Shalini Randeria

Shalini Randeria is an American-born[1] Indian anthropologist,[2] tenured as a professor of anthropology and sociology at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) in Geneva, Switzerland and appointed as the rector of the Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen (IWM) in Vienna, Austria.[1][3] She is also the director of the Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy, a research centre affiliated to the Graduate Institute.[4]

Considered as an expert on democracies,[4] she has held various positions at the University of Zurich, the University of Munich, the Central European University (Budapest), and retains the position of visiting professor at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center. She was formerly a member of the editorial board of the Annual Review of Anthropology.[3]

Born in Washington, D.C., and brought up in Mumbai and New Delhi,[1] Randeria is an alumna of the University of Delhi, the University of Oxford and Heidelberg University,[5] and earned her Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) at the Free University of Berlin.[5][6]

References

1. Reiter, Anja (28 March 2020). "Die Heimatlose". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 29 November 2020.
2. Von Thadden, Elisabeth (25 April 2020). "Darf der Corona-Impfstoff patentiert werden?". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 29 November 2020.
3. "Shalini Randeria". Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
4. Bradley, Simon (30 May 2017). "Trust in democratic institutions is 'in freefall'". Swissinfo. Swiss Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
5. Gollner, Marion (22 August 2014). "Shalini Randeria wird neue Rektorin am IWM". APA-OTS (in German). Austria Press Agency. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
6. "From Delhi to Vienna: Globalizing the IWM". Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen. News Section. 14 September 2017.CS1 maint: others (link)