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Environment, Rights-based approaches, Governance, Understanding Peace, Feminist Research Methodologies, Women Gender, Development Studies
India, Vietnam, Ireland

Biography

Assistant Professor (Development Studies, Social Justice & Public Administration), Dept of Politics & Public Administration, University of Limerick
Research: Women's rights, Feminist methodologies, Understanding Peace, Rights-based approaches to food, Governance

Chair of Development Studies Association Ireland (DSAI) Dec 2020- Jan 2023
Convenor, Gender Studies, DSAI

Vice-President (Education & Training) & Irish Representative, European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI) 2023- 2026
Convenor, Gender Justice Working Group, EADI

Activities

Employment (5)

University of Limerick: Limerick, Limerick, IE

2022-09-01 to present | Assistant Professor (Politics & Public Administration)
Employment
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Dublin City University: Dublin, Dublin, IE

2022-05-23 to present | Postdoctoral Researcher (Department of Nursing, Psychotherapy & Community Health)
Employment
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University College Cork: Cork, Cork, IE

2019-06-06 to 2022-05-31 | Researcher on IRC Coalesce Project on Social Inclusion of Rural Migrants in Hanoi (Food Business and Development)
Employment
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University College Dublin: Dublin, Dublin, IE

2021-09-29 to 2022 | Part time Lecturer (School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice)
Employment
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University College Cork: Cork, Cork, IE

2016-09-15 to 2019 | Tutor, Part-time Lecturer (Food Business and Development)
Employment
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Education and qualifications (1)

University College Cork: Cork, Cork, IE

2012-02-15 to 2018-06-15 | PhD
Education
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Professional activities (14)

European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes: Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, DE

2022-02 to present | Irish Representative/Executive Committee/Director (Development)
Membership
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Dundrum Climate Vigil: Dublin, Dublin, IE

2019-09 to present | Founding Working Group member (Climate)
Service
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Development Studies Association of Ireland: Dublin, Dublin, IE

2018-10-25 to present | Steering Committee member
Service
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Indian Social Institute: New Delhi, Delhi, IN

2018-08-15 to present | Visiting Research Fellow (Women's Studies)
Invited position
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Academics Stand Against Poverty: Dublin, Dublin, IE

2016-12-01 to present | National Coordinator
Membership
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Welcome Cafe: Dublin, Dublin, IE

2016-08-15 to present | Working Group member
Membership
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European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes: Bonn, DE

2023-05-16 to 2026 | Vice President (Education & Training) (Development)
Invited position
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Development Studies Association Ireland: Dublin , Dublin, IE

2020-12-03 to 2023-01-31 | Chair (-)
Membership
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Childrens Rights Alliance, Ireland : Dublin, IE

2020-09 to 2022-06-01 | Director (Board)
Service
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Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Würzburg-Schweinfurt: Wurzburg, Bayern, DE

2021-03-31 to 2021-07-31 | ERASMUS + Mobility Agreement: Staff Mobility For Training' (Faculty for Applied Social Sciences (FAS))
Invited position
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National Parents Council Post Primary: Dublin, IE

2019-10 to 2020-06 | Director (Board)
Service
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Dublin City University: Dublin, Dublin, IE

2018-01 to 2019-05 | Research Fellow (Ireland India Institute)
Invited position
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University College Cork: Cork, Cork, IE

2014-09-15 to 2015-08-15 | 2014 UCC Strategic Research Fund (SRF) PhD Scholarships (Vice President's Office)
Distinction
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Comhlamh NGO: Dublin , Dublin, IE

2012 to 2014 | Board of Directors (Development)
Service
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Funding (2)

The Moving Museum

2020-03 to 2020-03 | Award
Equality Diversity Inclusion, UCC (Cork, Cork, IE)
GRANT_NUMBER: 500
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Strategic Research Fund Award

2015-10 to 2016-08 | Award
University College Cork (Cork, Munster, IE)
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Works (24)

The Emancipatory Potential of Poetry in Decolonising Development Studies

The European Journal of Development Research
2025-01-06 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 0957-8811
Part of ISSN: 1743-9728
Contributors: Nita Mishra
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‘The Sa-chetana Process: In search of frameworks to understand women’s empowerment’

Women, Activism and Politics, edited by Anjoo Sharan Upadhyay and Åshild Kolås, Routledge, India
2024 | Book chapter
Contributors: Nita Mishra
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Improving breastfeeding support through the implementation of the Baby-Friendly Hospital and Community Initiatives: a scoping review.

