Biography

Dr. Shivani Singh is an Assistant Professor at the Jindal School of International Affairs. Prior to this she served as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the ERC-funded Third Nuclear Age project at the University of Leicester, U.K. She finished her Ph.D from the Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University, U.K and obtained her M.A. and M.Phil degrees in politics with specialisation in International Relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India. Her expertise spans nuclear non-proliferation, disarmament, radiological nuclear security, and the study of Global South countries within the nuclear order, with a particular focus on South Asia. She has written extensively on nuclear and security issues in India’s major daily newspapers such as the Hindustan Times, renowned digital platforms such as the South Asia Voices, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), Nine Dash Line as well as journals including the International Spectator. Shivani was the recipient of the AberDoc and President’s scholarship and a 2023 fellow of the Nuclear History Boot Camp organised by the Wilson Centre’s Nuclear Proliferation International History Project. She also served as the Vice-Chair and later, Chair of the Postgraduate Network Committee of the British International Studies Association (BISA) from 2021-2023. Shivani also served as a Senior Researcher in the Nuclear Security Programme at a Delhi-based foreign policy think tank, the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS).