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Dr Keshab Giri

Lecturer

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 1959

Email

kg233@st-andrews.ac.uk

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Biography

Dr Keshab Giri (he/him/his) is a Lecturer in International Relations at The University of 58³Ô¹Ï. He is also a research fellow at the Women and Public Policy Program, Harvard Kennedy School (2023-24). Dr Giri’s research have been published in journals like International Studies Quarterly, International Studies Review, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, and Global Studies Quarterly. His PhD thesis titled, ‘Experiences of Female Ex-Combatants in the Maoist Insurgency in Nepal: Endless Battles and Resistance.’ received the 2022 Thelma Hunter Gender and Politics PhD Prize from the Australian Political Science Studies Association (APSA). His research interests include women combatants, intersectionality, gender and war, violent extremism, leftist insurgencies, feminist International Relations, feminist research methodology, rebel governance, and governance of intimacy in rebel groups. His book, 'War through an Intersectional Lens: Female Combatants and the Maoist Insurgency in Nepal' is published by Oxford University Press.

PhD supervision

• SaghaÌýAhmed
• HiraÌýMalik

Selected publications

• Open access
  Elena, E., Giri, K., Godfrey, A., Delgado, A. M., McCormick , A., McTernan , K. & O'Donnell , C., 10 Jun 2025, 5 p. E-International Relations .

  Research output: Other contribution

• Giri, K., 17 Jul 2025, Gendering diplomacy in the Global South: a resource book on theorizing and practicing feminist foreign policy. Patel, V., Baruah, N., Mehta, S. & Tripathi, S. (eds.). New Delhi: ARJUN KUMAR, p. 60-73 14 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Giri, K., 30 Jan 2025, Routledge handbook of masculinities, conflict, and peacebuilding. Myrttinen, H., Lewis, C., Touquet, H., Schulz, P., Yousaf, F. & Laruni, E. (eds.). 1st ed. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 47-56 10 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Open access
  Giri, K., 20 Jul 2025, 2 p. E-International Relations .

  Research output: Other contribution

• Open access
  Giri, K., 10 Feb 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Civil Wars. Latest Articles, 26 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Giri, K., 21 Mar 2025, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 157 p. (Oxford studies in gender and international relations)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

• Open access
  Giri, K., CUEVA, A. R. B., Hamilton, C. & Shepherd, L., Mar 2024, In: International Studies Review. 26, 1, 26 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Giri, K. & Haer, R., 2024, In: Studies in Conflict and Terrorism. 47, 5, p. 526-547

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Giri, K., 10 May 2024, Experience, 34, 3, p. 37-40 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

• Open access
  Blackwell, J., Carney, C., Giri, K., Nair, D., Scott, K. & Shepherd, L., 28 Oct 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Politics. 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

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