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Nivedita Joon

PhD Candidate in International History and Politics
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Spoken languages
English, Hindi, French

phd thesis

 

Title: Beyond Carceralism? Transnational Feminists and Anti-Violence Activism (1975 – 2000)

PhD Supervisor: Aidan Russell and Nicole Bourbonnais

Expected completion date: 2026

Nivedita’s doctoral research focuses on the transnational feminist movement on violence against women from the 1970s to the early 2000s. In particular, she investigates transnational feminist activism against sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) to understand how third world feminists imagined, advanced and resisted carceral politics within women’s conferences and activist circles in UN conferences, alternative legal tribunals, and regional and international women’s networks. 

 

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Nivedita completed her MA in International Relations and Political Science in 2022 at the Geneva Graduate Institute. She also worked as a Research Assistant for the ‘Global Governance, Trust and Democratic Engagement in Past and Present,’ where she worked on a case study of the International Women's Tribune Centre as well as investigating how women campaigners sought to effect change by targeting international institutions.

 

research interests

 

  • History and politics of gender
  • Transnational history
  • Anti-violence activism
  • Carceral politics
  • Feminist histories

 

Publications and Works
 

 

ACADEMIC  EXPERIENCES
 

  • Teaching Assistant at the Geneva Graduate Institute (2023 - 2024; 2025-2026)

  • Research Assistant, Global Governance, Trust and Democratic Engagement in Past and Present

  • Recipient of the Carol B. Germain Fellowship 2024-2025, Smith College Special Collections, Northampton Massachusetts

 

AFILIATIONS
 

  • Gender Centre