John Kujur

Assistant Professor, Economics, GSHS, HYD

jkujur@gitam.edu | | | |

John Kujur is from Rourkela in Odisha. He has a PhD in Economics from the Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram (Jawaharlal Nehru University). His research interest lies in the areas of labour economics, development economics, indigenous studies, and social inequality.

Research Publications
  • Kujur, J., Rajan, S. I.,& Mishra, U. S. (2020). Land vulnerability among Adivasis in India. Land Use Policy, 99, 105082.
  • Kujur, J. (2022). The effect of development-induced displacement on Adivasis: Evidence from the Rourkela steel plant project in India. Journal of South Asian Development, 18(1), 134-154.
  • Kujur, J. (2022). Autonomy to Perpetual Dependence: Changing Occupational Patterns of Adivasis in India. Social Change, 52(4), 565-575.
  • Kujur, J., Premkumar, S., & Mallick, H. (2022). An Assessment of Gender Inequality in Educational and Occupational Participation among Displaced Adivasi Population in Rourkela, Odisha. Journal of Adivasi and Indigenous Studies, 12(1), 31-49.
  • Das, A., Kujur, J., & Parida, J. (2024). Can Odisha Learn from Chhattisgarh to Improve the Tribal Education?. Policy Brief#2, DST-Centre for Policy Research, NISER, Bhubaneswar, India.
Expertise
  • Labour Migration
  • Land Economics
  • Occupational Mobility
  • Indigenous Studies
  • Social Inequality
John Kujur