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Rupavardhini B Raju

@rupavardhini.bsky.social
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Research Fellow, Global Centre for Democratic Constitutionalism, UCL Laws She/Her

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"People are really mad and however mad you are, it’s not enough. Because there is something so profound about no longer believing in the future, about seeing no value in our shared home, in the natural world. They’re traitors to creation.” www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
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Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’
She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursui...
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Rupavardhini B Raju @rupavardhini.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
My review of Rohit De and Ornit Shani’s fantastic book ‘Assembling India’s Constitution’. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Rohit Deand Ornit Shani , Assembling India’s Constitution Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2025, pp. 374, £35, hardback (ISBN 9781009330053) | Law and History Review | Cambridge Core
Rohit Deand Ornit Shani , Assembling India’s Constitution Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2025, pp. 374, £35, hardback (ISBN 9781009330053)
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Paolo Sandro @paolosandro.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Many thanks to the speakers, co-organisers, and the audience, it was genuinely a fantastic discussion and I've learned a lot. I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as I did. @drhannahwhite.bsky.social @timdurrant.bsky.social @efieldingd.bsky.social @rupavardhini.bsky.social @ilankelman.bsky.social
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Rupavardhini B Raju @rupavardhini.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
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As Gaza's children are bombed and starved, we watch - powerless. What is it doing to us as a society? | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
I thought we all believed in a collective responsibility towards children. This terrible conflict has made me question that, says Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
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Rupavardhini B Raju @rupavardhini.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Dr. Berihun Gebeye will discuss his paper with Prof. Kate O’Regan chairing at the Law and Democracy Network’s event on African Constitutionalism at 10:30 am BST, 21st May. Please join us in person at Mansfield College, Oxford, or register below to attend online. www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
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Law and Democracy Network: African
About the speaker and the event Dr Berihun Gebeye will present his work on 'The Normative and
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Surabhi Shukla @surabhishukla.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
@surbhikarwa.bsky.social and I organised a workshop on ‘Contemporary issues in Indian Constitutionalism’ 🥳 An absolute delight: sharing our work and feeding back into each other’s papers. By some fortunate accident, it was an all women’s forum. As accidents go, I couldn’t have planned it better!
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Rupavardhini B Raju @rupavardhini.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
On 12th March at 11 am GMT the Law and Democracy Network is hosting an online panel on Dr. Oishik Sircar's book 'Ways of Remembering: Law, Cinema, and Collective Memory in New India'. Discussants - Dr. Kanika Sharma, SOAS and Mr. Zahir Janmohamed, Bowdoin. Zoom link ↓ law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
As universities engage in more "death spiral" cuts to academia, we need to focus on the intense bureaucratisation of the C21 university. A wannabe D-VC implements travel management outsourcing, and massive costs ensue. They've moved on before the disaster unfolds: academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
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On the responsibilities of intellectuals and the rise of bullshit jobs in universities
You may never have considered yourself to be one. Why would you? But if you’re reading this, there is more than a likelihood that you are one. If you’re a
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 08/03/2025
‘I’ve lost my work and been ostracised’: Oxford University accused of failing to act after ruling on ‘sham’ contracts
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‘I’ve lost my work and been ostracised’: Oxford University accused of failing to act after ruling on ‘sham’ contracts
Despite winning a landmark legal battle, academic Alice Jolly believes it won’t benefit others An academic who won a landmark court battle last year against Oxford University for employing her and her colleague on “sham” gig economy contracts has…
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Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
The Fulbright program seems to be at risk. As a former Fulbright scholar that is devastating news. The US risks losing its knowledge base and contacts. woub.org/2025/03/07/f...
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Many Fulbright scholars say they feel stranded after the Trump administration suspended their funding
Fulbright scholars were among those in programs administered through the U.S. State Department who learned their funding has been frozen.
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Rupavardhini B Raju @rupavardhini.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
On 12th March at 11 am GMT the Law and Democracy Network is hosting an online panel on Dr. Oishik Sircar's book 'Ways of Remembering: Law, Cinema, and Collective Memory in New India'. Discussants - Dr. Kanika Sharma, SOAS and Mr. Zahir Janmohamed, Bowdoin. Zoom link ↓ law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
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Rupavardhini B Raju @rupavardhini.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Wrote a blog post on Nationalism and Constitutional Identity in India blog-iacl-aidc.org/2025-posts/2...
