Past Research - India China Institute

China India Scholar-Leaders Initiative (CISLI)

The China India Scholar-Leaders Initiative (CISLI) is an initiative that supports 16 promising, young scholar-leaders who use interdisciplinary research methods to grapple with complex questions related to prosperity and inequality in India and China, and who want to expand their knowledge and research capacities in this area.

Urbanization and Globalization

2006-2008 - Rapid globalization and urbanization in India and China have significantly altered their cities; this program explored the effects of those changes; large-scale migration; and the kinds of governance and policies now needed.

Prosperity and Inequality

2008-2010 - While the vibrant economies of India and China created a strong middle class, many people still live in extreme poverty. Researchers from a wide range of backgrounds explored the social, cultural, and economic issues related to this growing chasm.

Social Innovation for Sustainable Environments

2010-2013 - To address the complex and interconnected problems associated with climate change and environmental sustainability, the India China Institute brought together scholars to search for innovative approaches to help the planet.

Economies and Societies

2013-2018 - This initiative explored the multiple ways these two terms are theorized, from scholarship on charisma to capital to subjectivity, across geographies and academic disciplines and as they relate to India, China, or both.

Knowledge and Capacity Building

2010-2013 - Three international universities, the University of Calcutta, in Kolkata, India; Yunnan University, in Kunming, China, and The New School in New York, converged with a shared goal of knowledge sharing and advancing scholarship through curriculum innovation.

Everyday Religion and Sustainable Environments in the Himalaya

2010-2013 - Creating opportunities for knowledge sharing and scholarship on the complex role religion plays in environmental protection efforts in the Himalayas.

Sacred Himalaya

2014-2017 - A team of researchers from India, China, Nepal, and the United States studied and documented relationships between religion and ecology, focusing on sacred landscapes, pilgrimage routes and ecological, economic and cultural sustainability and resilience in the Himalayas.