Monika Barthwal-Datta
BA (Hons) Delhi, MA International Journalism Cardiff, MScEcon Security Studies Aberystwyth, PhD London
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (Food Security)
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The University of Sydney
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Monika Barthwal-Datta specialises in non-traditional security and critical security studies, with a regional focus on South Asia. She is currently leading a two-year research project on Food Security in Asia at CISS, funded by the US-based MacArthur Foundation. The project analyses emerging issues around Food Security in Asia and the Pacific, and their strategic and human security implications.
Before joining CISS, Monika was a Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Sussex, UK. She has also taught International Politics and Security Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University College London (UCL) and Royal Holloway College (RHUL), where she was awarded her PhD in 2010.
Research Expertise
- Non-Traditional Security
- Critical Security Studies
- Human Security
- Securitisation Theory
- International Politics of South Asia
- Indian Foreign Policy
Publications
Books
Barthwal-Datta, M. 2012 Understanding Security Practices in South Asia: Securitisation Theory and the Role of Non-State Actors, Routledge, Abingdon.
Book Sections
Barthwal-Datta, M. 2009 'India's Look East Policy: Challenges and Opportunities’ in D. Bosold and K. Brockmann (eds.) 2009, Regional Leaders in the Global Security Arena: Interests, Strategies and Capabilities, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), Berlin, pp. 33-42.
Journal Articles
Barthwal-Datta, M. 2009 ‘Securitising without the State? A Case Study of Misgovernance as a security threat in Bangladesh’, Review of International Studies, Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 277-300.
Conference Papers
Barthwal-Datta, M. ‘International Intervention: A New Agenda for Research’, at ‘Responsibility to Rebuild: Linking Infrastructure, Governance and Democratisation’, workshop hosted by University of Surrey, Guildford, June 18-19 2010.
Barthwal-Datta, M. 2009 ‘India’s rhetoric on climate security’, British Association for International Studies (BISA) annual conference, University of Leicester, December 13-15 2009.
Barthwal-Datta, M. 2009 ‘India-Iran relations following the Indo-US nuclear deal – Future Prospects and Regional Implications’, British Association for South Asian Studies (BASAS) annual conference, University of Edinburgh, March 29-31 2009.
Barthwal-Datta, M. 2008 ‘India’s Look East Policy: Challenges and Opportunities’, 11th New Faces Conference, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), Berlin March 31-April 2 2008.
Barthwal-Datta, M. 2008 ‘Threats perception in South Asia – state level vs. sub-state level’, at ‘Threats Perceptions and Policy Responses’, workshop hosted by Centre for European Politics, Department of Politics and IR, Royal Holloway College, University of London, February 12 2008.
Barthwal-Datta, M. 2007 ‘Securitising without the State? The Copenhagen School, non-state actors and non-traditional security threats: a case study of misgovernance as a security threat in Bangladesh’, at BISA annual conference, University of Cambridge, December 17-19 2007.
Barthwal-Datta, M. 2007 ‘Taking the Traditional with the Non-Traditional: Understanding Security in South Asia’, at Political Studies Association (PSA) annual conference, University of Bath, April 11-13 2007
Barthwal-Datta, M. 2006 ‘Regional Security in South Asia: Tools for Analysis’, PSA annual conference, University of Reading, April 3-6 2006.