• Rising Tides, Sinking Cities - The Race to Build Resilient Cities

    This paper examines the growing challenges of climate change and urban vulnerability, highlighting pathways for building resilient, adaptive, and sustainable cities in an era of rising environmental risks.

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  • Building Equitable Indian Cities: Addressing the Structural Drivers of Urban Inequality

    This paper explores the structural causes of urban inequality in India and proposes policy approaches to foster inclusive, equitable, and sustainable urban development.

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  • AI Governance Frameworks in India: Balancing Innovation and Regulation

    This paper analyses India's evolving artificial intelligence governance landscape, examining the challenge of balancing technological innovation with ethical, legal, and regulatory safeguards.

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  • Dynamics of Social Development in Jharkhand: A Regional Perspective

    This paper examines the key dimensions of social development in Jharkhand, assessing regional challenges, policy interventions, and pathways for inclusive growth.

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  • Rethinking Student Mental Health in Indian Higher Education: Building Enabling Institutional Ecosystems

    This paper explores the state of student mental health in Indian higher education, highlighting institutional challenges and proposing frameworks for creating supportive and inclusive learning environments.

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  • Paradox of Progress: Why Educated Women in India Stay Out of the Workforce

    This paper investigates the persistent gap between women's educational attainment and labour force participation in India, examining the structural, social, and economic barriers to employment.

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  • What does Mahalakshmi scheme reveal about women’s mobility in Telangana?

    This paper analyses Telangana's Mahalakshmi Scheme to assess its impact on women's mobility, access to opportunities, and broader implications for gender-responsive public policy.

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  • Skin Capital Racial Phenotype as Erotic Commodity Among Northeastern Migrant Women in Delhi

    This paper examines how racialised beauty standards and skin phenotype shape the lived experiences of Northeastern migrant women in Delhi, highlighting the intersections of gender, migration, race, and labour.

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  • Gender Inclusive, CommunityDriven Climate Action in Raigad, Maharashtra: The Conference of Panchayats as a Methodological Pathway for Climate Governance in the Global South

    This paper explores a community-driven model of climate governance in Raigad, Maharashtra, demonstrating how gender-inclusive local institutions can strengthen climate resilience and participatory decision-making.

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  • The Age of Migration: International Population Movements in the Modern World

    This paper examines contemporary patterns of international migration, analysing their drivers, global trends, and implications for societies, economies, and public policy.

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  • Women and Work in India: Challenges, Opportunities and Perspectives for Policy

    This paper examines the evolving landscape of women's employment in India, highlighting key challenges, emerging opportunities, and policy measures to promote greater workforce participation.

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  • Structural Constraints and Strategic Trade-offs in India’s Artificial Intelligence Strategy

    This paper analyses India's artificial intelligence strategy, examining the structural constraints, strategic trade-offs, and policy choices shaping the country's technological future.

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  • The Macroeconomics of Precarity: Redesigning India’s Labor Reallocation Through Institutional Buffers

    This paper explores the macroeconomic dimensions of labour market precarity in India, assessing institutional mechanisms that can support workforce transitions and strengthen economic resilience.

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About the Journal

Impact and Policy Research Review (IPRR) (e-ISSN: 2583-3464) is an international double-blind peer-reviewed biannual research journal managed and published by IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi.

IPRR hosts written contributions on topics having concrete implications for progressive development, covering a well-grounded policy analysis, that are interdisciplinary or focused on particular disciplines, for example, Economics, Politics, Governance, Geography, Sociology, Gender and Ethnic Discrimination, Development Studies, Environmental Degradation, Anthropology, and International Relations, with an expectation that all work is accessible to readers across the social sciences.

Latest Articles

The Macroeconomics of Precarity: Redesigning India’s Labor Reallocation Through Institutional Buffers

The Macroeconomics of Precarity: Redesigning India’s Labor Reallocation Through Institutional Buffers

Madhu Swaraj [1] [1]  Research and Editorial Intern, Impact and Policy Research Institute (IMPRI) Title: The Macroeconomics of Precarity: Redesigning…

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Structural Constraints and Strategic Trade-offs in India’s Artificial Intelligence Strategy

Structural Constraints and Strategic Trade-offs in India’s Artificial Intelligence Strategy

Shivashish Narayan [1] [1]  Visiting Researcher, Impact and Policy Research Institute (IMPRI) | Postgraduate in Constitutional and Administrative Law, Oriental…

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Women and Work in India: Challenges, Opportunities and Perspectives for Policy

Women and Work in India: Challenges, Opportunities and Perspectives for Policy

Vibhuti Patel [1] [1]  Distinguished Visiting Professor, Impact and Policy Research Institute (IMPRI) Title: Women and Work in India: Challenges,…

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