CASI's work on migration focuses on the causes and consequences of both international and internal migration. Current research efforts encompass:
Indians in America
Can Talent Abroad Help Reform Institutions at Home?
Diaspora, Development, and Democracy: The Domestic Impact of International Migration from India
Written by CASI Director, Devesh Kapur, and published in August 2010 by Princeton University Press, the book examines the complex economic, social, and political effects of emigration on India and provides a conceptual framework for understanding the repercussions of international migration on migrants’ home countries.
Reviews:
Review Essay: "The Diaspora and India," Srinath Raghavan. India Review. Vol. 11, 2012
Book Review by Gabriel Sheffer. International Relations. Vol. 10, March 2012
Book Review. Journal of Economic Literature, December 2011
Book Review by Shalendra D. Sharma. The Journal of Asian Studies, 2011
Awards:
2012 ENMISA (Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Migration Section of the International Studies Association) Distinguished Book Award