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Dr Shailen Nandy
Professor of International Social Policy
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
I joined Cardiff University in September 2016 and teach on the undergraduate and post-graduate Social Policy programmes.
My research focuses on different elements of international development, and in particular on poverty analysis and anti-poverty strategies. I am interested in the role and potential of social policy in national development strategies particularly with regards progress towards the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
Recently completed projects include work with colleagues at UNICAMP (Brazil), UNICEF Tanzania, and BITS Pilani (Hyderabad, India). Other work includes an ESRC-GRCF-SDAI research project looking at the problem of multiple malnutrition in young children in West and Central Africa, a national situation analysis of child poverty and deprivation in Uganda with UNICEF Uganda, an examination of child poverty among refugee-hosting communities in Uganda with the Economic Policy Research Centre (Uganda) and a British Council Newton Fund grant with colleagues at the CRONICAS research centre in Lima on nutrition dynamics and the double burden of malnutrition in Peru.
Publication
2024
- Pomati, M., Nandy, S., Jose, S. and Reddy, B. 2024. Multidimensional adult and child poverty in India-establishing consensus about socially perceived necessities for a new measure of poverty. Indian Journal of Human Development (10.1177/09737030241274084)
- Weon, S., Pomati, M. and Nandy, S. 2024. Multidimensional child poverty in South Korea: Developing measures to assess progress towards the sustainable development goals. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice 32(2), pp. 277-311. (10.1332/17598273Y2023D000000009)
- Pomati, M., Nandy, S. and Zhang, M. 2024. The state of mainland Tanzania's children. Evidence from the Mainland Household Budget Surveys. Project Report. [Online]. UNICEF. Available at: https://www.unicef.org/tanzania/reports/state-mainland-tanzanias-children#:~:text=Still%2C%20in%202018%20almost%20half,water%20%26%20sanitation%20(83%25).
- Pomati, M., Nandy, S. and Zhang, M. 2024. The state of mainland Tanzania's children: Evidence from the Mainland Household Budget Surveys (2007-2018). Project Report. [Online]. UNICEF Tanzania. Available at: https://www.unicef.org/tanzania/reports/state-mainland-tanzanias-children#:~:text=Still%2C%20in%202018%20almost%20half,water%20%26%20sanitation%20(83%25).
- Pomati, M., Nandy, S. and Mary, Z. 2024. The state of Zanzibar's children. Evidence from the Mainland Household Budget Surveys (2010-2020). Project Report. [Online]. UNICEF. Available at: https://www.unicef.org/tanzania/reports/state-zanzibars-children
- Gordon, D., Grieve, T., Najera, H., Nandy, S., Pomati, M., Oloya, A. and Zhang, M. 2024. Multidimensional child poverty in Uganda. Volume 1: The extent and nature of multidimensional child poverty and deprivation - 2024. Project Report. [Online]. Kampala: UNICEF. Available at: https://www.ubos.org/wp-content/uploads/publications/Child-Poverty-in-Uganda.pdf#page=89
- Gordon, D. et al. 2024. Multidimensional child poverty and deprivation in Uganda Report : Volume 1. The extent and nature of multidimensional child poverty and deprivation. Project Report. [Online]. Kampala: Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS). Available at: https://www.ubos.org/wp-content/uploads/publications/Child-Poverty-in-Uganda.pdf
2023
- Uchoa de Oliveira, F., Nandy, S., Vedovato, L. R. and Assis, A. E. 2023. Trabalho e viração em empresas-aplicativo: um panorama da uberização na cidade de São Paulo durante a pandemia. Revista Jurídica Trabalho E Desenvolvimento Humano 6, article number: 153. (10.33239/rjtdh.v6.153)
- Uchoa de Oliveira, F., Nandy, S. and Vedovato, L. R. 2023. Preferências adaptativas, pobreza multidimensional e políticas públicas: os contornos da dignidade humana. Revista Direito Público 19(104), pp. 16-46. (10.11117/rdp.v19i104.6954)
2022
- Uchôa de Oliveira, F., Nandy, S., Fernandez, G. F., Assis, A. E. S. Q. and Vedovato, L. R. 2022. Trabalho decente para uma vida digna um estudo piloto a partir da abordagem consensual na cidade de Campinas. Revista Jurídica Trabalho E Desenvolvimento Humano 5, pp. 1-38. (10.33239/rjtdh.v5.120)
2021
- Mendoza-Quispe, D. et al. 2021. Urbanization in Peru is inversely associated with double burden of malnutrition: Pooled analysis of 92,841 mother-child pairs. Obesity 29(8), pp. 1363-1374. (10.1002/oby.23188)
- Pomati, M. and Nandy, S. 2021. Measuring multidimensional poverty according to national definitions - operationalising target 1.2.2 of the sustainable development goals in Benin, Gabon, Guinea, Liberia and Mali. In: Nébié, G. et al. eds. Child Poverty and Social Protection in Central and Western Africa. ibidem, pp. 99-120.