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A Country Young and Old: Nationalism and the Battle Over Constitutional Identity in India — IACL-IADC Blog
Rupavardhini BALAKRISHAN RAJU This year marks 75 years of the Constitution of India coming into force, which – given the average life span of constitutions – is a very respectable, grand old age…
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Eoin Daly @eoinmauricedaly.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
My most boomer trait is wanting documents as email attachments, not via fiddly sharepoints or collaborative facetube interfaces or God forbid, invitations to a shared MS Teams channel *shakes stick at sky*
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Paolo Sandro @paolosandro.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
3 years ago today this labour of love (by others), tears (all mine) and dedication (mine too) came out. It was maybe the worst career choice for all the years it took to write. And then, once out, it changed my career. I will never stop being grateful to everyone who has propped me along the way.
Cover of the making of constitutional democracy: from creation to application of law by Paolo Sandro, hart publishing 2022. The image is of a greek city buildings, various colours
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Amal Sethi @amalsethi.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
My latest piece in Global Constitutionalism. While it contributes to a somewhat niche debate, it might interest you if you are keen on the debates on the Basic Structure Doctrine or the Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments Doctrine. Open Access Link: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
You: Dress for the job you want. Me in my writing pajamas at 3pm: Got it.
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Surabhi Shukla @surabhishukla.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
go.bsky.app/Qiev8C5 @rupavardhini.bsky.social and I have put together a starter pack of scholars working on global south constitutionalism. Let us know if you would like to join us!
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Rupavardhini B Raju @rupavardhini.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Definitely picking this up. Guarantor institutions such as the NAO and other SAIs are so important yet not written about enough.
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Amal Sethi @amalsethi.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Wrote this chapter a while back and my views have moderately evolved since then but in the below piece I argue why constitutional scholars need to look at times beyond constitutional law as a solution to populist authoritarian projects. link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
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Stopping Authoritarian Populist Projects: Why Constitutionalism Is Not the Sole Answer
Legal scholars have been attempting to discern methods to safeguard democracy in the face of authoritarian populist projects. Much of the relevant discourse has centered on constitutionalism-based mec...
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Rupavardhini B Raju @rupavardhini.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Looking forward to this conference on Ruptures and Continuities in the Westminster Model - 29 and 30 November. www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
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Ruptures and Continuities in the Westminster Model
organised by Professor Timothy Endicott and Dr. Dominic Burbidge , Conference Description More than
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Rupavardhini B Raju @rupavardhini.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
This is tomorrow at 11 am GMT. Zoom link and event details below.
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Aoife O'Donoghue @aoifemod.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Us at #Doing #Feminist Legal Work have 2 new Best Practice Guides 1. Empirical Approaches to Family Law Research 2. Transitioning from PhD to an Academic Career Thnx to all who contributed! Great collective work!! All our Best Practice Guides are available dflw.ie/publications...
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Rupavardhini B Raju @rupavardhini.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Next at the Law & Democracy Network, A New Bangladesh? Perspectives on Constitutional Transition with Naveeda Khan, Ridwanul Hoque and Sara Hossain. Wed 27 Nov 11 AM GMT. Fully online. Please register here and join us. www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
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Law and Democracy Network: Bangladesh - Democracy
About the event In the summer of 2024, student protests for the reform of the quota system in
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Alan Greene @alangreene.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Hello new academic followers. If you're teaching in a UK law school, your students may find my video series on how to use the OSCOLA referencing system. alangreeneblog.wordpress.com/2024/11/06/a...
