Migration, Mobility and Development

Lectures

Week 1

1. Introductory class (week-wise introduction to the course) Video
2. Disciplinary Considerations in Migration Studies Video
3. Theoretical Foundations in Migration Studies: Ravenstein (1885, 1889) & Lee (1966) Video
4. Neoclassical Economic Theories and Migration Video

Week 2

5. New Economics of Labour Migration Video
6. Transitional Theories of Migration Video
7. Migration Systems Theory Video
8. Migration Networks and Network Theory in Migration Studies Video

Week 3

9. Migration Infrastructure and Migration Industry Video
10. Understanding Global Migration: A Social Transformation Perspective, Stephen Castles (2010) Video
11. Migration and Development I Video
12. Migration and Development II Video

Week 4

13. Structure and Agency in Migration Studies Video
14. Aspirations in Migration Studies Video
15. Theorizing Migration in Anthropology, Caroline Brettell (2014) Video
16. Units of Analysis and Methodological Nationalism Video

Week 5

17. Transnational Migration Studies: Past Developments and Future Trends, Peggy Levitt & Nadia Jaworsky (2007)_1 Video
18. Transnational Migration Studies: Past Developments and Future Trends, Peggy Levitt & Nadia Jaworsky (2007)_2 Video
19. Transnationalism in Migration Studies (Guest Lecture titled Being a Khadamma: Narratives from the Peripheries of Mobility from Malayali Women Domestic Workers in the Gulf by Dr. Amal Latif) Video

Week 6

20. Gender in Migration Studies I Video
21. Gender in Migration Studies II Video
22. Gender and Labour Migration (Guest Lecture by Professor Neetha N) Video

Week 7

23. Migration and Human Rights Video
24. Migrant Housing (Guest lecture titled Housing as a 'foothold' for migrants in the city by Dr. Mukta Naik) Video
25. Climate Migration (Guest lecture titled Migration in the Context of Climate Change by Dr. Chandni Singh) Video

Week 8

26. Internal Migration (Guest lecture titled Internal Migration and Temporary Labour Circulation in India: Conceptual and Empirical Perspectives by Dr. Kunal Keshri) Video
27. Migration and Urbanisation (Guest lecture titled Circular Migration and Localised Urbanisation in Rural India by Dr. Soundarya Iyer) Video
28. Migration and Livelihoods (Guest lecture titled Migration, Livelihoods and Well Being in India by Dr. Chetan Choithani) Video

Week 9

29. Empirics of Migration: Kerala (Guest lecture titled Kerala Migration Surveys, 1998-2023 by Professor S. Irudaya Rajan) Video
30. Empirics of Migration: Odisha (Guest lecture titled Migration Scenario in Odisha by Professor Jajati Keshari Parida) Video
31. Empirics of Migration: Migration and Development in India: The Bihar Experience Video

Week 10

32. Internal Migration in Contemporary India: A Political Economy Perspective (Guest Lecture by Professor Deepak K Mishra) Video
33. Internal Labour Migration in India and Evolving Trends (Guest Lecture by Dr. Benoy Peter) Video
34. Interrogating the Circular in Circular Labour Migration: The Case of Internal Labour Migration in India Video

Week 11

35. Migrant Construction Labour (Guest Lecture titled Mobilizing Value: Migration and Labour Contracting in India's Construction Industry by Dr. Aardra Surendran) Video
36. Emotions in Migration Research Video
37. Social Costs of Migration Video
38. Migration Policy (Guest Lecture titled Indexing Policies for Internal Migrants in India: The Inter State Migrant Policy Index - IMPEX 2019 & 2021 by Varun Aggarwal) Video

Week 12

39. International Student Migration (Guest lecture by S. Irudaya Rajan, International Institute of Migration and Development) Video
40. Understanding International Migration of the Highly Skilled From India in the Global Context (Guest Lecture by Binod Khadria, Jawaharlal Nehru University) Video
41. Refugees, Migrants and the Nation State: The ‘Insider-Outsider’ Paradox (Guest lecture by Priyanca Mathur, Jain University) Video
42. Conclusion Video