- Brewer, T. F. et al. 2021. Housing, sanitation and living conditions affecting SARS-CoV-2 prevention interventions in 54 African countries. Epidemiology and Infection 149, article number: e183. (10.1017/S0950268821001734)
- Oliveira, F. U. d., Nandy, S., Fernandez, G. F., Vecchio, V. D., Assis, A. E. S. Q. and Vedovato, L. R. 2021. O que os brasileiros pensam ser necessário para que se tenha um padrão de vida digno em seu país?. Revista Jurídica Trabalho E Desenvolvimento Humano 4, pp. 1-27. (10.33239/rjtdh.v4.87)
- Pomati, M. et al. 2021. Trends and patterns of the double burden of malnutrition (DBM) in Peru: A pooled analysis of 129,159 mother-child dyads. International Journal of Obesity 45, pp. 609-618. (10.1038/s41366-020-00725-x)
2020
- Nandy, S. and Pomati, M. 2020. Progrès vers la réalisation de l'ODD 2: évaluation de la malnutrition multiple chez les enfants de moins de 5 ans en Afrique occidentale et centrale. Statéco 114
- Pomati, M. and Nandy, S. 2020. Assessing progress towards SDG2: Trends and patterns of multiple malnutrition in young children under 5 in West and Central Africa. Child Indicators Research 13, pp. 1847-1873. (10.1007/s12187-019-09671-1)
- Lanau, A., Mack, J. and Nandy, S. 2020. Including services in multidimensional poverty measurement for SDGs: modifications to the consensual approach. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice 28, pp. 149-168. (10.1332/175982720X15850580703755)
- Pomati, M. and Nandy, S. 2020. Measuring multidimensional poverty according to national definitions - operationalising target 1.2 of the sustainable development goals. Social Indicators Research 148, pp. 105-126. (10.1007/s11205-019-02198-6)
- Pomati, M. et al. 2020. Multidimensional child poverty and the SDGs: from measurement to action. In: Lawson, D., Angemi, D. and Kasirye, I. eds. What Works for Africa's Poorest Children. From Measurement to Action. Practical Action Publishing, pp. 19-42.
2019
- Weon, S., Nandi, A., Rothwell, D. W. and Nandy, S. 2019. Savings ownership and the use of maternal health services in Indonesia. Health Policy and Planning 34(10), pp. 752-761. (10.1093/heapol/czz094)
- Daoud, A. and Nandy, S. 2019. The effect of the politics of caste and class for child poverty in India. Sociology of Development 5(4), pp. 428-451. (10.1525/sod.2019.5.4.428)
- Pomati, M. and Nandy, S. 2019. Millions of malnourished children in West and Central Africa have been overlooked by UN estimates - new data. The Conversation 2019(8 Nov)
- Najera, H., Nandy, S., Carriillo-Larco, R. M. and Miranda, J. 2019. Within-country migration and obesity dynamics: Analysis of 94,783 women from the Peruvian Demographic and Health Surveys. BMC Public Health 19, article number: 263.
