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IIMAD is an interdisciplinary research network advancing new thinking on migration and development. Our projects span internal and international migration, ageing, climate, labour and the diaspora — generating evidence that informs policy and empowers migrant communities.
Examines the scale, characteristics and vulnerabilities of internal migrant workers across sectors such as hotels and restaurants, textiles and garments — analysing socio-economic conditions and the structural, social and individual determinants of exclusion to inform migrant-inclusive programmes and policies.
A comprehensive, multi-dimensional assessment of India’s elder care ecosystem — patterns of care needs, the availability and accessibility of services, and the perspectives of key stakeholders across states. The study integrates a climate lens, exploring how climate-related events intersect with ageing and care.
Addresses the global challenge of skill shortages and mismatches through innovative, sustainable solutions across Europe, Africa, Asia and America — bridging skill supply and demand through re/up-skilling, automation and migration as policy options.
Assembles a network of partner institutions studying international and internal migrants who face precarious employment and food insecurity. The seven-year programme examines interactions, impacts and remedies across cities of the Global South.
Long-term population projections for India and its states up to 2111, covering all states and union territories. Moving beyond traditional frequentist methods, the study applies Bayesian approaches to fertility, mortality and migration.
Open the data dashboardEnhancing the resilience to climate change of migrant and vulnerable households in coastal Odisha and drought-prone Telangana. Over three years the programme tackles challenges facing rural communities reliant on agriculture and allied livelihoods.
Determines the viability and potential of a Kerala Development Bank supported by the Malayali diaspora — assessing diaspora support, developing a policy framework, and exploring how remittances can advance Kerala’s social and economic development.
“Migration Driven Transformation” explores the feminisation of Tamil Nadu’s agricultural labour force as male out-migration reshapes who works the land.
A coalition of four migration research centres in India, China, Australia and Canada (2021–2024). The Indian centre studies the role of families in the migration of international students.
Conducted every five years since 1998, the KMS provides up-to-date migration estimates and socio-economic characteristics. The latest round (2023) covered 20,000 households across 500 localities in all 14 districts.
Estimates labour migration patterns from Jharkhand and the remittances that drive the state’s economy. Based on 10,674 households via stratified multistage sampling; the leading reason for migration was the search for better work (37.8%).
A multi-disciplinary study estimating the incidence of migration from Odisha across 15,000 households in 30 districts. Ganjam recorded the highest concentration of international migrants, followed by Kendrapada.
A bilateral joint research programme (2021–2023) led by Dr. S. Irudaya Rajan investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the international migration of Indian nurses, building on earlier 2016–17 tracer data.
An international network unveiling the presence and economic contribution of women migrant workers across Europe and beyond.
First conducted in 2004 with 4,980 participants aged 60+, with a second wave in 2013 covering 7,768 older adults — among the earliest longitudinal ageing surveys of its kind in Kerala.
Our research feeds directly into publications, data dashboards and policy briefs.