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Academic Editor | Social Sciences | Journal Articles, Theses & Research Reports

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I am a social scientist and academic editor with extensive experience working with research writing in the social sciences and humanities. I hold a PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and have published peer-reviewed research on gender, reproduction, and social policy. Alongside my academic research, I have worked as a freelance copyeditor for Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press, editing manuscripts in history, philosophy, and political science. My editorial work includes end-to-end manuscript editing, structural feedback, line editing, and citation verification. I regularly work with researchers, doctoral students, and institutions preparing manuscripts for publication and research dissemination. My editing focuses on strengthening argumentation, improving clarity, and ensuring that manuscripts meet the conventions of academic writing and journal submission standards. Services I provide include: • Academic editing and proofreading • Journal article editing prior to submission • Thesis and dissertation editing • Research report editing • Copyediting and line editing • Citation formatting and reference consistency (APA, Chicago, Harvard, MLA) I have particular expertise in editing work in the following areas: • sociology • anthropology • gender and sexuality studies • development studies • public policy and governance • interdisciplinary social science research As a published academic author, I understand the expectations of peer review and academic publication. My goal is to ensure that research writing is clear, rigorous, and publication-ready.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Cultural Anthropology
• ☆ Ethnology & Ethnography
• ☆ Medical Anthropology
• ☆ LGBTQ & Sexuality Studies
• ☆ Women's Studies
• ☆ Gender Studies
• ☆ Feminism
• ☆ Social Theory
• ☆ Urban Studies
• ☆ Medical Sociology
• ☆ Social Network Theory & Analysis
• ☆ Crime & Criminology
• ☆ Globalization
• ☆ Family Studies
• ☆ Social Control
• ☆ Political Sociology
• ☆ Disability Studies
• ☆ Critical Theory
• ☆ Fatherhood

Services

• Writing

Writing Technical Writing, Audio Transcription, General Proofreading & Editing

Work Experience

Freelance copyeditor

Oxford University

January 2017 - Present

Commonwealth Fellow

University of Sussex

October 2023 - November 2024

Education

PhD Sociology

Indian Institute of technology, Delhi India

January 2020 - November 2025

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Aishwarya Chandran(2022). Valuing Women’s Labour: Some Notes on the ‘Compensated’ Model of Surrogacy . Journal of South Asian Development. p. 097317412210975. {SAGE} Publications

Gendering Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Commercial Surrogacy and Constructions of Motherhood @article{Chandran_2022, title={Gendering Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Commercial Surrogacy and Constructions of Motherhood}, volume={45}, ISSN={1479-0270}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00856401.2022.2069773}, DOI={10.1080/00856401.2022.2069773}, number={4}, journal={South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Chandran, Aishwarya}, year={2022}, month=may, pages={637–654} } . South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies.

Aishwarya Chandran (2022). GUYnecology: the missing science of men’s reproductive health . Gender, Technology and Development.

Unnatural intimacies and unnatural bodies: Section 377, homosexuality, and disability @article{Chandran_2021, title={Unnatural intimacies and unnatural bodies: Section 377, homosexuality, and disability}, volume={12}, ISSN={2364-4869}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41020-021-00150-9}, DOI={10.1007/s41020-021-00150-9}, number={2}, journal={Jindal Global Law Review}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Chandran, Aishwarya}, year={2021}, month=oct, pages={359–370} } . Jindal Global Law Review.

Book review: Silvia Federici, Beyond the Periphery of the Skin: Rethinking, Remaking and Reclaiming the Body in Contemporary Capitalism @article{Chandran_2021, title={Book review: Silvia Federici, Beyond the Periphery of the Skin: Rethinking, Remaking and Reclaiming the Body in Contemporary Capitalism}, volume={28}, ISSN={0973-0672}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0971521521997959}, DOI={10.1177/0971521521997959}, number={2}, journal={Indian Journal of Gender Studies}, publisher={SAGE Publications}, author={Chandran, Aishwarya}, year={2021}, month=may, pages={321–324} } . Indian Journal of Gender Studies.

BOOK CHAPTER

Aishwarya Chandran(2022). Gender, Labour and the Social Reproduction of Motherhood: A Study of Commercial Surrogacy in Mumbai . Gendered Inequalities in Paid and Unpaid Work of Women in India. p. 119–132. Springer Singapore