2018
- KIm, E. and Nandy, S. 2018. Multidimensional child poverty in Korea: developing child-specific indicators for the sustainable development goals. Child Indicators Research 11, pp. 1029-1050. (10.1007/s12187-017-9517-0)
- Depio, S., Ahaibwe, G., Kasirye, I., Nandy, S. and Pomati, M. 2018. Child poverty and deprivation in refugee-hosting areas. Evidence from Uganda. UNICEF.
2017
- Ekbrand, H. and Nandy, S. 2017. Inter-state differences in caste-specific risks for child deprivation in India. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice 25(1), pp. 3-20. (10.1332/175982716X14822521840953)
2016
- Nandy, S., Pomati, M. and Lenoël, A. 2016. L'approche consensuelle de mesure de la pauvreté : une application au cas du Bénin. Stateco 110, pp. 71-89.
- Guio, A., Marlier, E., Gordon, D., Fahmy, E., Nandy, S. and Pomati, M. 2016. Improving the measurement of material deprivation at the European Union level. Journal of European Social Policy 26(3), pp. 219-233. (10.1177/0958928716642947)
- Gordon, D. and Nandy, S. 2016. Policy-relevant measurement of poverty in low, middle and high income countries. In: Braathen, E., May, J. and Wright, G. eds. Poverty and Inequality in Middle Income Countries: Policy Achievements, Political Obstacles. International Studies in Poverty Research London: Zed Books
- Gordon, D. and Nandy, S. 2016. The extent, nature and distribution of child poverty in India. Indian Journal of Human Development 10(1), pp. 64-84. (10.1177/0973703016654561)
- Nandy, S., Daoud, A. and Gordon, D. 2016. Examining the changing profile of undernutrition in the context of food price rises and greater inequality. Social Science and Medicine 149, pp. 153-163. (10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.11.036)
2015
- Nandy, S. and Pomati, M. 2015. Applying the consensual method of estimating poverty in a low income African setting. Social Indicators Research 124(3), pp. 693-726. (10.1007/s11205-014-0819-z)
- Nandy, S. and Main, G. 2015. The consensual approach to child poverty measurement. CROP Briefs(29)
2014
- Selwyn, J. and Nandy, S. 2014. Kinship care in the UK: using census data to estimate the extent of formal and informal care by relatives. Child and Family Social Work 19(1), pp. 44-54. (10.1111/j.1365-2206.2012.00879.x)
2013
- Gordon, D., Mack, J., Lansley, S., Main, G., Nandy, S., Patsios, D. and Pomati, M. 2013. The impoverishment of the UK. PSE UK first results. Living standards. Project Report. Milton Keynes: Open University.
Articles
- Pomati, M., Nandy, S., Jose, S. and Reddy, B. 2024. Multidimensional adult and child poverty in India-establishing consensus about socially perceived necessities for a new measure of poverty. Indian Journal of Human Development (10.1177/09737030241274084)
- Weon, S., Pomati, M. and Nandy, S. 2024. Multidimensional child poverty in South Korea: Developing measures to assess progress towards the sustainable development goals. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice 32(2), pp. 277-311. (10.1332/17598273Y2023D000000009)
- Uchoa de Oliveira, F., Nandy, S., Vedovato, L. R. and Assis, A. E. 2023. Trabalho e viração em empresas-aplicativo: um panorama da uberização na cidade de São Paulo durante a pandemia. Revista Jurídica Trabalho E Desenvolvimento Humano 6, article number: 153. (10.33239/rjtdh.v6.153)
- Uchoa de Oliveira, F., Nandy, S. and Vedovato, L. R. 2023. Preferências adaptativas, pobreza multidimensional e políticas públicas: os contornos da dignidade humana. Revista Direito Público 19(104), pp. 16-46. (10.11117/rdp.v19i104.6954)
