Binod Khadria
Visiting Toronto Metropolitan University
Spring 2023
Research focus while a CERC Scholar - Governing labour migration in a comparative perspective
The COVID-19 pandemic calls for fresh thinking on governing international migration in general and labour migration in particular. If individual countries are left to themselves to introduce changes without cohesion and coordination with others, then there would be high probability for conflicts of interests to resurface. Binod’s research will experiment with innovative ideas for international governance, addressing the objective of the Global Compact for Migration (GCM) to create conditions for migrants and diasporas to contribute to sustainable development in all countries, while leveraging the Indian diaspora in Canada in a comparative perspective.
Related to CERC research theme: Governance of Migration in a Globalizing World and Managing Labour Migration in the 21st Century
Career Achievements
Binod Khadria has served as a Professor of Economics, Education and Migration at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. From 2017 to 2018, he held the inaugural ICCR Chair of Contemporary Indian Studies at Rutgers University. He teaches economics of education and international migration and is a member of editorial boards of several peer-reviewed journals. His publications include The Migration of Knowledge Workers: Second-generation Effects of India’s Brain Drain (Sage, 1999), two volumes of India Migration Report (CUP, 2009 and 2012) and a number of research papers. He co-edited Indian Skilled Migration and Development: To Europe and Back (Springer, 2014), SAGE Handbook of International Migration (London, 2019) and World Migration Report 2020 (IOM-UN Migration).
Relevant Publications
Khadria, B. (2007). International Nurse Recruitment in India. Health Services Research, 42(3), 1429-1436. Part II, Special Issue on International Migration of Nurses, Washington D.C., Blackwell.
Khadria, B. (2007). Diasporas in Development: From Social Parasites to Economic Boon? Asian Population Studies, 3(2), 103-114. Special Issue on Skilled Diasporas in Asian Development.
Khadria, B. (2008). India: Skilled Migration to the Developed Countries, Labour Migration to the Gulf. In S. Stephen & R. Delgado Wise (Eds.), Migration and Development: Perspectives from the South, pp. 79-112. International Organisation for Migration, Geneva.
Khadria, B. (2009). Adversary Analysis and the Quest for Global Development: Optimizing the Dynamic Conflict of Interest in Transnational Migration. In T. Faist & N. Glick-Schiller (Guest Eds.), Social Analysis, 53(3), 106-122.
Khadria, B. (2011). Shifting Paradigms of Globalization: The Twenty-first Century Transition towards Generics in Skilled Migration from India. In A. Geddes (Ed.), International Migration, 2, 1-24. Four-Volume Set for Sage ‘Library of International Relations’ Series.
Khadria, B. (2012). Migration of Health Workers and Health of International Migrants: Framework for Bridging Some Knowledge Disjoints between Brain Drain and Brawn Drain. International Journal of Public Policy, 8(4/5/6), 266-280.
Khadria, B. (Ed.). (2012). India Migration Report 2010-11: The Americas, Cambridge University Press.
Khadria, B. (2017). In Each Other’s Shoes: Making Migration Policies Equitable Across Borders. In M. McAuliffe & M.K. Solomon (Conveners) Migration Research Leaders’ Syndicate, Ideas to Inform International Cooperation on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. IOM, Geneva, pp. 49-54.
Khadria, B., Thakur. N., Nicolas, I., Lee, T., Yang, J., & Jang, Y. (2019). The UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration: Its Impact on Asia, International Migration, 57(6), 286-302. Special Issue: The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration and the Global Compact on Refugees.
McAuliffe, M., Kitimbo, A., & Khadria, B. (2019). Reflections on migrants’ contributions in an era of increasing disruption and disinformation. World Migration Report 2020, IOM, Geneva, pp. 161-184.