Curriculum Vitae
Education
2014 –
Doctoral Fellow, Department 'Law and Anthropology', Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle (Saale), Germany
2011 –
PhD in Social Anthropology, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, UK
2009 – 2010
Masters in Anthropological Research Methods (MRes), School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK. Dissertation Grade: Distinction
2008 – 2009
3d year of the Bachelor in Sociology-Anthropology, with a Minor in Law, Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Belgium. Grade: Distinction
2006 – 2008
Bachelor in Anthropology (Honours), Part 1 and Part 2, Ranchi University, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. Grade: First class, First
Professional Activities / Teaching
2013 – 2014
Tutor, Social Anthropology 2: Into the Field, University of Edinburgh, UK (Semester 1, academic year 2013-14)
Research Intern, Kosovo Property Agency (KPA), Pristina, Kosovo
Consultant, Swiss Development Cooperation, Pristina, Kosovo
2011 – 2012
Tutor, Social Anthropology 1A: An Introduction, SPSS, University of Edinburgh, UK (Semester 1, academic year 2011-12)
2010 – 2011
Paralegal officer, Environment Law and Development Foundation (ELDF), New Delhi (3 months). UNDP-funded project: ‘Access to Justice for Marginalized People’; Implementation of FRA in Jharkhand
2005 – 2008
Field Researcher and Responsible for Programme Development, Telluris India NGO. Organizational development, policy-planning, programme monitoring and evaluation
2005 – 2007
Assistant of Prof. I. Dey, Expert in Rural Development, Jharkhand, India for: VIC, World Bank, Vikas Bharti NGO, Tata Steel Rural Development Centre, ICEF-TIDE, etc. Proposal writing, organization of workshops, project assessment and reporting back to donors.
In charge of a ‘Pilot study on Barriers in Learning for tribal children’ (Munda tribe of Ranchi district) for Telluris India NGO, in collaboration with the Tribal Research Institute of Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Grants / Scholarships
2012 – 2013
Tweedie Exploration Fellowship, University of Edinburgh
2011 – 2015
Studentship from the School of Social and Political Science University of Edinburgh, for PhD studies
2009 – 2010
Studentship from the Ministère de la Communauté Français de Belgique
2009 – 2010
Studentship from the De Beauvoir family, Belgium
Fieldwork
May 2012 – July 2013 Doctoral research, Kosovo and Serbia
Presentation at Conferences and Workshops
2013
“You have to do your job, even if it doesn't mean justice”: Politics of spatiality and technicalisation at the Kosovo Property Agency. Empirical Legal Research Network, Law School, University of Edinburgh, UK
2013
“Anything you say can and will be used against you”: ethical conundrums of researching lawyers in a hybrid institution. APAD Colloque 2013, Montpellier, France
2012
“Practicalities of doing research in Anthropology of Law”. India Research Themes ‘Show and Tell’ conference, University of Edinburgh, UK
2010
Chair of the Panel on ‘Adivasis in the Interstices of the Law in Jharkhand’ - LASSnet 2010 conference ‘Siting the Law’, FLAME, Pune, India
Membership in Professional Associations
Euro-African Association for the Anthropology of Social Change and Development (APAD)
Law and Social Science Research Network (LASSnet)
Languages
French (mother tongue)
English (professional fluency)
Dutch (intermediate)
Hindi (intermediate)
Albanian (basic)
learning German at the moment