Gopika Solanki

Gopika Solanki is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Carleton University. Her interdisciplinary research spans Political Science, Legal Anthropology, and Gender Studies, focusing on identity politics, legal pluralism, and gender justice in South Asian contexts.

Her research interests center on cultural accommodation in legal systems, state-society relations, and religious pluralism. Current projects examine indigenous legal mobilization in Western India and socio-cultural dynamics of religious spaces in Mumbai through a Norwegian Research Council-funded international collaboration.

Publications demonstrate consistent focus on gender justice and legal pluralism, particularly in Indian contexts. Her scholarship explores intersections of religious laws, state adjudication, and cultural rights across diverse communities.

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