Research Clusters - India China Institute

Shifting Geographies of Expertise and Policymaking

This international research seminar addresses the changing relationships between expertise and policymaking in India, China, and beyond.

Global China and India in a Post-Liberal World

How are political currents and global engagements of China and India reshaping norms and institutions of the liberal global order, and what are the prospects for new political, technological and economic alignments?

Critical Studies of Global Health

The COVID-19 pandemic has served as a critical
juncture to rethink matters of health at global, national and local levels. It has demanded that we break down silos that have traditionally separated the study of health from the study of society and politics. This research cluster develops approaches that foreground how health, ecology, society and politics are deeply enmeshed and coproduced.

Pandemic Discourses

A Global Contagion Demands Global Perspectives. This blog aims to foster an interdisciplinary and global dialogue on the historical, social, and political dimensions of the pandemic. It will provide diverse perspectives from different corners of the world, and especially the Global South, bringing to the forefront variable and contested understandings of disease, science, and society.

Digital Worlds and Data Politics

How are digital initiatives and the politics of data in China, India and beyond leading to novel forms of expertise, citizenship, and culture?

Cities and Citizenship

Current urbanization trends rekindle debates over citizenship in the city: how national citizenship differs from citizenship in the city, and how both citizens and “noncitizens” gain access to urban services (housing, education, amenities, infrastructure).

Recalbirating Global Economic Relations

Recalibrating Global Economic Relations

The Recalibrating Global Economic Relations project explores how the world’s three largest economies—the United States, China, and India—can reshape international economic governance in an era of heightened geopolitical tension, rising protectionism, and urgent climate imperatives.