Prof. Dr. Shalini Randeria gave the “Zukunftskolleg Lecture” at the University of Konstanz in Germany on May 4, 2017. Prof. Randeria is Rector of the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) in Vienna and Research Director and Professor of Social Anthropology and Sociology at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) in Geneva.
In her talk “Kinder statt Inder. The politics of demographic fears in the global north and south”, Prof. Randeria discussed the manifold entanglements of demographic politics with nationalist agendas with a particular focus on the role of women and their bodies in pro- and anti-natalist campaigns we are currently witnessing worldwide.
