Prachi Srivastava, Western University

Research

COVID-19 education policy and planning international policy knowledge mobilization

Latest papers

Effects of school-level and area-level socio-economic factors on elementary school student COVID-19 infections: a population-based observational study.
BMJ open · 2023 · first author

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Between the Bench, the Bar, and the Academy: The Socio-Historical Construction of Law in Africa from the Imperial to the Global Age
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$97,508
Policy Knowledge Mobilization on the Education Emergency Caused by COVID-19 for the G20
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$31,576

All 2 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Effects of school-level and area-level socio-economic factors on elementary school student COVID-19 infections: a population-based observational study.

Srivastava P, Lau NTT, Ansari D, Thampi N

BMJ open2023First author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065596 PMID: 36882251

Between the Bench, the Bar, and the Academy: The Socio-Historical Construction of Law in Africa from the Imperial to the Global Age

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Terretta, Meredith

Keywords: imperialism; decolonization; law; gender; race; legal history; Africa; French Empire; British Empire; post colonialism; post imperialism; Third World Approaches to International Law

$97,508

Policy Knowledge Mobilization on the Education Emergency Caused by COVID-19 for the G20

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Srivastava, Prachi

Keywords: COVID-19; education policy and planning; international policy knowledge mobilization

$31,576

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Psychology
Pediatrics
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Nisha Thampi

Pediatrics

1 shared papers, latest 2023

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: COVID-19 Dear Professor Srivastava, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Effects of school-level and area-level socio-economic factors on elementary school student COVID-19 infections: a population-based observational study." (2023), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Policy Knowledge Mobilization on the Education Emergency Caused by COVID-19 for the G20" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

Prachi Srivastava