Dr. Anu Abraham
Work Experience
Senior Researcher, Peace Research Institute Oslo, Norway Sept 2022–
Senior Researcher, ERC-funded MigrationRhythms Project
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Lead the quantitative research strand of an international project on migration, coordinating a large-scale survey across four Asian cities.
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Managed all stages of survey development and implementation: design, translation, digital deployment in CAPI, and quality assurance.
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Directed training and supervision of multinational field teams and data managers to ensure high-quality data collection.
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Guided data management and analysis, producing insights to inform academic and policy debates on migration.
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Organised and contributed to conferences, seminars, and publications to disseminate findings internationally.
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Currently advancing collaborative research outputs based on survey data.
Senior Research Fellow, IIMAD Sept 2021 –
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Deliver lectures on migration, research methods, and related topics; contribute to curriculum development and academic programming.
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Engage in academic discussions, panels, and knowledge exchange initiatives.
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Principal Investigator of the project Measuring Food Insecurity among Informally Employed Indian Migrants in the Gulf Region, funded by the Migration and Food Security in the Global South (MiFOOD) programme
Assistant Professor 2016-2022
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Subjects taught: Research Methods, Research Writing, Public Finance and Policy, Development Economics, Ethics in Economics, Micro Economics,
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Supervised Master’s and Bachelor’s theses across all positions, mentoring students in research design, methods, and academic writing.
Education
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Ph.D. (Economics) 2021
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras, Chennai, India
Title: Determinants and Impacts of International Migration, Remittances And Return: A Study Of Kerala, India
Supervisor: Dr. Malathy Duraisamy (Retd. Professor, IIT Madras)