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ABOUT ME

I completed my PhD on ‘Gender Budgeting and Its Implications on Social Policy: A Study of HIV/AIDS in India’ from Queen’s University, Belfast (Northern Ireland). Prior to that I studied for M Phil in Planning and Development in Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and Masters in Social Work, from Mumbai University and BA Sociology (Honours), St Xaviers College, Mumbai University.

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I am an experienced academic researcher and administrator. I specialise in sustainable development goals (SDGs), Environment, Social Governance, Diversity Equality and Inclusion, Comparative social policies, gender and social policy, children and disability.

 

I have extensive expertise in Evidence-Based Research and Feminist approaches to Preventing Gender Based Violence and Public Health.

 

I have also developed and implemented intervention training for healthcare providers towards identifying and referring victims of violence and abuse. Specifically, have experience in reaching and working with hard-to-reach groups (survivors of violence and abuse, child brides, impoverished populations) using mixed methods, quantitative surveys, and participatory community/action research) and feminist approaches.

 

I have undertaken research projects on Digital Intimate Partner Violence, Adverse Childhood Experiences in Peru and India. 

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I have published three edited books - 

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  1. Social and Economic Transitions in China and India: Welfare and Policy Changes (edited with Professors John Clammer, Zhang Yi and Wenjuan Zhang) [Joint Publication with National Institute of Social Development, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing] (2022, Palgrave MacMillan/Springer Nature)
     

  2. Social Science Research Ethics for a Globalising World: Interdisciplinary and Cross- Cultural Perspectives (Routledge Advances in Research Methods) (Edited Collection along with Professor Margaret Alston and Dr Kerrie Whittenbury, Monash University [2015, Routledge, New York].
     

  3. Gender-Based Violence and Its Impact on Public Health: International Perspectives on Budgets and Policies (Edited Collection) [Routledge: London] [2013].

 

I have also published in world’s leading sociology and social policy journals on gender budgets, child-sensitive budgets, disability, and comparative social policy.

 

I hold a PhD in Sociology and Social Policy from Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland.

My Publications

Google: Citations 93; H-Index 6; i10-index 3 | Research Gate: 105 citations, and 1760 reads (Research Gate Score 15.75)

Peer-Reviewed Journal Papers (Scopus Listed)

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​Nakray, K. (2022) Gender and social policy in middle-income countries: comparative welfare   regime   analysis   of   fiscal   policies, Journal   of   Gender Studies, DOI: 10.1080/09589236.2022.2100750

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Pereira, A & Nakray, K. (2021) Lobbying regulation in India and Brazil: comparative pluralistic  and  elite  perspectives, Commonwealth  &  Comparative  Politics, 59:1, 74- 93, DOI: 10.1080/14662043.2020.179454

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Nakray, K. & Kafukanya, N. (2019) Gender mainstreaming in multi-level political governance in urban Zambia: A critical review of Millennium Development Goal (MDG) achievements, Development            Southern                                               Africa, 36:1, 111-

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Nakray, K. (2015) Child Poverty and Ecological Contexts of Deprivation and Well-Being: A Critical Review of Budgeting and Social Policy in India, Social Policy and Administration, Volume 49, No. 6. Pages 752-784.

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Nakray, K. (2015) Gender Budgeting and Public Policy: The Challenges to Operationalising Gender Justice in India, Policy and Politics, Volume 43, No 4. pp. 561-577(17)

My Publications

Google: Citations 93; H-Index 6; i10-index 3 | Research Gate: 105 citations, and 1760 reads (Research Gate Score 15.75)

Peer-Reviewed Journal Papers (Non-Scopus Listed)

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Kühner, S., Nakray, K. and Neff, D. (2021) India’s Social Policy Response to Covid-19: Temporary Relief in a Rigid Welfare Landscape, in Global Dynamics in Social Policy CRC 1342: Covid-19 Social Policy Response Series Germany: University of Bremen.

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Nakray, K. and Chauhan, A. (2019) Gender Mainstreaming in Indian Judiciary, Gujarat Law       and           Society             Review,   (National    Law    University,    Gujarat)    (Available    from: http://glsr.in/2019/03/08/gender-mainstreaming-in-indian-judiciary-participatory-parity- representation-in-three-tier-system/)

Published Books

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Social and Economic Transitions in China and India: Welfare and Policy Changes (edited with Professors John Clammer, Zhang Yi and Wenjuan Zhang) [Joint Publication with National Institute of Social Development, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing] (2022, Palgrave MacMillan/Springer Nature).

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Social Science Research Ethics for a Globalising World: Interdisciplinary and Cross- Cultural Perspectives (Routledge Advances in Research Methods) (Edited Collection along with Professor Margaret Alston and Dr Kerrie Whittenbury, Monash University [2015, Routledge, New York].

Special Issues

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Devine, J., Kühner, S. and Nakray, K. (2015) ‘Meeting Emerging Global Policy Challenges: Positioning Social Policy Between Development and Growth?’, Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy, 31(2), 95-99.

