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Mirna Guha is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Deputy Head of School (History, International Relations, Politics, Philosophy, Sociology) at Anglia Ruskin University's School of Humanities and Social Sciences. She concurrently serves as External Examiner for Oxford Brookes University's BA Sociology programme and Visiting Senior Research Fellow in Gendered Violence and Social Justice at the University of Suffolk's Institute for Social Justice and Crime.
Her educational background includes:
- PhD in International Development (University of East Anglia, fully funded by Postgraduate Internationalisation Studentship)
- MA in Gender and International Development (University of Warwick, fully funded by Commonwealth Shared Scholarship)
- MA in English (Jadavpur University, India)
- BA in English (Hons) (Jadavpur University, India)
Guha's research critically examines gender-based violence and social (in)justice within marginalized communities globally, with particular focus on sex work in India and domestic abuse among Asian women in England. Her interdisciplinary approach bridges sociology, criminology, development studies, and public health, emphasizing decolonial methodologies and centering marginalized voices. She actively challenges victim-blaming narratives while documenting resistance strategies and care networks in oppressive contexts.
Her recent publications (2018-2024) reveal consistent thematic focus on everyday violence, structural oppression, and community-led resistance across India and England. Key patterns include ethnographic analysis of sex workers' lived experiences, critical examination of anti-trafficking interventions, and innovative research on domestic abuse service provision for racialized women. Her work consistently advocates for 'nothing about us without us' approaches in policy and practice.
Scientific recognition includes:
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA)
Guha supervises doctoral research on gender-based violence in Nigeria and EAL pupil inclusion in English schools. Her grant portfolio features a £249,721 Medical Research Council project (Nothing about us without us) investigating Black and racialised women's leadership in domestic abuse services, alongside ARU-funded research on Asian women's vulnerabilities. She actively translates research into practice through awareness campaigns, statutory agency training, and Home Office-commissioned evaluations for Peterborough Women’s Aid.
Her research team collaborates across institutional boundaries with the University of Suffolk's Institute for Social Justice and Crime, Cambridgeshire domestic abuse services, and specialist agencies serving Asian survivors. This network actively develops evidence-based models for 'led by and for' service provision in East England.
