Shikhar Goel's current research interests lie at the intersections of critical legal studies and media studies. Before joining the Department of Media, Culture and Communication (MCC) at New York University in 2021 as a PhD student, he worked as an ICAS: MP researcher with the Sarai programme at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), New Delhi. He holds double MA in Law, Politics and Society (2017-19) and Historical Studies (2015-17) from Ambedkar University Delhi and Nalanda University, respectively. Shikhar’s Hindi poems have appeared in several anthologies, literary journals, and websites. Translations of his poems have been published in Marathi, Kannada, English and Urdu as well.
Selected Publications
1) Goel, Shikhar. “Media Evidence and Law”. In Research Diaries: Law and Media | Media and the Constitution of the Political, edited by Ravi Sundaram, Pp 4-50. Sarai – Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi, 2022. ISBN- 978-93-82388-05-0 https://sarai.net/wpd/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Law-and-Media-Diaries.pdf
2) Goel, Shikhar. “Tales of Restoration: A Study of the Evacuee Property Laws.” Studies in History 36, no. 2 (August 2020): 251–79. https://doi.org/10.1177/0257643020953553.
3) Goel, Shikhar. “Internet Shutdowns: Strategy to Maintain Law and Order or Muzzle Dissent?” Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 53, Issue No. 42, 20 Oct, 2018 URL: https://www.epw.in/engage/article/internet-shutdowns-strategy-maintain-law