What is the Seminar about?
This day-long seminar will showcase undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral research in the social sciences in India. It will engage with wide-ranging contemporary topics in the social sciences and provide a forum for students from various institutions to engage in exchange of academic knowledge. Last year, research topics ranged from the efficacy of mid-day meals and pedagogical discourse , among others.
For the schedule of presentations, click here.
Objectives of the Seminar
Encouraging high quality research as an important part of the undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral curricula in India.
Providing an opportunity to students from various disciplines within the social sciences to present their research.
Engaging with topics of contemporary relevance and rigorous methods employed in social sciences research.
Establishing an academic forum for students of the social sciences to receive a critical review of their work.
Keynote Address
This year’s keynote address will be given by Dr. Shagata Mukherjee on ‘Experimental economics and India: lessons from field experiments in microfinance’. Dr. Mukherjee completed his Ph.D. at Georgia State University’s Andrew Young School of Policy Studies in Atlanta, USA in 2017. His research and teaching interests are in the fields of behavioral and experimental economics, development economics, and public policy. His work has a strong focus on the role of gender, social contexts and norms on policies. Dr. Mukherjee is also a Research Fellow at the Mumbai School of Economics and Public Policy, University of Mumbai, and Affiliated Researcher to the Centre for Experimental Social Sciences (CESS), FLAME University, Pune.
Themes
In doing away with an overarching theme, we wish to encourage submission of high-quality research in the fields of psychology, economics, sociology, anthropology, gender studies, and public policy. Papers presented at past editions of the Seminar have been multi-disciplinary in nature.
Call for papers is now closed. Applicants will be informed of the status of their paper by 1st November, 2019.
Eligibility
Undergraduate students, Postgraduate students, MPhil students, PhD students, Recent graduates (within one year) are also welcome to apply
Date and Venue
30th November 2019
4114, 4th Floor, Oberoi Garden Estates, C Wing, Off Saki Vihar Road, near Chandivali Studios, Powai, Mumbai – 400072.
Nearest stations: Kanjurmarg (Central); Andheri (Western) Saki Naka (Metro Station)
Bus routes: 319, 335