Nousheen Sharmila Ritu

Nousheen Sharmila Ritu is a PhD student at the Warwick Law School funded by the Warwick Law School Research Scholarship. She graduated top of her class in Criminology from University of Dhaka, Bangladesh and obtained a MSc degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Oxford. Based on prison ethnography, her doctoral research examines women's experiences of pretrial detention for drug trafficking related offenses in Kashimpur Female Central Jail, the only dedicated women's prison in Bangladesh. She is also the Executive Director of Bangladesh 2.0 Initiative, a registered UK based think tank organisation conducting research and policy advocacy in key strategic areas related to Bangladesh.

Recent Publications:

Ritu, N.S. and Rahman, K.F. (2026) The Penality of Preventive Detention: Colonial Roots and Continuities in Contemporary Bangladesh. Critical Criminology. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10612-026-09883-2

Arefin, M. N. and Ritu, N. S. (2021) Addressing the Political Dynamics of Radicalisation leading to Religious Extremism in Bangladesh. Simulacra, 4(1): 115-129. Available at: https://journal.trunojoyo.ac.id/simulacra/article/view/10543/5729