Laws of Social Reproduction
European Research Council funded project analysing the regulation of women’s reproductive labour in India
Research and project team
Research team
Prof. Prabha Kotiswaran
Principal Investigator - Professor of Law and Social Justice
Professor Prabha Kotiswaran is Professor of Law and Social Justice at the King’s College London Dickson Poon School of Law and Principal Investigator of this project
Dr Sreerupa
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Dr. Sreerupa is exploring reproductive labour in the context of unpaid domestic and care work
Dr. Sophy K. Joseph
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Sophy K. Joseph is currently Post-doctoral Fellow in the project, focusing her studies on ‘Paid Domestic Work.
Dr. Sutapa Majumdar
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Sutapa is a sociologist and an economist by training, focusing on the laws of bar dancing for this project.
Dr. Shakthi Nataraj
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Shakthi Nataraj is a postdoctoral researcher for this project, focusing on the laws of sex work in India.
Ms. Jassi K Sandhar
Research Project Manager
Jassi K. Sandhar is project manager of the Laws of Social Reproduction project.
Advisory Board
Prof. Upendra Baxi
Professor of Law
Prof. Naila Kabeer
Professor of Gender and Development at the Department of Gender Studies and Department of International Development, LSE
Prof. Duncan Kennedy
Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence at Harvard Law School
Prof. Neetha N
Professor and Acting Director at the Centre for Women's Development Studies (CWDS), New Delhi.
Prof. Shirin Rai
Professor of Politics & International Studies, University of Warwick
Shahra Razavi
Chief of the Research & Data Section at UN Women
Prof. Rosamund Scott
Professor of Medical Law & Ethics
This project is generously funded by a 2017 European Research Council Consolidator Grant and hosted by Kings College London
