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Ashwini Vasanthakumar is an Associate Professor and Queen’s National Scholar in Legal and Political Philosophy at Queen’s University’s Faculty of Law. She holds degrees from Harvard (AB), University of Toronto (MA), Yale Law School (JD), and Oxford (DPhil as a Rhodes Scholar). Her research focuses on political obligation, migration ethics, and victims’ duties in oppressive contexts, with a monograph The Ethics of Exile published by OUP in 2021. She holds cross-appointments at Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy and Diversity and affiliations with institutions like the Institute for Futures Studies (Stockholm) and the Blavatnik School of Government (Oxford).
- Education: AB (Harvard), MA (Toronto), JD (Yale), DPhil (Oxford)
- Positions Held: King’s College London, University of York, Jindal Global Law School
Her research explores diaspora politics, privatized border control, and transitional justice. Awards include SSHRC grants and the British Academy Rising Star Award. She has advised on global governance issues and frequently contributes to debates on migration ethics and resistance theory.
- Key Projects: Victims’ duties to resist oppression, transnational justice frameworks, ethics of immigrant citizenship