International Breastfeeding Journal
2023-04-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Nita Mishra; Aisling Walsh; Anne Matthews ; Pieternella Pieterse ; Ellen Chirwa, Maria Chikalipo, Chimwemwe Msowoya, Ciara Keating
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Food entitlements: Political will versus preparedness of the state in Odisha', Nita Mishra and Edward Lahiff

Food Governance in India: Rights, Security and Challenges in the Global Sphere, Anjoo Sharan Upadhyaya, Åshild Kolås, and Ruchita Beri (eds)
2022 | Book chapter
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Nita Mishra

Creating a community of praxis: integrating global citizenship and development education across campus at University College Cork

International Journal of Development Education and Global Learning
2022-12-13 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1756-5278
Contributors: Gertrude Cotter; Yvon Bonenfant; Jenny Butler; Marian Caulfield; Barbara Doyle Prestwich; Rosarii Griffin; Sanaa Khabbar; Nita Mishra; Ruth Hally; Margaret Murphy et al.
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Coping Mechanisms of Communities in Odisha: A Human Rights-Based Approach to the COVID-19 Pandemic’

COVID-19: The Global South and the Pandemic's Development Impact
2022-10-03 | Book chapter | Writing - review & editing
Contributors: Nita Mishra
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COVID-19: The Global South and the Pandemic's Development Impact

Bristol University Press
2022-10-03 | Book | Writing - review & editing
Contributors: Nita Mishra
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The Sa-chetana Process: In search of frameworks to understand women’s empowerment

Women, Activism and Politics, edited by Anjoo Sharan Upadhyay and Åshild Kolås, Routledge
2022-06 | Book chapter
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Nita Mishra

COVID-19: The Global South and the Pandemic's Development Impact, McCann, Gerard, Nita Mishra & Padraig Carmody (eds

Bristol University Press
2022-05 | Edited book
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Affective, embodied experiences of doing fieldwork in India: A feminist’s perspective

Empowering Methodologies in Organisational and Social Research
2021-12-31 | Book chapter
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'Operationalizing rights-based approaches to development:Chinks in the armour observed through a study of anganwadi workers in Odisha, India'

Poverty and Human Rights: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, Suzanne Egan and Anna Chadwick (eds), London: Edward Elgar, pp 171-187
2021-04-30 | Book chapter
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Using Collective Memory Work in Development Education', Nita Mishra, Jenny Onyx, Trees Mc Cormick

Policy and Practice: A Development Education Review, Vol. 32, Spring, pp 79-102.
2021-03-29 | Journal article
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Long walk of peace: Missing dimensions

Policy and Practice
2019 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85075398268

Part of ISSN: 20534272 1748135X
Contributors: Mishra, N.
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Understanding Empowerment through perceptions of Self-Help Group Women in Odisha

Research & Perspectives on Development Practice (23),
2019-08-23 | Interactive resource
Part of ISSN: ISSN 2009-6976
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And Stigma Followed Me Everywhere

Hypatia
2018 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85051286654

Part of ISSN: 15272001 08875367
Contributors: Mishra, N.
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Rights-based approaches to development in Odisha: Engaging state duty-bearers and Alliance-building

Economic and Political Weekly
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85054124164

Part of ISSN: 23498846 00129976
Contributors: Mishra, N.; Lahiff, E.
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“We Are the Locals”: The Operationalisation of Rights-Based Approaches to Development by Non-governmental Organisations in Koraput District, Odisha

European Journal of Development Research
2018 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85042701313

Part of ISSN: 17439728 09578811
Contributors: Mishra, N.; Lahiff, E.
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Gaining Ground

Community Development Journal, Volume 51, Issue 3, July 2016, Pages 457–459
2016-07 | Book review
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Nita Mishra

The Hunger Task Force

Trocaire Development Review
2010-11 | Journal article
ISBN:

SSN 0790-9403

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Losing Work

2002 | Report
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Nita Mishra

Gender and Tobacco Consumption in India

Asian Journal of Women's Studies
1999 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0033471509

Part of ISSN: 12259276
Contributors: Sudarshan, R.; Mishra, N.
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Tribal Resistance in the Chhechhari Valley: A Field Report

Economic & Political Weekly, XXXI(24): 1539-40
1996-08 | Journal article
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Nita Mishra

Political Hand Behind Tribal Encroachment

Down To Earth
1993-11-01 | Journal article
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Nita Mishra

Responsibility in an Interconnected World: International Assistance, Duty, and Action by Susan P. Murphy

European Journal of Development Research, November 2017, Volume 9, Issue 5, pp 1125–1127
Book review
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