Swati Parashar

Swati Parashar is an Associate Professor in Peace and Development at the School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. She also serves as a Research Associate at SOAS's Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy and a Visiting Faculty at Banaras Hindu University's Malaviya Centre for Peace Research. Her work intersects feminism, postcolonialism, and critical security studies, focusing on violence, development, and gendered discourses. She has authored books including Women and Militant Wars and co-edited volumes like Rethinking Silence, Voice and Agency. Her research explores the politics of injury, silenced resistance, and transnational feminist solidarity. She contributes to journals like Critical Studies on Security and advises on interdisciplinary projects. Current projects include studies on famine deaths as political violence and the role of emotional language in state-building.

Education details are not explicitly stated in the provided texts, but her academic trajectory includes roles across institutions in Singapore, Australia, Ireland, and India. Grants and collaborations are central to her work, including partnerships with scholars like Camilla Orjuela and Bina D’Costa. She advocates for interdisciplinary approaches to counter Eurocentrism in IR and emphasizes rethinking agency beyond vocal activism. Her work bridges theory and practice, addressing contemporary challenges like anti-intellectualism and gender backlash.