Divya Ravindranath
Biographic Data
| ID | 4100392 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Divya Ravindranath |
| GIVEN NAMES | Divya |
| FAMILY NAME | Ravindranath |
| SIGNATURE | RAVINDRANATH D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indian Institute for Human Settlements |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9123-2189 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Maternity protection for informal workers in India
Existing literature highlights significant gaps in the access to maternity protection for informal women workers across the Global South. The International Labour Organization (ILO) has identified seven components of adequate maternity protection necessary for safeguarding child well-being, maternal health and income security. However, informal women workers are systematically excluded from both employment-linked protections due to the absence of…
Negotiating care with employers
Reconciling big data and thick data to advance the new urban science and smart city governance
Amid growing enthusiasm for a ”new urban science” and ”smart city” approaches to urban management, ”big data” is expected to create radical new opportunities for urban research and practice. Meanwhile, anthropologists, sociologists, and human geographers, among others, generate highly contextualized and nuanced data, sometimes referred to as ‘thick data,’ that can potentially complement, refine and calibrate big data analytics while generating ne…
Nutrition among children of migrant construction workers in Ahmedabad, India
Our study addresses a critical gap in migration literature in India by building a comprehensive narrative of migrant children's experiences at construction sites. We find that parents' informal work setting exposes children to a nutritionally challenging environment. Policies and programs seeking to address undernutrition, a critical challenge in India, must pay attention to the specific needs of migrant children
Step by step
Previous research on renters’ experiences in the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program is robust, but much of it has been conducted in the context of mobility interventions providing added resources. In contrast, this study focuses on HCV renters’ experiences searching for housing without the support of a mobility intervention. In semistructured interviews, 34 HCV renters describe their housing search processes and outcomes. We find that renters s…
Housing Choices as School Choices
Previous scholarship on the federal Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program has found that HCV renters are less likely than other households living below the poverty line to live in neighborhoods with high–performing schools. These findings are troubling because HCV renters have some choice about where they live, yet aggregate data linking HCV renters’ neighborhoods with school performance shows that renters tend to be concentrated in impoverished a…
Reconciling big data and thick data to advance the new urban science and smart city governance
Amid growing enthusiasm for a ”new urban science” and ”smart city” approaches to urban management, ”big data” is expected to create radical new opportunities for urban research and practice. Meanwhile, anthropologists, sociologists, and human geographers, among others, generate highly contextualized and nuanced data, sometimes referred to as ‘thick data,’ that can potentially complement, refine and calibrate big data analytics while generating ne…
Step by step
Previous research on renters’ experiences in the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program is robust, but much of it has been conducted in the context of mobility interventions providing added resources. In contrast, this study focuses on HCV renters’ experiences searching for housing without the support of a mobility intervention. In semistructured interviews, 34 HCV renters describe their housing search processes and outcomes. We find that renters s…
Housing Choices as School Choices
Previous scholarship on the federal Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program has found that HCV renters are less likely than other households living below the poverty line to live in neighborhoods with high–performing schools. These findings are troubling because HCV renters have some choice about where they live, yet aggregate data linking HCV renters’ neighborhoods with school performance shows that renters tend to be concentrated in impoverished a…
Nutrition among children of migrant construction workers in Ahmedabad, India
Our study addresses a critical gap in migration literature in India by building a comprehensive narrative of migrant children's experiences at construction sites. We find that parents' informal work setting exposes children to a nutritionally challenging environment. Policies and programs seeking to address undernutrition, a critical challenge in India, must pay attention to the specific needs of migrant children
Step by step
Previous research on renters’ experiences in the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program is robust, but much of it has been conducted in the context of mobility interventions providing added resources. In contrast, this study focuses on HCV renters’ experiences searching for housing without the support of a mobility intervention. In semistructured interviews, 34 HCV renters describe their housing search processes and outcomes. We find that renters s…
Reconciling big data and thick data to advance the new urban science and smart city governance
Amid growing enthusiasm for a ”new urban science” and ”smart city” approaches to urban management, ”big data” is expected to create radical new opportunities for urban research and practice. Meanwhile, anthropologists, sociologists, and human geographers, among others, generate highly contextualized and nuanced data, sometimes referred to as ‘thick data,’ that can potentially complement, refine and calibrate big data analytics while generating ne…
Negotiating care with employers
Maternity protection for informal workers in India
Existing literature highlights significant gaps in the access to maternity protection for informal women workers across the Global South. The International Labour Organization (ILO) has identified seven components of adequate maternity protection necessary for safeguarding child well-being, maternal health and income security. However, informal women workers are systematically excluded from both employment-linked protections due to the absence of…
Economics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Ethnography (2 works) · Housing Market and Economics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Negotiation (2 works)