Raheel Dhattiwala is an independent social scientist based in India and an honorary member of the South Asia Institute at the University of Heidelberg. She holds an M.Sc. and a D.Phil. in Sociology from the University of Oxford, with research focusing on collective violence, urban conflict, and identity politics in South Asia. Her work combines qualitative and quantitative methods to analyze social dynamics, particularly in the context of communal violence and political behavior. Dhattiwala has published extensively in academic journals and contributes to discussions on sociology, conflict studies, and governance. She has also been involved in policy discussions and interdisciplinary research collaborations.