School of Social and Political Science

Background

My research, practice, and teaching are geared toward ensuring that girls and women are safe, violence-free, and economically secure. Over the past ten years, my work has focused on understanding the dimensions and causes of violence against women and children, testing interventions that can prevent violence, and examining structural and economic inequalities that underlie gender inequality and violence against women and children. 

My research agenda is two-pronged. First, I seek to identify, develop, and test interventions that work toward preventing violence against women and children in India and globally. I have worked on the evaluation of two couples-based intimate partner violence prevention programs, Indashyikirwa in Rwanda and CHARM2 in western India. I am also interested in developing and testing novel methods to measure violence against women and children. My second line of research is focused on the impact of gender inequality on women’s education and labour market outcomes. In addition to my research, I have experience implementing violence prevention programs in the non-profit sector in India. I am committed to social justice issues through my research, teaching, and practice experiences. 

Qualifications:

I obtained my PhD in Social Work from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, USA. I completed my postdoctoral training at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Center on Gender Equity and Health at the University of California San Diego. I completed my MSW at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India. 

Research Supervision:

I am interested in supervising students who want to research topics related to violence against women, measurement of different types of violence, violence prevention; the impact of violence on mental health and well-being; health inequities. 

If you are interested in being supervised by Sangeeta Chatterji, please see the links below (open in new windows) for more information:

• PhD in Social Work
• MSc (R) Social Work