Dr Keshab Giri

Lecturer

Researcher profile

Email

kg233@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Biography

Dr Keshab Giri (he/him/his) is a Lecturer in International Relations at The University of St Andrews. He is also a research fellow at the Women and Public Policy Program, Harvard Kennedy School (2023-24). Dr Giri’s research have been published in journals like International Studies Quarterly, International Studies Review, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, and Global Studies Quarterly. His PhD thesis titled, ‘Experiences of Female Ex-Combatants in the Maoist Insurgency in Nepal: Endless Battles and Resistance.’ received the 2022 Thelma Hunter Gender and Politics PhD Prize from the Australian Political Science Studies Association (APSA). His research interests include women combatants, intersectionality, gender and war, violent extremism, leftist insurgencies, feminist International Relations, feminist research methodology, rebel governance, and governance of intimacy in rebel groups. His book, 'Intersectionality and Experiences of Female Combatants' is coming out from Oxford University Press in 2024.

Selected publications

• Open access

  A decolonial feminist politics of fieldwork: centering community, reflexivity, and loving accountability

  Giri, K., CUEVA, ALBA. ROSA. BOER., Hamilton, C. & Shepherd, L., Mar 2024, In: International Studies Review. 26, 1, 26 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Gender and war: where are we heading?

  Giri, K., 3 May 2024, Experience, 34, 3, p. 37-40 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

• Fragile peace, violent extremism, and feminist solutions in Nepal

  Giri, K., 3 Feb 2023, Dynamics of violent extremism in South Asia: nexus between state fragility and extremism. Mostofa, S. M. (ed.). Singapore: Springer Singapore, p. 147-171 25 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Open access

  Rebel governance of marriage and sexuality: an intersectional approach

  Giri, K., 26 Apr 2023, In: International Studies Quarterly. 67, 2, sqad028.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Do All Women Combatants Experience War and Peace Uniformly? Intersectionality and Women Combatants

  Giri, K., 21 Apr 2021, In: Global Studies Quarterly. 1, 2

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Small state sovereignty in the digital age

  Giri, K., 1 Jan 2023, Walking among giants: foreign policy and development strategies of small and landlocked countries. Bhatta, C. D. & Menge, J. (eds.). Kathmandu, Nepal: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, p. 101-120 20 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Open access

  Female Combatants and Durability of Civil War

  Giri, K. & Haer, R., 6 Oct 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Studies in Conflict and Terrorism.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Strategic silences and epistemic resistance: Agency of women ex-combatants in 'post-war' space

  Giri, K., 2 Aug 2023, The Emerald international handbook of feminist perspectives on women's acts of violence. Banwel, S., Black, L., Cecil, D. K., Djamba, Y. K., Kimuna, S. R., Milne, E., Seal, L. & Tenkorang, E. Y. (eds.). Bingley: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., p. 249-263 15 p. (Emerald handbooks).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• The Gender, Justice and Security Hub and Innovative Methods

  Kim, J., Rosa Boer Cueva, A., Hamilton, C., Giri, K. & Shepherd, L., 29 Aug 2023, GCRF Gender, Justice and Security Hub.

  Research output: Other contribution

• Can men do feminist fieldwork and research?

  Giri, K., 1 Mar 2022, In: International Studies Review. 24, 1, viac004.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

 

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