Areas of research and interest
Media development (regulation, policy, legislation, and policy processes plus socio-legal philosophies behind freedom of expression and media freedom) particularly in fragile/ illiberal contexts; Media and democracy; Structural inequalities and solidarity networks; Anthropologies of struggle, resistance, and social movements.
Contact
Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Oettingenstr. 67
80538 München
Start of the project: 01.02.2018
Supervisor: Prof. Sahana Udupa
Working title of the doctoral thesis: "Online Media and the Indian Hindu Diaspora in Europe"
Qualification:
- MSc Media, Communication and Development from the London School of Economics and Political Science
Publications:
Livingstone, S., Nandi, A., Banaji, S., & Stoilova, M. (2017). Young adolescents and digital media uses, risks and opportunities in low- and middle-income countries. Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence, Overseas Development Institute; UK Department for International Development (DFID). Available at http://www.gage.odi.org/publications/young-adolescents-and-digital-media-rer.
Livingstone, S. Davidson, J., Bryce, J., Batool, S., Haughton, C., & Nandi, A. (2017). Children’s online activities, risks and safety: A literature review by the UKCCIS Evidence Group. UK Council for Child Internet Safety; UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Available at http://www.lse.ac.uk/business-and-consultancy/consulting/assets/documents/childrens-online-activities-risks-and-safety.pdf
Banaji, S., Livingstone, S., Nandi, A., & Stoilova, M. (In Press). Instrumentalising the digital: Findings from a rapid evidence review of development interventions to support adolescents’ engagement with ICTs in low and middle income countries. Development in Practice (Accepted).