Research
Research groups
Research interests
- Critical heritage studies
- Craft Economy
- Southern Urbanism
- Art and activism
- Participatory methods
Accepting applications from PhD students.
Email: r.mukhopadhyay@soton.ac.uk
Address: B44, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)
She has an MA (2013) and MPhil (2015) from University of Delhi. She received an international excellence scholarship for her PhD (2017) from University of Exeter. Before joining Exeter, she worked in the social science research sector in Delhi (Institute for Social Studies Trust) and Gujarat (Centre for Social Sciences). See a co-authored report on Youth in India which emerged from her work with ISST. See also Dr Sadan Jha's article Dalit Desires and the City of Surat for which Rishika conducted fieldwork with Mahyavanshi community of Surat.
To reach a wider readership beyond academia she writes blog posts and short stories based on research work. Here are a few examples: