Shirin Rai

Shirin Rai is a Professor at the Department of Politics and International Studies (POL) at SOAS University of London. Her work spans feminist political economy, social reproduction theory, and gendered dimensions of care work and crisis.

Her research focuses on

• Intersectional analysis of care and depletion
• Gendered labor in post-conflict economies
• Political economy of austerity and pandemic responses
• Critique of development frameworks like SDG 8

She actively contributes to interdisciplinary debates through edited volumes and journal articles.

Recent publications include analyses of

• Depletion in care economies (2024)
• Parliamentary workplaces and professionalization (2024)
• Intersectional child care dynamics in Mexico City (2020)

Her work consistently examines how structural inequalities manifest in everyday social reproduction.