Anirudh Krishna, Professor of Public Policy and Political Science and Associate Dean for International Academic Programs

Anirudh Krishna
Contact Info:
Office Location:  212 Sanford Inst Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone:  +1 919 613 7337
Email Address:  
Web Page:   https://sanford.duke.edu/profile/anirudh-krishna/

Teaching (Spring 2024):

Teaching (Fall 2024):

Education:

Ph.D., Cornell University, 2000
M.P.S., Cornell University, 1995
M.A., Delhi School of Economics (India), 1980
B.A., University of Delhi (India), 1978
Specialties:

Comparative Politics
Political Institutions
Research Interests: Poverty and Democracy in Developing Countries

Current projects: Beyond Poverty: Prospects for Social Mobility, Connecting Democracy with the People: Institutions in the Middle, Internal Migration: How do People Move from Rural Areas to Cities, and What do they Experience?

Areas of Interest:

Poverty dynamics
Inter-generational mobility
Participation in Democracy
Social Capital

Curriculum Vitae
Recent Publications   (More Publications)

  1. Krishna, A; Bonu, S, Uneven Gains and Bottom-50 Districts: Intergenerational Educational Mobility in India, Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 58 no. 42 (October, 2023), pp. 34-45  [abs].
  2. Krishna, A; Kumar, S; Rains, E, A Range of Informality Across Cities and Slums: Understanding Precarity in Patna’s Slums Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Journal of South Asian Development, vol. 18 no. 2 (August, 2023), pp. 244-264 [doi]  [abs].
  3. Krishna, A; Kumar, S, Why Do Poorer Kids Not Move Ahead Faster? Considering the Poverty of Opportunity in Bihar and Delhi, Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 58 no. 19 (May, 2023), pp. 35-40  [abs].
  4. Krishna, A; Shukla, R, Tracing the Geographies of Inequality in India Beneath the Urban–Rural Divide, Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 58 no. 9 (March, 2023), pp. 57-64  [abs].
  5. Krishna, A; Agrawal, T, The impact of Covid-19 on household poverty: examining impacts and resilience in a 40-year timeframe in rural Rajasthan (India), Oxford Development Studies, vol. 51 no. 3 (January, 2023), pp. 217-232 [doi]  [abs].