Research Focus Areas
Our research is organised around nine focus areas that map onto the most pressing policy challenges of our moment. Each area connects rigorous scholarship to actionable policy, and each is led by a team of fellows and contributors drawn from academia, government, and civil society.
Strategic Security & Defence
Indo-Pacific security architecture, deterrence theory, military modernisation, and the changing character of war in the age of AI and unmanned systems.
Read More → 02 // AREAForeign Policy & Diplomacy
India's neighbourhood, the Global South, multilateral institutions, and the diplomatic infrastructure of a multipolar world.
Read More → 03 // AREAEducation & Social Policy
Higher education reform, the future of work, digital learning, and the social policy architecture of welfare states under fiscal pressure.
Read More → 04 // AREAHealthcare & Public Policy
Pandemic preparedness, health systems, vaccine equity, and the political economy of medical research.
Read More → 05 // AREATechnology & Digital Governance
Artificial intelligence policy, data protection, platform regulation, and the constitutional implications of computational infrastructure.
Read More → 06 // AREAEnvironment & Climate Policy
Climate finance, green industrial policy, adaptation strategies, and the just transition for developing economies.
Read More → 07 // AREAPolitical Economy
Industrial strategy, fiscal federalism, trade architecture, and the political institutions that shape economic outcomes.
Read More → 08 // AREAHeritage & Public History
Memory politics, the cultural infrastructure of nationhood, public history, and the contested afterlives of the colonial archive.
Read More → 09 // AREAIntellectual History & Political Thought
Indian political thought, comparative political theory, and the conceptual genealogies that shape contemporary policy debate.
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