Nomads and Criminals: The "Gypsy" Struggle for Social Justice in India and Romania

About the Speaker:
Cristina-Ioana Dragomir is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at SUNY Oswego. Previously, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany. She is the recipient of several awards and fellowships including the 2007 Ted Robinson Memorial Award by the South West Political Science Association, Bucerius Ph.D. Fellowship “Settling in Motion,” and The Global Network Grant from Open Society Institute.

Consumption Not Production: Reimagining Indian Energy Planning

Radhika Khosla

The provision of energy has long been central to India’s development planning. In most cases, this has taken the form of generating and making available the supply of energy in the form of increased coal, gas, nuclear, renewables, etc. The salient elements of current energy plans highlight this trend: through a focus on coal (with a domestic production target of 1.5 billion tonnes by 2020) and a growth in renewables (with aspirations to produce 175 gigawatts of renewable power by 2022).

Cristina-Ioana Dragomir

Cristina-Ioana Dragomir is a Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London, School of Politics and International Relations. Previously, she was an Assistant Professor of Political Science at SUNY Oswego. Before that, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany. She is the recipient of several awards and fellowships including the 2007 Ted Robinson Memorial Award by the South West Political Science Association, Bucerius Ph.D. Fellowship “Settling in Motion,” and The Global Network Grant from Open Society Institute.

Last updated: 06/11/2025

Missing School Years for Girls: The Case of the Assam Insurgency

Prakarsh Singh

Girls in India face many challenges. From the moment they are conceived, they are less likely to be born as compared to boys. This presence of “missing girls” appears to be linked to access to ultrasound technology. Moreover, girls also get breastfed for a shorter duration and get fewer childcare investments. Growing up, they are less likely to be educated than boys.

Inter-Group Inequality and Voting Behavior: Evidence from India

Pavithra Suryanarayan

Studies of Indian politics have emphasized the importance of ethnicity to political behavior. Yet, India is a country where individuals simultaneously hold multiple ethnic identities of language, religion, and politicized umbrella caste categories (such as upper castes, backward castes, and scheduled castes), as well as highly localized sub-caste/kinship groups of “biradari” or “jati.” If individuals hold multiple identities, then which of these identities matter to voters at election time and why?

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