Patriarchy in...
Please note: this event has passed.
Research
Global Production, Finance and Labour research group
A multidisciplinary research group dealing with global production, labour, money and finance within the Department of International Development at the School of Global Affairs, King's College London.
Global Capitalism, Power & Uneven Development research group
We study the many ways in which the world-system unevenly constrains and drives development everywhere, with its persistent structural hierarchies, dependencies, contradictions, and unequal power relations between classes, ethnicities, genders, races, and states.
Technology, Innovation, and Economic Development research group
The Technology, Innovation, and Development Research Group explores the role of cutting-edge technologies in International Development.
Critical Global Capitalism Studies Collective
A collective bringing critical global capitalism research, teaching and activism at King's together under one umbrella to provide a forum for collaborations, events, and discussions, and to forge connections with the media, the policy world, and other like-minded groups.
Events
Making India Work: The Development of Welfare in a Multi-Level Democracy
Join us for the launch of Professor Louise Tillin's book.
Please note: this event has passed.
Book talk on "The Political Economy of Patriarchy in the Global South" with Ece Kocabıçak
Please join the Department of International Development at KCL for a book talk with Ece Kocabıçak about her new book, "The Political Economy of Patriarchy in...
Please note: this event has passed.