- Uchôa de Oliveira, F., Nandy, S., Fernandez, G. F., Assis, A. E. S. Q. and Vedovato, L. R. 2022. Trabalho decente para uma vida digna um estudo piloto a partir da abordagem consensual na cidade de Campinas. Revista Jurídica Trabalho E Desenvolvimento Humano 5, pp. 1-38. (10.33239/rjtdh.v5.120)
- Mendoza-Quispe, D. et al. 2021. Urbanization in Peru is inversely associated with double burden of malnutrition: Pooled analysis of 92,841 mother-child pairs. Obesity 29(8), pp. 1363-1374. (10.1002/oby.23188)
- Brewer, T. F. et al. 2021. Housing, sanitation and living conditions affecting SARS-CoV-2 prevention interventions in 54 African countries. Epidemiology and Infection 149, article number: e183. (10.1017/S0950268821001734)
- Oliveira, F. U. d., Nandy, S., Fernandez, G. F., Vecchio, V. D., Assis, A. E. S. Q. and Vedovato, L. R. 2021. O que os brasileiros pensam ser necessário para que se tenha um padrão de vida digno em seu país?. Revista Jurídica Trabalho E Desenvolvimento Humano 4, pp. 1-27. (10.33239/rjtdh.v4.87)
- Pomati, M. et al. 2021. Trends and patterns of the double burden of malnutrition (DBM) in Peru: A pooled analysis of 129,159 mother-child dyads. International Journal of Obesity 45, pp. 609-618. (10.1038/s41366-020-00725-x)
- Nandy, S. and Pomati, M. 2020. Progrès vers la réalisation de l'ODD 2: évaluation de la malnutrition multiple chez les enfants de moins de 5 ans en Afrique occidentale et centrale. Statéco 114
- Pomati, M. and Nandy, S. 2020. Assessing progress towards SDG2: Trends and patterns of multiple malnutrition in young children under 5 in West and Central Africa. Child Indicators Research 13, pp. 1847-1873. (10.1007/s12187-019-09671-1)
- Lanau, A., Mack, J. and Nandy, S. 2020. Including services in multidimensional poverty measurement for SDGs: modifications to the consensual approach. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice 28, pp. 149-168. (10.1332/175982720X15850580703755)
- Pomati, M. and Nandy, S. 2020. Measuring multidimensional poverty according to national definitions - operationalising target 1.2 of the sustainable development goals. Social Indicators Research 148, pp. 105-126. (10.1007/s11205-019-02198-6)
- Weon, S., Nandi, A., Rothwell, D. W. and Nandy, S. 2019. Savings ownership and the use of maternal health services in Indonesia. Health Policy and Planning 34(10), pp. 752-761. (10.1093/heapol/czz094)
- Daoud, A. and Nandy, S. 2019. The effect of the politics of caste and class for child poverty in India. Sociology of Development 5(4), pp. 428-451. (10.1525/sod.2019.5.4.428)
- Pomati, M. and Nandy, S. 2019. Millions of malnourished children in West and Central Africa have been overlooked by UN estimates - new data. The Conversation 2019(8 Nov)
- Najera, H., Nandy, S., Carriillo-Larco, R. M. and Miranda, J. 2019. Within-country migration and obesity dynamics: Analysis of 94,783 women from the Peruvian Demographic and Health Surveys. BMC Public Health 19, article number: 263.
- KIm, E. and Nandy, S. 2018. Multidimensional child poverty in Korea: developing child-specific indicators for the sustainable development goals. Child Indicators Research 11, pp. 1029-1050. (10.1007/s12187-017-9517-0)
- Ekbrand, H. and Nandy, S. 2017. Inter-state differences in caste-specific risks for child deprivation in India. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice 25(1), pp. 3-20. (10.1332/175982716X14822521840953)
- Nandy, S., Pomati, M. and Lenoël, A. 2016. L'approche consensuelle de mesure de la pauvreté : une application au cas du Bénin. Stateco 110, pp. 71-89.
