Richa Shivakoti is the Research Lead on Migration Governance at Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Migration and Integration at Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada. Her research focus is on the governance of labour migration within Asia, particularly between the labour-sending states of South Asia and South East Asia and the labour receiving states in the Middle East. Her current research questions the sustainability of the circular temporary migration governance regimes in Asia. She...
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ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3106-1426
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Roles

  • Toronto Metropolitan University

    University, Toronto, Canada
    Research Lead, Migration Governance

Research

Circular labour migration governance in Asia

Authors Richa Shivakoti
Year 2024
Book Title Handbook of Migration and Globalisation
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1 Book Chapter

Temporary labour migration in South Asia: Nepal and its fragmented labour migration sector

Authors Richa Shivakoti
Year 2024
Book Title Temporary Migration
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2 Book Chapter

Keeping up with the migrant workers: The role of embassies in transnational administration of labor migration policy

Authors Kidjie Saguin, Richa Shivakoti
Year 2023
Journal Name Administrative Theory & Praxis
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3 Journal Article

Temporary labour migration in South Asia: Nepal and its fragmented labour migration sector

Authors Richa Shivakoti
Year 2022
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
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4 Journal Article

The migration ban policy cycle: a comparative analysis of restrictions on the emigration of women domestic workers

Authors Richa Shivakoti, Sophie Henderson, Matt Withers
Year 2021
Journal Name Comparative Migration Studies
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5 Journal Article

When disaster hits home: diaspora engagement after disasters

Authors Richa Shivakoti
Year 2019
Journal Name Migration and Development
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6 Journal Article

Suggested Research

Beyond the Partnership Debate: Localizing Knowledge Production in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies

Authors Richa Shivakoti, James Milner
Year 2021
Journal Name Journal of Refugee Studies
Citations (WoS) 8
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1 Journal Article

International Migration, Remittances and COVID-19: Economic Implications and Policy Options for South Asia

Authors Matt Withers, Sophie Henderson, Richa Shivakoti
Year 2021
Journal Name Journal of Asian Public Policy
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2 Journal Article

Regulation through responsibilisation: Gendered exit policies and precarious migration from India and Sri Lanka

Authors Jolin Joseph, Sophie Henderson, Matt Withers, ...
Year 2022
Journal Name International Migration
Citations (WoS) 5
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3 Journal Article
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