Faculty

• Graduation In: BA (Hons.) English Literature
• Graduation From: Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Unviersity of Delhi, India
• Graduation Year: 2005

• Post Graduation In: Graduate Diploma in Gender Sexuality & Diversity Studies
• Post Graduation From: La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
• Post Graduation Year: 2006
• Post Graduation In: MA (Prelim.) in Sociology
• Post Graduation From: La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
• Post Graduation Year: 2007

• Doctorate In: Childhood Studies
• Doctorate From: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA
• Doctorate Year: 2014

Journal Articles

• Abebe, T & Dar, A.. (2026). Decolonial perspectives on childhood and Childhood Studies. In Journal de Culture & Démocratie, n°61 61.
• 2025. A critical perspective on children’s right to play. In V. Llobet, D. Reynaert, A. Twum-Danso Imoh, & W. Vandenhole (Eds.), Critical children’s rights studies: A research companion. UK: Routledge. 
• te Lintelo, D. J. H., Ip, M. A., Lappi, T.-R., Lakshman, R. W. D., Hemmersam, P., Dar, A., & Tervonen, M. (2024). Urban displacement and placemaking in public space for wellbeing: A systematic review of global literature. Environment and Urbanization, 36(2), 358–376. 
• Modi, N., Rabello de Castro, L., Chen, R., Dar, A., & Wall, J. (2024). The health and wellbeing case for children’s suffrage. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, 8(4), 251–252. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(24)00020-8

Abebe, T., Balagopalan, S., Ansell, N., Dar, A., Tesar, M., & Twum-Danso Imoh, A. (2023). Teaching ‘global childhoods’ in Childhood Studies. Childhood, 30

Edited Books:

• Abebe, T., Dar, A., & Wells, K. (Eds.). (2025). Routledge handbook of Childhood Studies and Global Development. UK: Routledge. DOI: 10.4324/9781003155843.

• Series Editor, Studies in Childhood and Youth, Palgrave Macmillan
• Editorial Board Member, Children’s Geographies Journal, Taylor and Francis
• Advisory Board Member, The Childism Institute, Rutgers University, USA (2020 onwards)
• Co-Founder & Co-convener, The Critical Childhoods and Youth Studies Collective (www.theccysc.com)
• Wiscomp Voices of Saahas Awards Special Mention, as part of the WISCOMP’s Hamsa: Campus Equity Initiative, Women in Security, Conflict Management and Peace (WISCOMP). 2020
• Faculty Exchange Award for Visiting Scholar Position with Indiana University – Bloomington, USA (Awarded by AUD) 2018
• Graduate Fellowship, Centre for Race and Ethnicity, Rutgers University, USA, 2013
• David K. Sengstack Endowed Fellowship, Rutgers University, USA, 2010
• National Science Foundation Scholarship for Enhancing Communication in Cross Disciplinary Research, University of Idaho, USA, 2010
• Academic Excellence Award, Chisholm College, La Trobe University, Australia, 2006
• Exchange Program Scholarship Award, Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi, India & La Trobe University, 2005
• Shri Daulat Rai M. Desai Prize for Leadership, Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi, 2005