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A Guide to Using OSCOLA
I’ve recorded a series of videos on how to use the OSCOLA citation system. This series should be of interest to law students, particularly those studying at UK law schools. Primary Sources Se…
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Grapie Deltaco @grapiedeltaco.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
“What radicalized you?” Bro I was told to treat people the way I would want to be treated in kindergarten and it made sense idk what else there is to say
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Rupavardhini B Raju @rupavardhini.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Prof. Nick Barber and Prof. Rochana Bajpai speak on Ideology and Hegemony in Constitutional Imagination at this Law and Democracy Network event on 20 November at 12:30 pm GMT. Please join us in person or sign up for the Zoom link. www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
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Law and Democracy Network: Ideology and Hegemony
Constitutional discussions are primarily centred around laws, rules and principles, while the
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Rupavardhini B Raju @rupavardhini.bsky.social · 04/11/2024
The Law and Democracy Network is hosting an online panel on the Mexican Judicial Crisis this Wednesday - 6th November at 15:00 GMT with Julio Rios-Figueroa, Mariana Velasco Rivera, Luz Orozco Y Villa, and Nicola Tommasini. Please register here for the Zoom link. www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
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Law & Democracy Network: Unconstitutional
About the event The Law and Democracy Network is pleased to host a panel discussion on
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Rupavardhini B Raju @rupavardhini.bsky.social · 13/10/2024
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R.I.G. Complex: A New Framework for Understanding Aryan Migration Theory
R. Balakrishnan’s research underscores the potential of toponymic — place names — studies to uncover new perspectives on ancient migrations.
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Rupavardhini B Raju @rupavardhini.bsky.social · 10/10/2024
Getting the word out on the Law and Democracy Network in the Faculty of Law, Oxford. We are a forum for interdisciplinary discussions on issues at the intersection of law and democracy. We have a Global South focus. All our events are hybrid Read more about us here www.law.ox.ac.uk/law-and-demo...
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Law and Democracy Network | Faculty of Law
About the Law and Democracy Network: The Law and Democracy Network provides a forum for the regular
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Alice Lilly @aliceolilly.bsky.social · 06/09/2024
Everyone who’s ever edited a document: oh there’s now a blank page at the end of this Word document, time to get rid of that! Word: no Everyone: please delete Word: shan’t Everyone: * frantically presses delete backspace delete* Word: answer me these riddles three
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Rupavardhini B Raju @rupavardhini.bsky.social · 15/08/2024
My mom sent me a video about yoga poses to cure overthinking. What’s a nice way to explain that the ship sailed when I chose to be a legal academic?
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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 13/08/2024
The great I-spy Book of UK Lawyers To see what UK lawyers are posting about and to interact with them try the UK Lawyers List: bsky.app/profile/did:... If you want to follow UK Lawyers in bulk*, use these start packs: 1. go.bsky.app/5F86oZU 2. go.bsky.app/2koviSz 3. go.bsky.app/78ASVV8 *why?!
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𝙰𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙰𝚋𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚑 @abizadeh.bsky.social · 16/07/2024
More on the mass resignation of editors of 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺 & 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘈𝘧𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘴: an op-ed by yrs truly in The Guardian, about the commercial academic publishing scam #PolTheory #philsky #polisky #academicsky
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Academic publishing is a lucrative scam – and we’re determined to change that | Arash Abizadeh
Giant publishers are bleeding universities dry, with profit margins that rival Google’s. So we decided to start our own, says academic Arash Abizadeh
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Thesiswhisperer @thesiswhisperer.bsky.social · 27/02/2024
ANU graduate wins the Dance Your PhD competition! Well done Dr Weli - and to our team member at RD, Simon Clews, who gave a bit of a helping hand www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
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‘Joyful madness’: ANU scientist wins global prize for ‘dancing his PhD’ about kangaroos
Four-minute video features drag queens, twerking, ballerinas, a classical Indian dancer and a bunch of friends from Canberra
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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · 01/02/2024
University fellowship: we welcome applicants from all socioeconomic backgrounds Fellowship salary: we welcome applicants from the landed gentry, as well as recent lottery winners
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Rupavardhini B Raju @rupavardhini.bsky.social · 31/01/2024
Thinking about the time a UK Border Control agent told me that my PhD would be done sooner if I travelled less 🥲
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Rupavardhini B Raju @rupavardhini.bsky.social · 05/12/2023
Business idea - Advent calendar with chocolates for the whole year. Managed to get through one more day? Here is a treat for you.
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