International Journal of Communications Law & Policy

Shalaka Joshi
E-mail: shalaka (UNDERSCORE) joshi (AT) yahoo (DOT) com

Shalaka Joshi is currently a Consultant with the United Nations Children’s Fund, and faculty at the Xavier Institute of Communications, India. Previously, she was a Research Fellow with the Department of Sociology at the University of Warwick, UK where she also lectured in media, cultural and gender studies. She holds degrees in literature, journalism and gender studies, and is a practicing journalist and documentary film maker. She has been the recipient of several awards including a Chevening Foreign and Commonwealth Office scholarship (UK), a DAAD fellowship (Germany), the Overseas Research Students Award, UK and the University of Warwick Postgraduate Research Fellowship. She is also part of the virtual international women’s university (vifu) – a global consortium of academics, scientists and researchers. Her research interests are interdisciplinary and include communication and international development, media regulation and law, public culture, the internet, gender and cultural studies.