Dr Suwita Hani Randhawa

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  • Qualifications:BA, LLB, BA (Hons), MA, DPhil
  • Position:Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations
  • Department:School of Social Sciences
  • Telephone:+441173286586
  • Email:Suwita.Hanirandhawa@uwe.ac.uk
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About me

Dr Suwita Hani Randhawa is a Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol).

Suwita obtained her doctorate (DPhil in International Relations) from the University of Oxford.

She also holds a Master's degree (Master of Arts in International Relations) from The Australian National University, where she was awarded the Hedley Bull Scholarship.

Suwita completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Pretoria in South Africa, where she obtained the following degrees: Bachelor of Arts (with specialization in Law, Political Science and International Relations); Bachelor of Laws (LLB); and Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in International Relations.

At UWE Bristol, she leads the 'Global Security and Human Rights' research group and is also an Associate Member of the ‘Research in Public International Law’ research group at UWE Bristol.

Suwita is the co-convenor of the British International Studies Association’s (BISA) Working Group on International Law and Politics.

She is also the co-founder and co-convenor of "Thought in Action: Conversations About Cinema", a film club run by the UWE Bristol’s Politics/International Relations and Philosophy departments and the Watershed cinema in Bristol that seeks to promote conversations about contemporary films between activists, academics, and the general public.

Area of expertise

Suwita's research expertise centres on the history and politics of international criminal justice.

Her current research focuses on global efforts to recognize a new international crime of ecocide, and she is undertaking a research project on ecocide’s ongoing criminalization in global politics. 

Her research on ecocide has been funded by the British Academy, the British International Studies Association, the Arts and Humanities Research Council, as well as UWE Bristol’s Vice-Chancellor’s Early Career Researcher Award and Higher Education Impact Fund.

Based upon her doctoral research on the process of international criminalization, she is currently completing a manuscript on the process of international criminalization (“Criminalization in Global Politics: Norms, Law and the Diplomatic Origins of International Crimes”).

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