- Guio, A., Marlier, E., Gordon, D., Fahmy, E., Nandy, S. and Pomati, M. 2016. Improving the measurement of material deprivation at the European Union level. Journal of European Social Policy 26(3), pp. 219-233. (10.1177/0958928716642947)
- Gordon, D. and Nandy, S. 2016. The extent, nature and distribution of child poverty in India. Indian Journal of Human Development 10(1), pp. 64-84. (10.1177/0973703016654561)
- Nandy, S., Daoud, A. and Gordon, D. 2016. Examining the changing profile of undernutrition in the context of food price rises and greater inequality. Social Science and Medicine 149, pp. 153-163. (10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.11.036)
- Nandy, S. and Pomati, M. 2015. Applying the consensual method of estimating poverty in a low income African setting. Social Indicators Research 124(3), pp. 693-726. (10.1007/s11205-014-0819-z)
- Nandy, S. and Main, G. 2015. The consensual approach to child poverty measurement. CROP Briefs(29)
- Selwyn, J. and Nandy, S. 2014. Kinship care in the UK: using census data to estimate the extent of formal and informal care by relatives. Child and Family Social Work 19(1), pp. 44-54. (10.1111/j.1365-2206.2012.00879.x)
Book sections
- Pomati, M. and Nandy, S. 2021. Measuring multidimensional poverty according to national definitions - operationalising target 1.2.2 of the sustainable development goals in Benin, Gabon, Guinea, Liberia and Mali. In: Nébié, G. et al. eds. Child Poverty and Social Protection in Central and Western Africa. ibidem, pp. 99-120.
- Pomati, M. et al. 2020. Multidimensional child poverty and the SDGs: from measurement to action. In: Lawson, D., Angemi, D. and Kasirye, I. eds. What Works for Africa's Poorest Children. From Measurement to Action. Practical Action Publishing, pp. 19-42.
- Gordon, D. and Nandy, S. 2016. Policy-relevant measurement of poverty in low, middle and high income countries. In: Braathen, E., May, J. and Wright, G. eds. Poverty and Inequality in Middle Income Countries: Policy Achievements, Political Obstacles. International Studies in Poverty Research London: Zed Books
Books
- Depio, S., Ahaibwe, G., Kasirye, I., Nandy, S. and Pomati, M. 2018. Child poverty and deprivation in refugee-hosting areas. Evidence from Uganda. UNICEF.
Monographs
- Pomati, M., Nandy, S. and Zhang, M. 2024. The state of mainland Tanzania's children. Evidence from the Mainland Household Budget Surveys. Project Report. [Online]. UNICEF. Available at: https://www.unicef.org/tanzania/reports/state-mainland-tanzanias-children#:~:text=Still%2C%20in%202018%20almost%20half,water%20%26%20sanitation%20(83%25).
- Pomati, M., Nandy, S. and Zhang, M. 2024. The state of mainland Tanzania's children: Evidence from the Mainland Household Budget Surveys (2007-2018). Project Report. [Online]. UNICEF Tanzania. Available at: https://www.unicef.org/tanzania/reports/state-mainland-tanzanias-children#:~:text=Still%2C%20in%202018%20almost%20half,water%20%26%20sanitation%20(83%25).
- Pomati, M., Nandy, S. and Mary, Z. 2024. The state of Zanzibar's children. Evidence from the Mainland Household Budget Surveys (2010-2020). Project Report. [Online]. UNICEF. Available at: https://www.unicef.org/tanzania/reports/state-zanzibars-children
- Gordon, D., Grieve, T., Najera, H., Nandy, S., Pomati, M., Oloya, A. and Zhang, M. 2024. Multidimensional child poverty in Uganda. Volume 1: The extent and nature of multidimensional child poverty and deprivation - 2024. Project Report. [Online]. Kampala: UNICEF. Available at: https://www.ubos.org/wp-content/uploads/publications/Child-Poverty-in-Uganda.pdf#page=89
- Gordon, D. et al. 2024. Multidimensional child poverty and deprivation in Uganda Report : Volume 1. The extent and nature of multidimensional child poverty and deprivation. Project Report. [Online]. Kampala: Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS). Available at: https://www.ubos.org/wp-content/uploads/publications/Child-Poverty-in-Uganda.pdf
- Gordon, D., Mack, J., Lansley, S., Main, G., Nandy, S., Patsios, D. and Pomati, M. 2013. The impoverishment of the UK. PSE UK first results. Living standards. Project Report. Milton Keynes: Open University.
