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notes from ‘the field’ //

‘the field’ isn’t just the troubled notion of the “over there” data collection sites, as though it is separate from you & where you come into being/are being… its the “field” you’re in, how you’re (un) disciplined, where you push against a structure and where you comply…

notes from ‘the field’ is the marginalia, the publications diaries, the scribbles around the edges of academia.

dr rishita nandagiri //

I am a feminist, interdisciplinary researcher working on abortion and reproductive (in)justices in the Global Souths. My work is grounded in feminist and reproductive justice approaches and examines how reproductive lives are shaped through relations, infrastructures of care, and forms of governance, and how these are negotiated, contested, and remade. Before academia, I worked with feminist collectives and organisations on sexual and reproductive justice in the Global Souths. These experiences continue to shape my politics, my collaborations, and my approach to research.

I am currently a Lecturer in Global Health and Social Medicine at King’s College London. I was previously at the London School of Economics & Political Science, where I was a Fellow on LSE100 (2021–2022), a Fellow in Health and International Development (2019–2020), and held an ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship (2020–2021). I am currently a Visiting Fellow at LSE’s Department of International Development. 

I was a member of the IUSSP Scientific Panel on Abortion Research (2019-2025), a trustee for the British Society for Population Studies (2020-2025) and previously served on the editorial advisory board of BMJ Sexual and Reproductive Health. 

With Joe Strong, I co-founded and co-run the Abortion Book Club, where we discuss depictions of abortion in fiction. 

My doctoral research focused on women’s abortion experiences and trajectories in India. I was supervised by Professor Ernestina Coast and Professor Tiziana Leone.