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 is the Primary Investigator for a SSHRC Insight Development Grant and works with partners in Nepal and the Philippines to explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on temporary migrant workers.
Richa has a Ph.D. in Public Policy from the National University of Singapore and a dual Masters in Public Affairs and Political Science from Indiana University, Bloomington. Previously, she was a research officer at Carleton University, a postdoctoral fellow at Maastricht University and the United Nations University in the Netherlands, and a Visiting Scholar at Georgetown University. Richa has taught in various capacities in universities in Canada, USA, Singapore and Nepal. She has also worked for and consulted with various international organizations such as the International Organization for Migration, the International Labour Organization, the ASEAN Secretariat, the Open Society Foundations and the International Rescue Committee.
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 4363 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3106-1426 |
| X/Twitter | https://x.com/RichaShivakoti |
Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
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Migration forms
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Migration infrastructures
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
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Migration research and theory
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Transversal themes
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Disciplines
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Scope
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UN Countries
Roles
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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 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Temporary labour migration in South Asia: Nepal and its fragmented labour migration sector
| Authors | Richa Shivakoti |
| Year | 2024 |
| Book Title | Temporary Migration | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
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 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
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 |
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 |
When disaster hits home: diaspora engagement after disasters
| Authors | Richa Shivakoti |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | Migration and Development | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
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 |
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 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
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 |