Research
Recent, current and ongoing projects:
2020-2021 Cardiff University GCRF Small Projects grant,Applying the Consensual Approach to Poverty Assessment in Telangana State, India, with the Council for Social Development and BITS Pilani, Hyderabad.
2019 -2020 Cardiff University GCRF Small Projects grant, Examining poverty in a polarised and unequal society: the potential of the Consensual Approach to poverty research in Brazil, with UNICAMP, Brazil.
2018 - 2019 British Council Newton Fund, Understanding and modelling the distribution of the double burden of malnutrition in Peru with CRONICAS, Cayetano Heredia, Peru.
2018 Cardiff University-ESRC-GCRF Small Project Grant, Nutrition and Population Dynamics in Africa, Asia and Latin America, with CRONICAS.
2017 Cardiff University-ESRC-GCRF Impact Acceleration Project, Developing training tools to assist National Statistical Offices (NSOs) in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs) in the collection of data to assess multidimensional poverty for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
2017-2018 ESRC-GCRF Secondary Data Analysis Initiative, Measuring and Mapping the Prevalence and Patterning of Multiple
Malnutrition in Young Children in West and Central Africa, with Dr Marco Pomati and UNICEF Nigeria.
2017-18 UNICEF Uganda, Integration of Child Poverty Analysis in National Statistics, with Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research and University of Bristol.
2017 - UNICEF Iran, Multidimensional Poverty at General Population and Child Levels: Measurement and Methodology, with Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research and University of Bristol.
2015 - 2018 - Wallenberg Foundation, Sweden, A Global Analysis of Poverty and Living Conditions in Low and Middle-Income Countries, with Department of Sociology and Work Science, University of Gothenburg, and University of Bristol.
2015-2019 - Hilton Foundation, USA, Training Future Leaders to Accelerate Poverty Reduction and Achieve the SDGs, with Fielding School of Public Health, UCLA and University of Bristol.
2016-17 ESRC Impact Acceleration Project, Aiding poverty data and analysis capacity development in the Pacific.
Teaching
Undergraduate modules:
- Introduction to Social and Public Policy
- International and Comparative Social Policy
Postgraduate modules:
- Citizenship and Social Policy
- International and Comparative Social and Public Policy
Undergraduate and postgraduate dissertation supervision
Biography
Career overview
Prior to joining Cardiff University, I was a Research Fellow at the University of Bristol and member of the Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research, and before that Non-Clinical Research Fellow at the Institute of Neurology, in UCL and a researcher in Bangladesh for BRAC. I have been a consultant to the WHO, UNICEF, DfID, and other development NGOs in the UK and abroad.
Education and Qualifications
- 2010: PhD (Social Policy), University of Bristol
- 2005: MSc Policy Research, University of Bristol
- 1996: MSc (Econ), London School of Economics
- 1995: BA (Hons), Economics and International Relations, University of Reading
Academic positions
- 1999-2016 Research Fellow, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol
- 1998-1999 Non-Clinical Research Fellow, Institute of Neurology, UCL, London.
- 1996-1997 Research Associate, BRAC, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Supervisions
I welcome applicants interested in PhD research on:
- global poverty
- social and economic inequalities
- migration
- international development.
Current supervision
Jake Wilkinson
Research student
Contact Details
NandyS1@cardiff.ac.uk
+44 29208 79675
Glamorgan Building, Room 2.30, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3WA
+44 29208 79675
Glamorgan Building, Room 2.30, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3WA
Research themes
Specialisms
- International development
- Global social policy
- Poverty and inequality
