Staff profile

Shivani received her BA from Durham University (2017-2021). She was then awarded an ESRC PhD scholarship (2021-2025) which inluded a one year MA in Research methods . She spent the 2023-24 academic year conducting fieldwork  in South Asia.

She has taught undergraduate level seminars since 2021 and holds Asociate Fellowship of the Higher Edcation Academy (AFHEA) since 2023.

Publications

Book chapters

Daxini, S. (Forthcoming 2025). Graduates in India's Silicon Valley: Who gains in the knowledge economy? In M.-C. Pantea, K. Roberts, & D.-C. Dabija (Eds.), Higher Education and Work in the Knowledge Economy (Palgrave).

Gowland, R., & Daxini, S. (Forthcoming 2025). Justice, equality and diversity within the academy.

Articles

Daxini, S. and Yano, C., 2024. Applied/Engaged/Activist/(ultimately) Kuleana Anthropology in the Classroom and Beyond–An Interview with Professor Christine Yano. Teaching Anthropology, 13(1), pp.118-122. 

Reviews

Daxini, S. (2022). Review of Straight A's: Asian American College Students in Their Own Words, edited by C. R. Yano & N. K. A. Akatsuka. Anthropology in Action, 29(2), 71-73. https://doi.org/10.3167/aia.2022.290205