Research
Book launch with DCU Press
The DCU Ireland India Institute supports research on India, South Asia, EU-India relations and Irish-Indian linkages. It is actively engaged in international research projects and collaborative networks.
Research is focused into three main clusters; Politics & International Relations. Economy, Health & Education and History, Society and Culture.
These clusters comprise of members from across the University:
Politics & International Relations
Projects on India’s democracy, Migration from South Asia to Ireland and Europe, EU-India climate and security cooperation, global values and interests.
Key members: Jivanta Schottli, Subrata Mitra, Markus Pauli, Maura Conway, Iain Mcmenamin, Harikrishnan Sasikumar, Arpita Chakraborty, Valesca Lima, Danny Marks, Ken McDonagh, Goran Dominioni, Ross Carroll, David Keane.
Recent publications:
Statecraft and Foreign Policy: India, 1947-2023 by Subrata K. Mitra, Jivanta Schottli and Markus Pauli (DCU Press, 2023):
“Understanding the role of physical spaces in social de-segregations: Spatial lessons from Kerala and Northern Ireland”. Land Use Policy, 146 . p. 107315. ISSN 0264-8377 by Sasikumar, Harikrishnan and Doyle, John (2024)
“‘Working at becoming a communist’: institutional belonging and political self-making of women in the Communist Party of India (Marxist)” Commonwealth & Comparative Politics Volume 61- Issue 1 by Proma Raychaudhury (2023)
'Inter-State Cases under ICERD as an Avenue to Protect Cultural Heritage'. International Human Rights Law Review, 13 (1):190-223 by David Keane (2024)
Economy, Health & Education
Projects on, Sustainable finance; investment and financial decisions of Indian corporations; resilience and entrepreneurship, access to education and health services in India and Ireland; ethics & technology.
Members: Sandeep Rao, Jamid Ul Islam, Vishwas Dohale, Jivanta Schottli, Markus Pauli, Abel Polese, Kumar Cithambaram, Trudy Corrigan, Fiachra O'Brolchain.
Recent publications:
“Mapping the Startup Ecosystem in India” Economic and Political Weekly (Engage), Vol. 58, Issue No. 32, 12 Aug by Anish Tiwari (2023)
“Do Titans Deliver the ESG Promise? Societal Recognition and Responsible Corporate Decisions,” British Journal of Management, ABS-4, Rao, S., Luo, D., Farag, H., & Koirala, S.(2024)
History, Society and Culture
Projects on gender & the role of women in society, violence against women, and femicides; Ireland and India’s shared colonial and postcolonial past and present through literature, history & geography; cultural change and exchange through the performing arts.
Members: Alicia Castillo Villanueva, Arpita Chakraborty, Marnie Hay, Ruth McManus, Jimmy O’Keefe, Eugene McNulty, Michael Hinds, Ross Carroll, Ronan Guilfoyle.
Recent publications:
“Tracing the Rise of Ascetic Masculinity in India” by Arpita Chakraborty. chapter in Women, Gender and Religious Nationalism, Amrita Basu & Tanika Sarkar, Eds., Cambridge University Press (2022)
Edmund Burke by Ross Carroll, Polity Press, (2024)