Deval Desai Profile
Deval Desai

@DevalSDesai

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Thinking about institutions, rule of law, expertise, and development @uoelawschool and @AHDCentre. I write sometimes. Tweets personal. RT=intrigued/incredulous.

Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined March 2016
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Deval Desai
2 years
Delighted to see some of our work @FundsRtg and @RtG_project out there, with credit to @sruthiherbert @sapna_reheem and others @UoELawSchool and beyond. And thanks to @amy_lawton_ and @SteveDalytax for convening a stellar stream!.
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SLS Annual Conference
2 years
Our warmest congratulations also go to runner up @DevalSDesai for 'Theorising the anti-fiscal state: evidence from India’ .@UoELawSchool.
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Deval Desai
2 years
RT @legalscholars: Our warmest congratulations to the winners and runner up for the Best Paper Prize at our 2023 Annual Conference #SLSBroo….
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Deval Desai
2 years
RT @RichardAlbert: 📚 A brand new book -- "Expert Ignorance" @CUP -- on the simultaneously strategic, performative, and authentic dimensions….
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Deval Desai
2 years
Looking forward to an engaging week with a thoughtful and global group of scholars, including partners in convening @rtapscott and @ChristopherGvrs.
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2 years
Please get in touch with any Qs about the job:
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Deval Desai
2 years
Flexible start date, ends 30th September 2024 (with possibility of a further extension of contingent on funder approval). Our team @RtG_project is fun, supportive, and a great home for interesting work! Strongly encourage applications from those underrepresented in the sector.
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Deval Desai
2 years
Post-doc opportunity for anyone interested in building theories of the state in comparative perspective, and reflecting on the methodological challenges. Fully funded by @snsf_ch to work w/me and team @UoELawSchool, with scope to develop your own project.
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Deval Desai
2 years
RT @CPAID_LSE: 📣 @ceu summer school deadline extended! Early-career scholars interested in #ReimaginingGlobalJustice, apply by 1 March. @ce….
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Deval Desai
3 years
Thanks @joshaw! Really looking forward to working with the remarkable group of fellows @YoungAcademySco (and flattered that I still qualify as young by their standards).
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Deval Desai
3 years
Whoops, @Law_Critique.
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Deval Desai
3 years
We describe a related idea: devt practice and its organisations operate in a "modular" fashion, where different data sources (and resultant activity) can be attached/discarded with ease. We ask: what does this do to forms, locations, practices of reflexivity already in devt?.
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Deval Desai
3 years
Andrew Lang @uoelawschool and I are part of a stacked special issue @lawandcritique, convened by @Dimitri_VdM and @geo_2022. Everyone ruminates on @Fleurej 's work on shifts from "plans" to "prototypes" in development practice - and Fleur does too! .
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Deval Desai
3 years
To give you a sense of Niamh's importance to a happy workplace, it's the inverse of her Twitter presence.
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Deval Desai
4 years
RT @PolSettlements: Join us 11 Nov as @KristinaSimion introduces her new book on rule of law intermediaries in #Myanmar. @MonaAdhi @Deval….
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Deval Desai
4 years
RT @PolSettlements: Law and Justice Reform: Learning from Intermediaries in Myanmar and Beyond.📆11 Nov, 12:30 GMT. @KristinaSimion @MonaAdh….
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Deval Desai
4 years
Would you like to do a PhD with our dynamic team @UoELawSchool, thinking about public finances and the admin state? Whether you're a lawyer, political scientist, public admin scholar, sociologist, anthropologist, you're eligible to apply!
@FundsRtg
Unspent Funds (RtG)
4 years
Come join our team! .Applications are invited for a fully funded PhD position on a project entitled “Reversing the Gaze”. The successful applicant will work with @DevalSDesai in the @UoELawSchool .#ReversingTheGaze.
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Deval Desai
4 years
Bookshelf material for those interested in the rule of law and authoritarianism.
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Deval Desai
4 years
RT @AshritaPrasad: An exciting PhD call at Edinburgh Law School to work with Deval Desai on "Reversing the Gaze" which allows scholars to e….
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Deval Desai
4 years
Added bonus: one of the speakers in this exciting line-up might also share pasta recipes. Sign up to both to find out which. (Hint: If you can only sign up to one, @ntinatzouvala is a good shout).
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Amsterdam Center for International Law
4 years
The latest ACIL newsletter is now available. See the latest publications from our researchers and register for upcoming events with @ntinatzouvala and @DevalSDesai .
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