Shalini Randeria
Shalini Randeriais an American-born[1]Indiananthropologist.[2]
Education[edit]
She was born inWashington, D.C.in 1955, and brought up in Mumbai and New Delhi,[1]Randeria is an alumna of theUniversity of Delhi,theUniversity of OxfordandHeidelberg University,[3]and earned her PhD at theFree University of Berlin.[3][4]
Career[edit]
She is tenured as a professor of anthropology and sociology at theGraduate Institute of International and Development Studies(IHEID) in Geneva, Switzerland and appointed as therectorof theInstitut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen(IWM) in Vienna, Austria.[1][5]She is also the director of theAlbert Hirschman Centre on Democracy,a research centre affiliated to the Graduate Institute.[6]
Considered as an expert on democracies,[6]she has held various positions at theUniversity of Zurich,theUniversity of Munich,theCentral European University,and retains the position of visiting professor at theWZB Berlin Social Science Center.She was formerly a member of the editorial board of theAnnual Review of Anthropology.[5]
In June 2021, theCentral European Universityannounced that Randeria would become the university's sixth president and rector. Randeria succeededMichael Ignatieffand became the first woman to serve as president of the university.[7]
References[edit]
- ^abcReiter, Anja (28 March 2020)."Die Heimatlose".Die Zeit(in German).Retrieved29 November2020.
- ^Von Thadden, Elisabeth (25 April 2020)."Darf der Corona-Impfstoff patentiert werden?".Die Zeit(in German).Retrieved29 November2020.
- ^abGollner, Marion (22 August 2014)."Shalini Randeria wird neue Rektorin am IWM".APA-OTS(in German).Austria Press Agency.Retrieved29 November2020.
- ^"From Delhi to Vienna: Globalizing the IWM".Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen.News Section. 14 September 2017.
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:CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ab"Shalini Randeria".Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies.Retrieved29 November2020.
- ^abBradley, Simon (30 May 2017)."Trust in democratic institutions is 'in freefall'".Swissinfo.Swiss Broadcasting Corporation.Retrieved29 November2020.
- ^"Shalini Randeria Elected CEU's 6th Rector and President".Central European University Newsroom.Budapest, Hungary.21 June 2021.Retrieved21 June2021.
- Living people
- 21st-century Indian anthropologists
- Indian women anthropologists
- Indian academics
- Indian women academics
- Indian women social scientists
- Academic staff of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
- Delhi University alumni
- Alumni of the University of Oxford
- Heidelberg University alumni
- Free University of Berlin alumni
- Academic staff of Central European University
- Academic staff of the University of Zurich