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.
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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
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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)