Sanjay Sharma

Ph. D. (Sociology)

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Research Interest:  Transnationalism, Gender and Migration, Gender and History, Historiography, Gurkhas, Gurkha Women, Visual Anthropology; Alternative Methodologies.

I am a final year PhD student at the Department of Sociology, NUS. I have a master's degree in Political Science from Central European University, Hungary (2017).

Dissertation:
My doctoral research offers a gender critique of the militarisation and transnational migration of Gurkha soldier families. I use alternative methodologies as my research tools that include the analysis of photographs, virtual ethnography, social media engagements, and online and on-site archives. My research interests also include feminist historiography, decolonial thought, Marxist literature, and colonial migrations.

Previous Degrees:

Master's degree in Political Science, Central European University, Hungary(2017).

Teaching Experience:

  • Emotions and Social Life (Special Term, 2019/20)
  • Social Thought and Social Theory (Semester 2, 2019/20)
  • Making Sense of Society (Semester 1, 2019/20)
  • Emotions and Social Life (Semester 2, 2018/19)
  • Sociology of Deviance (Semester 1, 2018/19)

Contact Info
Email ID: sanjays@u.nus.edu

Publications:

  1. Bajracharya, Sugat et al. 2021. ‘Forgotten Contributors in the Brick Sector in Nepal.’ International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(12), 6479, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126479.
  2. Sharma, Sanjay et al. 2019. ‘Industry under the open sky: An exploration of the political economy of brickmaking in Nepal.’ Working Paper 2019/7, ICIMOD, Kathmandu.
  3. Rabbani, Golam, Fathimath Shafeeqa and Sanjay Sharma. 2016. Assessing the Climate Change Environmental Degradation and Migration Nexus in South Asia. Dhaka: International Organization for Migration (IOM) Bangladesh.
  4. Banerjee, Soumyadeep et al. 2016. ‘An Index Based Assessment of Vulnerability to Floods in the Upper Indus Sub-Basin: What Role for Remittances?’ In Migration, Risk Management and Climate Change: Evidence and Policy Responses, edited by Andrea Milan et al., 3-23. Geneva: Springer.
  5. Sharma, Sanjay et al. 2014. ‘The State of Migration in Nepal.’ Research Paper V. Centre for the Study of Labour and Mobility.
  6. Sharma, Sanjay and Deepak Thapa. 2013. ‘Taken for Granted: Nepali Migrants in India.’ Working Paper III. Centre for the Study of Labour and Moblity.
  7. Sharma, Jeevan Raj and Sanjay Sharma. 2011. ‘Enumerating Migration in Nepal: A Review.’ Working Paper I. Centre for the Study of Labour and Mobility.