Parvati Raghuram

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Parvati Raghuram
Alma mater University of Delhi
University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Occupation Professor

Parvati Raghuram is an academic geographer and Professor of Geography and Migration at the Open University in the United Kingdom. [1] She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. [2]

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Background

Raghuram was born in Shillong, in Meghalaya state in India. She then migrated around the country, but spent the largest proportion of her childhood in Delhi. [3]

She then attended the University of Delhi's School of Economics, between 1982 and 1985, where she gained a Bachelor of Arts in Geography. Between 1985 and 1987, she studied a Master of Arts in Geography, also at the University of Delhi, and was awarded the qualification. [4]

Her and her spouse moved to the United Kingdom together in 1987. [5]

Career

Raghuram completed her PhD in geography at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1991. [4] [3] Her thesis was entitled: Coping strategies of domestic workers: A study of three settlements in the Delhi Metropolitan region, India. [6]

Starting in 1994, Raghuram was a lecturer in geography at Nottingham Trent University. [4]

By 2005, Raghuram had been one of the editors on special editions, of journals, that focussed on migration and gender. [7] Starting in 2005, Raghuram worked at the Open University. [8]

In 2013, Raghuram was Reader in Geography at the Open University. [9]

In 2016, Raghuram was awarded the Murchison Award by the Royal Geographical Society. [10] She was the first woman of colour to receive the award. [1]

In she co-wrote a research paper focusing on female migrants from India to the EU; [11] the research paper was for a project called the European Union-UK Cooperation and Dialogue on Migration and Mobility, by the International Labour Office, which is now called the International Labour Organization and is a UN agency. [12]

By May 2025, Raghuram had authored reports for several UN agencies and thinktanks, [1] and her academic output included nine research pieces, most of which are research articles, co-authored with academic geographers Clare Madge and Patricia Noxolo. [13]

As of May 2025, Raghuram is Professor of Geography and Migration at the Open University, [1] and her research focuses on how the world is being reshaped by the geographical movement of goods, people and intellectual outputs. [8] Much of her work has focused on changing the theorisations of migration of more educated migrants and of international students. [10] Also as of May 2025 she is involved in a number of research projects focusing on people migrating from one place in Africa to another. [14]

She has written for OpenDemocracy [15] and been interviewed by the website Womanthology. [5]

She has also been the research director and postgraduate director of the OpenSPACE research centre; [5] the centre focuses on researching inclusivity in accessing outdoor spaces. [16]

Personal life

In a 2016 interview, Raghuram stated that regulations relating to migration were part of the reason for her having to be employed part-time for several years in the early part of her academic career. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Parvati Raghuram | Decolonising Peace Education in Africa". www.decolonising-education-for-peace-africa.org. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
  2. ↑ "Professor Parvati Raghuram Appointed Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences". The Open University. 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "Interview with Parvati Raghuram". Times Higher Education (THE). 2016-06-09. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
  4. 1 2 3 "ORCID". orcid.org. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
  5. 1 2 3 Tatton, Fiona (2017-01-11). "How is India using IT to empower its female tech workforce and can the UK learn to do the same? - Parvati Raghuram, Professor of Geography and Migration at the Open University - Womanthology". Womanthology: Homepage. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
  6. ↑ Raghuram, Parvati. "Locating Care Ethics Beyond the Global North" (PDF). Ethics of Care. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  7. ↑ Kofman, Eleanor; Raghuram, Parvati; Merefield, Matt (May 2005). "Gendered Migration - Towards gender sensitive policies in the UK" (PDF). Irregulator Migration. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  8. 1 2 "OUPPS (Open University People Profile System)". profiles.open.ac.uk. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
  9. ↑ unesdoc.unesco.org https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000227097 . Retrieved 2025-05-11.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. 1 2 "Parvati Raghuram". Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU). Retrieved 2025-05-11.
  11. ↑ Parvati, Raghuram (June 2022). "The Open University". oro.open.ac.uk. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
  12. ↑ Raghuram, Parvati. "Indian women migrating to the EU" (PDF). Open University.
  13. ↑ "Parvati Raghuram". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
  14. ↑ CrossMigration. "Parvati Raghuram Expert Profile". CrossMigration. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
  15. ↑ "Home". openDemocracy. 2020-05-11. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
  16. ↑ "Welcome to OPENspace…". OPENspace. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
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