Dr Shovita Dhakal Adhikari is a senior lecturer in criminology and sociology in the School of Social Sciences and Professions.
Shovita joined London Metropolitan in July 2019 after working as a senior lecturer in criminology at Bournemouth University. She was previously at the University of Essex teaching for four years whilst doing her PhD. Since then, she has been teaching a range of undergraduate courses both in sociology and criminology.
Shovita teaches introduction to criminal justice system and crime, risks and early interventions, and terrorism and counter- terrorism both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
She supervises the work of several Prof Doc students with research interests in policing, terrorism and counter-terrorism, and is available to supervise new ones. Her specialisms are:
- migration
- gender
- human trafficking
- sex work
- border policing.
She welcomes new PhD proposals.
Shovita's research is interdisciplinary and covers a broad range of fields, including gender, work, human trafficking, migration, border policing, and global south. She is a member of Global Diversities and Inequalities Research Centre at London Metropolitan University.
She is working on numerous research including exploring (a) migrant women's experiences in the entertainment sector in Nepal and (b) entrepreneurship journey of left behind women and migrant returnees in Nepal.
She has recently completed a pilot study on understanding the role of co-production in cases of domestic violence abuses in the UK and Japan post COVID recoveries.
Shovita is the author of several journal articles and book chapters.
Journal articles and book chapter
- Adhikari D S and Adhikari P (2022) Diffusion of Anti-trafficking interventions and its unintended consequences: an example from Nepal. Development in Practice.
- Regmi P R, Adhikari D S, Aryal, N, Wasti S P and van Teijlingen E (2022) Fear, Stigma and Othering: The Impact of COVID-19 Rumours on Migrants and Muslim Populations of Nepal, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
- Adhikari P, Adhikari D S, Arun S and Arun T (2022) Gurkha Warriors as Entrepreneurs in Britain: A Social Anchoring Lens on Martial Heritage and Migrant Enterprises. Work, Employment & Society.1-8.
- Adhikari D S and Turton J (2019) Understanding ‘trafficking vulnerabilities’ among children: the responses linking to child protection issue in Nepal. Children’s Geographies. 17(6)1-13.
- Adhikari D S (2019) Beyond dichotomies: Exploring responses to tackling the sex industry in Nepal. In S Dewey, I Crowhurst and C O Izugbara (eds) The Routledge International Handbook of Sex Industry Research. New York: Routledge. (Book Chapter)
- Adhikari S (2010) Reflections on social work in practice: Perceptions of how being from a higher caste affects social work among the lower (Dalit) caste people of Nepal – my experience and lessons learned. Journal of Comparative Social Work (1).
Blog
- Adhikari S (2018). Rethinking Child Trafficking in Nepal. Disaster and Emergency Research Network. University of Essex.
She is currently principle-investigator of the British Academy Writing Workshops Award 2021, Promoting Publishing in the Field of Gender and Development.
In the past she was co-investigating British Academy Special Research Grant project exploring the impact of COVID-19 rumours on marginalised population groups of Nepal.
Dr Shovita Dhakal Adhikari
Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Sociology