Dr Shaswati Das

School of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations

University Teacher in Politics and International Relations

shaswati.das@sheffield.ac.uk

D28, Elmfield Building

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Dr Shaswati Das
School of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
D28
Elmfield Building
Northumberland Road
Sheffield
S10 2TU

Profile: Dr Shaswati Das is a University Teacher in Politics and International Relations with expertise in terrorism, conflict, political violence and South Asia. Her teaching is informed by over a decade of fieldwork in highly militarised regions, with particular focus on non-state armed groups, radicalisation, and postcolonial security. She has also served as a member of an expert working group at the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) and worked as a journalist for 10 years, reporting on terrorism, conflict, and governance in India. She brings this real-world experience into the classroom through an inclusive, decolonial, and trauma-informed pedagogical practice. At Sheffield, she teaches modules such as The World’s Wicked Problems and Tackling the World’s Wicked Problems.

Qualifications: BA (Hons) Economics, University of Delhi / Masters in Mass Communication, Symbiosis International University (Pune, Maharashtra)/ Doctor of Philosophy (Politics), University of York

Research interests: Dr Shaswati Das’s research explores the intersections of terrorist recruitment, political violence, radicalisation and social movement studies, with a particular focus on postcolonial contexts such as Kashmir. Her work combines digital ethnography with field-based insights to examine how non-state armed groups mobilise narratives of resistance. She is especially interested in how grievance and territorial contestation shape experiences of conflict and governance. More recently, her research has been published in Terrorism and Political Violence and the European Journal of International Security (EJIS).

Publications

Teaching activities: SPR 117 -- The World's Wicked Problems & SPR 205 -- Tackling the World's Wicked Problems

Professional activities and memberships: Member -- VOXPol EU// Member -- Radicalism and Violence Network (Council for European Studies)