Curriculum Vitae
Education |
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in International Development
Awarded with no corrections University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Development Studies University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom Bachelor of Arts in History Double Minor in Global Studies and Russian Literature University of California, Los Angeles Highest Departmental Honors, College Honors Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa |
2015 2012 2008 |
Selected Honors and Awards |
Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship
Berggruen Fellowship Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship Oxford Department of International Development Publication Grant Sir Peter Elworthy Research Grant David Frederick Research Grant Rhodes Scholarship Barbara Ladd Gates Award for Intellectual Accomplishment J. W. Saxe Prize for Public Service Bradford E. Burns Endowed Scholarship in History |
2018
2017 2015 2015 2014 2014 2010 2008 2008 2007 |
Academic Positions
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Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Social Justice
Centre for Public Policy Research School of Education, Communication and Society King's College London Leverhulme Early Career Fellow African Studies Centre, Oxford School of Area Studies Research Fellow St John's College University of Oxford Berggruen Fellow-In-Residence Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Research and Social Justice Society, Work and Development Institute (SWOP) University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Doctoral Field Research on Knowledge Networks and Ecological Development Initiatives USA, Switzerland, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan In-depth ethnographic research on the creation and effect of knowledge chains between international foundations, their in-country NGO partners and the local ecological initiative they fund. Research Assistant, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom Responsible for managing academic research projects, compiling literature reviews, writing reports and researching multi-dimensional poverty. Teaching Assistant, MPhil Core Course in Development Studies, Oxford Department of International Development (ODID) University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom Led a discussion-based class on the core concepts of international development for Masters students. Responsible for designing class content, activities, discussion guides and student presentations. Apprenticeship in Sustainable Agriculture, Huasna Valley Farm California, USA Helped manage a small-scale organic farm. Responsibilities included managing crop planning, irrigation, planting, cultivating, harvesting, animal care and pest control. Deshpande Foundation Sandbox Fellow, Vidya Poshak Dharwad, India Recipient of fellowship to work with Indian education organization Vidya Poshak. Designed, led, monitored and evaluated a program to involve rural youth in social activism. Created documentary on the challenges of the Indian education system. Direct Victim Outreach Intern, Polaris Project Los Angeles California, USA Conducted direct victim outreach to sex-workers and other potential sex-trafficking victims. Led an outreach program to the Russian community. Researched and compiled a Referral and Resource Guide for victims of sex-trafficking. Human Rights Researcher, Forum for Fact-finding, Documentation and Advocacy (FFDA India) Raipur, India Led investigative research project on the exploitation of girl-children within folk-opera troupes. Formulated and conducted field research, wrote comprehensive report and legal analysis together with press releases and newspaper articles. |
2021-
2018-20 2017-18 2015-17 2010-15 2012-15 2013-14 2010 2008-09 2007-08 2006-07 |
Academic Publications
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The moral economy of work: Demanding jobs and deserving money in South Africa. 2020. Economy and Society, 49(2).
Labour, laziness and distribution: Work imaginaries among the South African unemployed. (co-authored with H. J. Dawson, equal contribution.) 2020. Africa, 90(2): 229-251. Radical transformation or technological intervention? Two paths for universal basic income (with E. Klein, equal contribution). 2019. World Development 122: 492-500. Civil society knowledge networks: how international development institutions reshape the geography of knowledge. 2017. Third World Quarterly 38(8): 1847-1872. What Shall the Fishermen Become? A Review of James Ferguson’s 'Give a Man a Fish: Reflections on the New Politics of Distribution'. 2015. Journal of Basic Income Studies, 10(2): 289–292. Basic income grants and the moral imperative of work: Support and resistance from southern Africa. In preparation for the Journal of Southern African Studies (JSAS). Opening Up the Anti-Politics Machine: Development-Focused Civil Society, the State and the Circulation of Ideas In preparation for Oxford Development Studies. Why South Africa needs to insure income security beyond the pandemic. (with H. Dawson) The Conversation. April 30, 2020. theconversation.com/why-south-africa-needs-to-ensure-income-security-beyond-the-pandemic-137551 Why not give people money for nothing? OpenDemocracy. October 9, 2019. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/why-not-give-people-money-nothing/ Why universal basic income costs far less than you think. The Conversation. August 14, 2018. theconversation.com/why-universal-basic-income-costs-far-less-than-you-think-101134 The new labour struggle: less work for the same pay, and basic income for all. The Conversation. 2017. https://theconversation.com/the-new-labour-struggle-less-work-same-pay-and-basic-income-for-all-76903 Stealing Brides in Kyrgyzstan: Why Multiculturalism and Women’s Rights Make Such Uneasy Bedfellows Oxford Human Right Hub Blog. 2013. http://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/stealing-brides-in-kyrgyzstan-why-multiculturalism-and-womens-rights-make-such-uneasy-bedfellows/ An Environmentalism of the Poor. The Oxonian Review. 2012. http://www.oxonianreview.org/wp/an-environmentalism-of-the-poor/ Human Rights Advocacy NGOs and the Globalization Debate: A Case Study Aleph: UCLA’s Journal of the Social Sciences and Humanities. 2007. 3000 Rupees for a Year of Use: the Untold Story of Child Employment in Orissan Opera Troupes The Asian Tribune. 2007. http://www.asiantribune.com/node/4432 Unheard Voices: the Exploitation of Opera Children in Orissa Written and researched for the Forum for Fact Finding, Documentation and Advocacy (FFDA). 2006. |
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Academic Service
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Editor: Springer Nature Social Sciences
Reviewer: Development and Change, Social Dynamics, Journal of Economic Anthropology, Journal of Development Studies, Review of Social Economy, Journal of Asia and African Studies, Journal of Cultural Economy Co-convener, African Studies Seminar Series, University of Oxford Co-organizer, Panel on Post-Work, European Conference of African Studies Co-chair, Berggruen Workshop, Conceptualizing Justice in Comparative Perspectives Co-organizer, SWOP Research and Social Justice Workshop Co-convener and coordinator of the SWOP Research Seminar Series Co-convener and coordinator of the SWOP Research and Social Justice Dialogue Series Coordinator, Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network Launch, Oxford Documentary Film-making Climbing Up documentary on the Indian education system The Houseless documentary on teenage homelessness (Official Selection: Cold Cuts Film Festival & The Santa Cruz Film Festival) |
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2017- 2018-2021 2019 2018 2016 2015 2015 2013 2009 2004 |