Policy Briefs

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Nakray, K. (2022) Gender-based violence, empowerment, and public health: Towards a model of complex interventions in Bihar, London: International Growth Centre (LSE and Oxford)

Mainstream Writings

Other 
Publications

(Published Book Chapters and Long Reviews)

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Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483359878.n414

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Nakray, K. (2015). International Association of Cancer Registries. In Coldtiz, G., The Sage Encyclopedia of Cancer and Society. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483345758.n281

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Nakray, K. (2015). Unusual Cancers of Childhood. In Coldtiz, G., The Sage Encyclopedia of Cancer and Society.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483345758.n61

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Nakray, K. (2015). Natural Causes of Cancer. In Coldtiz, G., The Sage Encyclopedia of Cancer and Society.      Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483345758.n398

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Nakray, K. (2015). Novartis Group. In Coldtiz, G., The Sage Encyclopedia of Cancer and Society. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483345758.n414

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Nakray, K. (2014). Child Poverty and Well-Being: Ecological Contexts of Deprivation and Social Policy in India. In Malhotra, R., India Public Policy Report. New Delhi, India: Oxford University Press.

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Nakray, K., Alston, M. & Whittenbury, K. (2015). Social Science Research Ethics: An Introduction. In Nakray, K., Alston, M., & Whittenbury, K. (Eds.), Social Science Research Ethics for A Globalising World: Interdisciplinary and Cross-Cultural Perspectives. New York, NY: Routledge.

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Nakray, K. (2015). Social Science Research Ethics for a Globalising World: Interdisciplinary and Cross-Cultural Perspectives: A Critical Overview. In Nakray, K., Alston, M., & Whittenbury,K. (Eds.), Social Science Research Ethics for A Globalising World: Interdisciplinary and Cross- Cultural Perspectives. New York, NY: Routledge.

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Nakray, K. (2015). Gender And HIV/AIDS Policies in India: Critical Reflections on Feminist Research Ethics and Making an Impact. In Nakray, K., Alston, M., & Whittenbury, K. (Eds.), Social Science Research Ethics for A Globalising World: Interdisciplinary and Cross-Cultural Perspectives. New York: Routledge.

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Nakray, K. (2015). Vicarious Trauma and Safety Protocols while Translating and Transcribing Interviews of Women Survivors of Violence: Seeking True Meaning. In Feminist Research. In Nakray, K., Alston, M., & Whittenbury, K. (Eds.), Social Science Research Ethics for A Globalising World: Interdisciplinary and Cross-Cultural Perspectives. New York, NY: Routledge.

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Nakray K. (2013). Environmental Effects on Reproductive Health. In Stange, M., Oyster, C., & Golson, G. (Eds.), The Multimedia of Women in Today’s World, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452270388.n354

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Nakray, K. (2013). Fetal Homicide Laws. In Stange, M., Oyster, C. & Golson, G. (Eds.), The Multimedia of Women in Today’s World. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452270388.n129

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Nakray, K. (2013). Gender Based Violence: A Framework for Public Health Budgets and Policies. In Nakray, K. (Ed.), Gender Based Violence and Public Health: International Perspectives on Budgets and Policies. London, England: Routledge.

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Nakray, K. (2013). Introduction. In Nakray, K. (Ed.), Gender Based Violence and Public Health: International Perspectives on Budgets and Policies. London, England: Routledge.

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Nakray, K. (2010). Gender, HIV/AIDS and Care work in India: A Need for Gender-Sensitive Policy. In Chant, S. (Ed.), International Handbook on Gender and Poverty. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.

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Conference
Presentations

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Adverse Childhood Experiences in India and Peru, Social Policy Online Conference, University of York (2021)

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Employment, Skills, Youth and Precariousness: Welfare Regimes in New Emerging Economies, Social Policy Online Conference University of York (2021)

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Gender Sensitive Financing of Social Policy in MICS: Comparative Welfare Regime Analysis, Social Policy Online Conference University of York (2019)

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Trade Unionism and Welfare States Regimes in Brazil and India: Power Resources Perspectives, Social Policy Online Conference University of York (2019)

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Values, Welfare States and Social Policy in NECs: Can we start connecting the dots now? With Joe Devine, University of Bath (UK), ‘Doing’ comparative social policy analysis in changing global context, Lingnan University (Hong Kong) (8-9th December 2018)

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Kühner, S., & Nakray, K. (2016). India’s emerging social policy paradigm: productive, protective or what? Journal of Asian Public Policy, Political Economy Research Group, Central European University (November 2016).

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Nakray, K. (2016) Child Poverty and Well-Being: Ecological Contexts of Deprivation and Social Policy in India, Annual Social Policy Conference 2014, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom.

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‘Gender Mainstreaming in Disaster Management Policies: Indicators to Mitigate Vulnerability of Women’, (with Noor Parvin Aboobacker)European Association for Development Studies, University of York [19-22 September 2011].

My
Blogs

Blog Editor in Chief: Gender, Law, and Social Change Initiative – Jindal Global Law School

(Teaching Blogs)

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