I'm Vishnu Varatharajan, a Political Science PhD student at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, and a Coding & Analysis Intern at Global Survivors Fund.

I study Ethnocentrism and Majoritarian politics, using qualitative methods and cognitive mapping approach. I'm looking at the processes by which people conflate their religious identity and territorial attachment, leading to a majoritarian possessiveness towards the land, and in worst cases, normalizing the exclusionary policies of the state. My current region of focus is India and Ireland.

I'm also currently interning at Global Survivors Fund in the Coding & Analysis division, performing qualitative analysis, data management and providing technical assistance to various partner organizations from across the world who are involved in the Survivors’ Perceptions of Reparations Review, a global comprehensive mapping study of the status of and opportunities for reparations for survivors of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV).

I'm based in Geneva, Switzerland.

Email: vishnu (dot) varatharajan (at) graduateinstitute (dot) ch