Shivani SINGH

Shivani SINGH

Research Associate in the Third Nuclear Age project at University of Leicester, U.K.

Shivani Singh is a Research Associate in the Third Nuclear Age project at University of Leicester, U.K. She recently submitted her Ph.D. thesis titled ‘The Game of Accommodation: Explaining the Behaviour of China, India and Pakistan in the Institutions of the Global Nuclear Order’ to the department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University, U.K. Shivani finished her M.A. and M.Phil degrees in politics with specialisation in International Relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India. Her expertise spans nuclear non-proliferation, disarmament, radiological nuclear security, and the complex dynamics of Global South countries within the global nuclear order, with a particular focus on South Asia. She has written extensively on nuclear and security issues in India’s major daily newspapers such as the Hindustan Times, renowned digital platforms such as the South Asia Voices, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), Nine Dash Line as well as journals including the International Spectator. Shivani was the recipient of the AberDoc and President’s scholarship and a 2023 fellow of the Nuclear History Boot Camp organised by the Wilson Centre’s Nuclear Proliferation International History Project. She also served as the Vice-Chair and later, Chair of the Postgraduate Network Committee of the British International Studies Association (BISA) from 2021-2023. Shivani also serves as a Senior Researcher in the Nuclear Security Programme at a Delhi-based think tank, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS).