Professor Shirin Rai (SOAS) visits the Centre for the Study of Democracy to talk about her award-winning book.
Join Professor Shirin Rai as she discusses her award-winning book 'Depletion: the human costs of caring'. Rai explores how the essential labour of care, so often taken for granted, is unequally shared, systematically appropriated, and dangerously depleted. She shows how this hidden drain affects people, households, communities, economies, and even the planet. Most importantly, Rai makes the case for reimagining care itself, transforming it from a source of exhaustion into the foundation of a more just and sustainable future.
Location
Westminster Forum, 5th Floor, 32-38 Wells Street, London, W1T 3UW
About the speaker
Professor Shirin Rai
Shirin M. Rai is Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Politics and International Studies at SOAS, University of London, and a Fellow of the British Academy. Her research interests include performance and politics, gender and politics, and feminist international political economy. She has published extensively in these areas; her recent work includes the co-edited Oxford Handbook of Politics and Performance. Her latest book, Depletion: The Human Costs of Caring (2024), was awarded the Susan Strange Best Book Award by the British International Studies Association.
