Sharvari Karandikar is visiting UCILeR as part of the Fulbright Specialist Program and will lead two workshops for graduate students, doctoral students, post-doctoral fellows, and senior scholars in law, social work, and other social sciences. The workshops will each last 6 hours and will be held in English. The workshops have the participation of OCIS.
2 November 2023
Migration and Human Trafficking
This 6-hour interactive workshop covers topics such as migration and human rights and understanding migration and human trafficking (programme will be available soon).
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Programme
9h30 - Migration and Human Rights
The Human Rights of Migrants - between freedom and security - Ana Margarida Gaudêncio (UCILeR/FDUC)
Migrations and the 'Social State': the first or the last door to transnational constitutionality? - Luís Meneses do Vale (UCILeR/FDUC)
10h30-11h00 – COFFEE-BREAK
The vicious cycle of the Bureaucratic State in the documentary and social regulation of immigrants- Clara Cruz Santos (OCIS/FPCEUC)
Understanding the social service landscape for refugees and immigrants in the state of Ohio in the United States: community-based participatory research approach - Sharvari Karandikar (Ohio State University (OSU) College of Social Work)
13h00-14h30 - LUNCH
14h30 - Understanding Migration and Human Trafficking
The abuse of a position of vulnerability of the victims of trafficking and in the cases of smuggling - Anabela Miranda Rodrigues (UCILeR/FDUC)
Understanding the complexities of sex trade and trafficking in Portugal – Marta Graça (UCILeR)
Understanding agency and economic considerations among migrant women involved in the sex trade in India - Sharvari Karandikar (Ohio State University (OSU) College of Social Work)
16h00-16h15 - COFFEE-BREAK
4 November 2023
Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics in Social Science Research
9h00-12h00
This 3-hour interactive and hands-on workshop will cover two broad topics: 1) the qualitative research process, including research design, data collection, rigor in qualitative research, and data analysis; 2) ethics in social science research will include discussions on Deception and Disclosure, Informed Consent, Confidentiality, and Avoiding Emotional Harm.
Programme
9h00 - Hands-on workshop
11h00 - COFFEE-BREAK
12h00 - Closing
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Dr. Sharvari Karandikar is a Professor and the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at the Ohio State University (OSU) College of Social Work. Dr. Karandikar's community-engaged work promotes the well-being of minoritized and marginalized women living on fringes of the society. To attain this goal, Dr. Karandikar has focused on understanding the lived experiences and expressions of resilience and agency among sex workers, victims, survivors of sex trafficking, surrogate mothers, and egg donors. Dr. Karandikar has conducted research with refugees and immigrant populations in Central Ohio and offered methodological expertise through rigorous qualitative data collection methods and analytic techniques. Dr. Karandikar has published 45 peer-reviewed manuscripts, co-authored one edited book on globalization and gender oppression, and delivered 60 peer-reviewed and 11 invited conference presentations, many of them internationally.
As a social work educator, Dr. Karandikar has designed and taught courses at the bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. levels. In May 2022, she received the Excellence in Teaching award at the doctoral level from the OSU College of Social Work. As an educator, Dr. Karandikar has mentored and supervised student research, for which she was recognized in 2020 with the Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award from the OSU Office of Student Life. Additionally, in 2019 and 2015. she was nationally honored and recognized as a feminist mentor by the Council on Social Work Education: Role and Status of Women in Social Work Education.