Sahana Sarkar

Dr Sahana Sarkar is a Lecturer in Criminology at College of Business, Law and Government at Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia. She completed her Doctorate in Criminology from Queensland University of Technology in 2023. Her doctoral thesis was on Exploring women survivors’ experiences of, responses to, and impact of Technology-facilitated Sexual Violence in India. Her research focuses on how technology facilitates gendered and sexual violence by unknown persons and intimate partners within the Global South. Dr Sarkar's research also explores digital literacy to understand how individuals employ safety practices and how marginalised identities influence it. She has previously worked as a Lecturer at St Joseph’s College, Bengaluru in Department of Communication and Centre for Internet and Society in Bengaluru where she conducted research on Privacy India. Dr Sarkar also worked with Praxis conducting capacity building exercises and conducted a month long participatory video workshop with sex workers in Maharashtra, India.