Degrees Held
- BA; BA(HONS);
- MA(ANTHRO);
- PHD
Experience
- Lecturing Undergradraute & Postgraduate Students Since 2004
Research Interests
- Women and work; youth identity and entrepreneurship; maritime security; migration of professionals and diaspora; women in spirituality
Teaching Interests
- Introduction to Anthropology; Local knowledge & sustainable development; Globalization, migration and diaspora studies; Applied Anthropology; Families and Households
Supervision
- Honours, Masters & PhD students
Selected Publications
Books
Journal Articles
Research
Books
- (2011): Book publication – Transnational Lives: Professional Indian Women in Durban, VDM Verlag Dr. Muller Publications, Germany
Journal Articles
- (2014): Highly skilled professionals on the move: The international migration of South African Indians, (in press)
- (2014): Maritime security challenges for South Africa in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR): The Southern and East Coast of Africa, Man in India (special edition – Sept 2014)
- (2013): “Youth vulnerability in a global world: Girls and sugars addiction in Chatsworth, Durban”, Journal of Sociological and Anthropological Studies No 4 (Special Edition – in press)
- (2013): The Brahma Kumari World Spiritual University in South Africa – “Self transformation is world transformation”, Journal of Sociological and Anthropological Studies No 4 (1-2): 117-129
- (2012): The bitter reality of sugars and the youth of Chatsworth, Oriental Anthropologist, Vol 12 (2): 331-347
- (2011): ”Singled Out: The transnational migration of single mothers from Durban, Kwazulu – Natal”, Oriental Anthropologist, Vol 11(2)
Research
- (2023): Migrant youth: Navigating emotional intimacy through social media and communication technologies, Journal of African Film and Diaspora Studies, Vol 6 (3): 63-79 Jagganath,G.(SouthAfrica,UKZN)Ola,A.(Nigeria,ABU)Shamala,R.(India,CUTN)& Hurrichurun,P.(South Africa, UKZN)
- (2023): “Academic-mothers” in higher education with adult children: Navigating social isolation, shifting households and professional challenges during the pandemic, Oriental Anthropologist (Jagganath, G.& Singh, SB, UKZN)
- (2023): Urban gardening and food insecurity: The Cato Manor Health Centre in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, African Journal of Development Studies, Vol 13:3, 259-274
- (2023): Exploring the experiences and benefits of Postgraduate Studies in South Africa: The Research Masters Degree (book chapter), in African Development and Global Engagements Policy, Climate Change, and COVID-19, Palgrave MacMillan
- (2022): Work-life balance: Experiences of women during the Covid-19 pandemic, African Journal of Gender, Society and Development, Vol 11(3): 109-124 (Balgobind Singh, S & Jagganath, G. UKZN)
- (2022):The transforming city: Exploring the potential for smart cities and urban agriculture in Africa, Oriental Anthropologist, Vol 21(1):1-17.