Sushri Puhan

Dr. Sushri Puhan is a Lecturer in Social Work at Royal Holloway, University of London since January 2024. Previously, she served as Research Lead for a children's charity and researcher at the University of Sussex. Her interdisciplinary work focuses on child protection systems, adoption policies, and family practices in India and the UK, employing qualitative and co-creative methodologies.

Education includes:

• PhD in Social Work & Social Policy (Sussex, 2021)
• MA Childhood & Youth Studies (Sussex, 2016)
• PG Diploma in Child Rights & Law (NLSIU, 2011)
• MA Sociology (Annamalai, 2005)

Her research examines child welfare policy evolution, adoptive family dynamics, and intersectional discrimination through narrative approaches. Current projects investigate socio-legal aspects of adoption in transitional societies and community-based protection mechanisms.

Publications consistently address tensions between policy frameworks and lived experiences in child welfare systems, particularly analyzing power structures and identity formation in cross-cultural contexts.

Honors:

• Chevening Scholarship (UK Government)
• Reid Research Fund Award (2024)

As honorary research fellow at Sussex, she collaborates on safeguarding systems development across Africa and South Asia.