German Institute for Global and Area Studies | Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien

Dr. Sazana Jayadeva

Associate

Short CV

Since 10/2023: Future Fellow at the University of Surrey
Since 04/2021: Lecturer at the Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge
Since 09/2020 - 3/2021: Research Fellow, University of Surrey, UK
07/2019 - 08/2020: Research Fellow, University College London, Institute of Education, UK
02/2019 - 06/2019: Research Fellow, University of Surrey, UK
Since 01/2019: Associate at the GIGA Institute for Asian Studies
11/2017 - 12/2018: Visiting Fellow at the GIGA Institute of Asian Studies
02/2016 - 10/2017: Associate Research Fellow at the GIGA Institute of Asian Studies
08/2015 - 01/2016: Visiting Fellow, GIGA Institute of Asian Studies
Education: PhD in Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge, UK; MPhil in Social Anthropological Analysis, University of Cambridge, UK; BA in Psychology, Economics, Sociology, Mount Carmel College, Bangalore University, India

Current Research

Transnational student mobility
Migration infrastructures
Social media
Indian middle classes
Social mobility

Countries and Regions

South Asia
Europe

Dr. Sazana Jayadeva

Associate

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University World News: The Global Window on Higher Education | 11/2024

Social Media Influencers Can Widen Access to Study Abroad

In recent years, social media has transformed how prospective international students access and imagine study abroad. One particularly striking development is the rise of a new kind of study abroad advisor: international students and graduates who have built large followings on social media through the content they create on studying abroad, drawing on their first-hand experiences.

Dr. Sazana Jayadeva

Associate

Blog Article | 08/2023

Für viele Studieninteressierte ist es sehr wichtig, die Erfahrungen anderer Studierender in Deutschland aus erster Hand zu hören

Dr. Sazana Jayadeva

Associate

Mobilities | 06/2023

‘Study-Abroad Influencers’ and Insider Knowledge: How New Forms of Study-Abroad Expertise on Social Media Mediate Student Mobility from India to Germany

This paper examines new forms of study-abroad expertise on social media and their role in mediating Indian student mobility to Germany. The paper draws on a digital ethnography of ‘Study in Germany’ Facebook and WhatsApp groups and YouTube channels, as well as interviews with the YouTubers, Student Guides, and Indian students in Germany. Illustrator Katie Chappell created a graphic record on the paper.

Dr. Sazana Jayadeva

Associate

Chapter in Edited Volume | 05/2022

Building Bridges: Narratives from and about Educational Consultants as Mediators in International Student Mobility

The capacities of aspirant student migrants to negotiate the process of going abroad is closely linked to their economic, social, and cultural resources. Based on fieldwork in India and Nepal, we explore the contested role of commercial education consultants in supporting aspirant student migrants to access study abroad.