Trivedi Centre for Political Data, Ashoka UniversitySpeaker: Nirupama Rao (Former Ambassador to China) As part of our weekly Friday workshops, we had an hour-long conversation with Ms. Nirupama Menon Rao, the former Indian Foreign Secretary and […]
Speaker: Jean-Thomas Martelli (Centre de Sciences Humaines) This week for our Weekly Virtual Workshop, we hosted Jean-Thomas Martelli and his colleagues from the Centre de Sciences Humaines.They presented their fascinating […]
Speaker: Jagdeep Chhokar (Association of Democratic Reforms) Professor Jagdeep Chhokar led an interactive session where he encouraged us to think about how a democracy is supposed to function right from […]
Speaker: Anup Surendranath (NLU Delhi; Centre on the Death Penalty) This week we were joined by Anup Surendranath of NLU, Delhi, and Executive director Project 39 A. He spoke about […]
Speaker: Dipin Kaur (PhD candidate, Yale) Dipin Kaur, a doctoral candidate at […]
Speaker: Apurav Yash Bhatiya (PhD candidate, University of Warwick) Apurav Bhatiya from the University of Warwick took us through his research on the topic of synchronised elections and voter behaviour […]
Speakers: Harish KhareMr. Harish Khare, distinguished journalist and former Media Advisor to the Prime Minister of India from 2009 - 2012 took us through an overview of the evolving face […]
Speakers: Charles Crabtree (Dartmouth College)Charles Crabtree, Assistant Professor at Dartmouth, presented his co-authored research on religious discrimination in American public schools. Recording of his lecture:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7quGpJakAE
Speaker: Luis Miranda (Chairman, Centre for Civil Society) Luis Miranda spoke on the importance of civil society to a functioning democracy. He highlighted the role of civil society orates and […]
Speaker: Aditya Dasgupta (University of California, Merced) Aditya Dasgupta presented his paper, "Political Economy of Bureaucratic Overload", which is a study involving Block Development Officers (BDOs) in India. His study […]
Speakers: Uday Chandra (Georgetown University, Qatar)Uday Chandra spoke on the ethnographic approach to studying politics, building on three case studies from his past work. He highlighted the approaches to ethnographic […]
Speaker: Maya Mirchandani (Ashoka University) Maya Mirchandani, Assistant Professor of Media Studies at Ashoka University joined us yesterday as part of the Centre's Virtual Lecture Series. She spoke about the […]
Speakers: Erica De Bruin (Hamilton College)Based on her newly created dataset, Erica De Bruin (Hamilton College) shows that police forces around the globe have become more militarized—adopting the weaponry, culture, […]
Speakers: SY Quraishi, Vikram Chandra and Maya MirchandaniThe Centre in collaboration with Ashoka University's Department for Media Studies hosted a panel consisting of the former Election Commissioner of India, SY […]
Speakers: Saad GulzarSaad Gulzar Assistant Professor Stanford University presented his paper: Representation and Forest Conservation: Evidence from India's Scheduled Areas" today at our virtual lecture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fFuyJoHcDs
Speakers: Julien Levesque (Centre de Sciences Humaines (CSH))Julien Levesque, from Centre de Sciences Humaines (CSH Delhi), gives a useful overview of minority politics in Bihar and proposes an insightful typology […]
Speaker: Rajeev Gowda (former Rajya Sabha MP) Former Rajya Sabha MP and National spokesperson Indian National Congress Rajeev Gowda was in Conversation with Dr.S.Y Quraishi who spoke about law and […]
Speakers: Ursula Daxecker (University of Amsterdam) and Hanne Fjelde (Uppsala University)Ursula Daxecker and Hanne Fjede present the results of a field experiment in this Trivedi Centre for Political Data Lecturehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVnKRg18XVk