Sangeeta Chatterji

Dr. Sangeeta Chatterji is a Research Fellow at the School of Social Work, University of Edinburgh. Her research focuses on violence against women and children, gender inequality, global health policy, and women's economic mobility. She has conducted extensive work on couples-based interventions like CHARM2 (India) and Indashyikirwa (Rwanda) to prevent violence and improve mental health outcomes.

Education:

• PhD in Social Work, Rutgers University
• Postdoctoral training, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and UC San Diego
• MSW, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India

Research Interests:

• Violence against women (VAW) and children
• Causes and consequences of VAW
• Interventions to prevent VAW
• Measuring violence
• Women's economic mobility and labor outcomes
• Mental health and wellbeing

Recent Publications: Her work spans violence prevention, methodological rigor in measuring VAW, and pandemic-related health inequities. Key journals include PLOS Global Public Health, BMJ Global Health, and Journal of Interpersonal Violence.