Dr. Ridhi Kashyap

Biography

Ridhi Kashyap is an Associate Professor at the University of Oxford's School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, specializing in demography. With a focus on substantive areas such as fertility, marriage, health, mortality, ethnicity, and migration, Dr. Kashyap is deeply engaged in methodological innovations within population studies, particularly through agent-based modeling and microsimulation. Her dissertation research examines the dynamics of fertility and mortality in relation to son preference and macro-level sex ratio imbalances among childhood populations. As a Professorial Fellow at Nuffield College, she investigates the implications of a female demographic deficit alongside the expansion of female education on future population dynamics and marriage patterns. Additionally, she studies the demographic characteristics and social behaviors of ethnic minorities in Britain, particularly noting variations in religiosity and social attitudes within Muslim communities. Her ongoing research includes exploring health and mortality patterns globally, with specific focus on sex-differentials in infant and child mortality and the variation in lifespan in developed countries. Dr. Kashyap has also contributed to policy-oriented research aimed at improving healthcare access and the adoption of advanced medical technologies in developing regions.

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