Dr Rishita Nandagiri
Lecturer in Global Health & Social Medicine
Research interests
- Biomedical and life sciences
- Ethics
- Sociology
Pronouns
she/her
Biography
Dr Rishita Nandagiri is a Lecturer in Global Health & Social Medicine, and Deputy Programme Director, MSc in Global Health, Social Justice and Public Policy.
Prior to joining King’s, she held postdoctoral positions at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). In 2020-2021, Rishita was an ESRC funded postdoctoral fellow at LSE’s Department of Methodology where she worked with feminist collectives in India to co-produce visual resources on abortion and abortion care-seeking. She has worked with several feminist collectives and advocacy groups globally, and has consulted for multilateral organisations including the WHO and UNFPA.
Rishita currently serves on the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population’s Scientific Panel on Abortion Research and is a council member of the British Society for Population Studies. She is a Visiting Fellow in the Department of International Development, LSE. Rishita is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Research
- Abortion
- Reproduction
- Gender
- Global Health
- Qualitative Methods
Rishita’s interdisciplinary research focuses on gender, abortion and reproductive (in)justices in the Global South.
Her work is underpinned by feminist and reproductive justice approaches, interrogating how power and politics manifest and are wielded at individual, interpersonal, community, and macro levels.
Her recent work has included critiquing medico-legal approaches to self-managed abortion, examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on abortion access, and (re) conceptualising “safety” and “risk” in abortion and reproduction.
Teaching
Rishita currently convenes two postgraduate modules:
- 7SSHM616: Critical Bioethics
- 7SSHM503: Designing Qualitative Research for Social Science and Health
Further details
Research
Reproduction Research Group
Our interdisciplinary group examines the complex social, cultural, and political dimensions of reproduction.
News
King's academics reflect on the implications of Trump's victory
As the world woke up to Trump’s victory in the US elections, academics at King’s College London shared their reflections on what the result could mean across...
The importance of decolonising sexual reproductive healthcare
The latest episode of WORLD: we got this speaks with Dr Annabel Sowemimo about her PhD research looking at reproductive justice.
Events
CaféTheoria Workshop 8: The Field and the Fieldworker
CaféTheoria is an interactive, hybrid workshop series where experts discuss core social science theories and students engage in lively debate.
Please note: this event has passed.
CaféTheoria Workshop 5: Stuart Hall with Professor Yasmin Gunaratnam
CaféTheoria is an interactive, hybrid workshop series where experts discuss core social science theories and students engage in lively debate.
Please note: this event has passed.
CaféTheoria Workshop 6: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels with Dr Lucia Pradella
CaféTheoria is an interactive, hybrid workshop series where experts discuss core social science theories and students engage in lively debate.
Please note: this event has passed.
Book launch: The Politics of Potential
The Politics of Potential examines how new scientific understandings of the developmental origins of health and disease constitute new forms of...
Please note: this event has passed.
CaféTheoria Workshop 3: Talal Asad with Dr Angie Heo
CaféTheoria is an interactive, hybrid workshop series where experts discuss core social science theories and students engage in lively debate.
Please note: this event has passed.
Book launch: 'Viruses and Reproductive Injustice: Zika in Brazil'
Launch of a book by Professor Ilana Löwy, exploring health disparities and reproductive injustice revealed by the Zika outbreak in Brazil.
Please note: this event has passed.
CaféTheoria Workshop 2: Ludwik Fleck with Professor Ilana Löwy
CaféTheoria is an interactive, hybrid workshop series where renowned experts discuss core social science theories and students engage in lively debate.
Please note: this event has passed.
ESRC Festival of Social Science: What's in an abortion?
Event for anyone who supports abortion and abortion-seekers, is curious about learning more, and is keen to contribute to abortion stigma-busting.
Please note: this event has passed.
CaféTheoria Workshop 1: Michel Foucault with Professor Carlo Caduff
First part of an interactive, hybrid workshop series where renowned experts discuss core social science theories, and engage peers and colleagues in lively...
Please note: this event has passed.
Features
Reproductive rights in Trump's second term
What will a second Trump term will mean for abortion rights? DR RISHITA NANDAGIRI, Lecturer at the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, discusses...
Research
Reproduction Research Group
Our interdisciplinary group examines the complex social, cultural, and political dimensions of reproduction.
News
King's academics reflect on the implications of Trump's victory
As the world woke up to Trump’s victory in the US elections, academics at King’s College London shared their reflections on what the result could mean across...
The importance of decolonising sexual reproductive healthcare
The latest episode of WORLD: we got this speaks with Dr Annabel Sowemimo about her PhD research looking at reproductive justice.
Events
CaféTheoria Workshop 8: The Field and the Fieldworker
CaféTheoria is an interactive, hybrid workshop series where experts discuss core social science theories and students engage in lively debate.
Please note: this event has passed.
CaféTheoria Workshop 5: Stuart Hall with Professor Yasmin Gunaratnam
CaféTheoria is an interactive, hybrid workshop series where experts discuss core social science theories and students engage in lively debate.
Please note: this event has passed.
CaféTheoria Workshop 6: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels with Dr Lucia Pradella
CaféTheoria is an interactive, hybrid workshop series where experts discuss core social science theories and students engage in lively debate.
Please note: this event has passed.
Book launch: The Politics of Potential
The Politics of Potential examines how new scientific understandings of the developmental origins of health and disease constitute new forms of...
Please note: this event has passed.
CaféTheoria Workshop 3: Talal Asad with Dr Angie Heo
CaféTheoria is an interactive, hybrid workshop series where experts discuss core social science theories and students engage in lively debate.
Please note: this event has passed.
Book launch: 'Viruses and Reproductive Injustice: Zika in Brazil'
Launch of a book by Professor Ilana Löwy, exploring health disparities and reproductive injustice revealed by the Zika outbreak in Brazil.
Please note: this event has passed.
CaféTheoria Workshop 2: Ludwik Fleck with Professor Ilana Löwy
CaféTheoria is an interactive, hybrid workshop series where renowned experts discuss core social science theories and students engage in lively debate.
Please note: this event has passed.
ESRC Festival of Social Science: What's in an abortion?
Event for anyone who supports abortion and abortion-seekers, is curious about learning more, and is keen to contribute to abortion stigma-busting.
Please note: this event has passed.
CaféTheoria Workshop 1: Michel Foucault with Professor Carlo Caduff
First part of an interactive, hybrid workshop series where renowned experts discuss core social science theories, and engage peers and colleagues in lively...
Please note: this event has passed.
Features
Reproductive rights in Trump's second term
What will a second Trump term will mean for abortion rights? DR RISHITA NANDAGIRI, Lecturer at the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, discusses...