Shreya Atrey

Shreya Atrey is an Associate Professor in International Human Rights Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, based at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights. She holds multiple prestigious affiliations including Official Fellow and Welfare Dean of Kellogg College, Senior Teaching Fellow at New College, and associate membership with the Oxford Human Rights Hub. Her academic career includes postdoctoral fellowships at the European University Institute (Max Weber Fellow) and NYU School of Law (Hauser Global Fellow). She earned a BCL with distinction and a DPhil in Law on the Rhodes Scholarship from Magdalen College, University of Oxford.

Shreya’s research focuses on discrimination law, feminist theory, poverty law, disability law, and structural racism. Notably, her monograph Intersectional Discrimination (2019) won the runner-up Peter Birks Book Prize and influenced landmark rulings in South Africa and India. Her work bridges legal theory with practice, emphasizing intersectional approaches to address compounded inequalities faced by marginalized groups.

Her publications consistently explore how intersectionality can reshape legal frameworks to combat systemic discrimination. Key themes include xenophobia, racialized economic impacts, gender violence, and climate justice. Shreya is Editor of the Human Rights Law Review and contributes to initiatives like the Oxford Pro Bono Publico and International Human Rights Law Summer School.

Awards: Runner-up Peter Birks Book Prize (2020).

Advising/Grants: While no specific grants are cited, her academic leadership roles (e.g., Welfare Dean) imply involvement in institutional research support. She has advised on transformative constitutionalism in Asia and edited volumes on exponential inequalities and climate justice, indicating collaborative research projects. Labs/Teams: Active in the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, Oxford Human Rights Hub, and co-edits Exponential Inequalities: Equality Law in Times of Crisis (2022).