Comparative Welfare State in the Global South:  This is a collaborative research project aimed at understanding the contours of welfare states in the global south with a specific focus on Brazil, India and South Africa. The goal of this work is to build a deeper and more inclusive theoretical understanding of the welfare state building on the rich experience and innovation in countries in the Global South. This project also aims to build a deeper shared understanding of the dimensions of welfare state innovation across the Global South.

Technology, state capacity and the 21st Century Welfare State : This research aims to deepen understandings of the political dynamics unleashed by the deployment of technology in delivering welfare benefits in the 21st century. It focuses specifically on the Indian case to draw on broader lessons on the intersection of technology, politics and social policy.

School Education and the challenge of building quality public education systems: This research focuses of what it will take to entrench learning quality focussed reforms in the public school system. It draws on a large body of work on the significance of prioritizing foundational literacy and numeracy efforts in primary schools and asks understand the conditions (and the constraints to change) under which governments adopt large scale reforms in school systems.

Federalism: This research studies the political economy of federalism with a specific focus on India. An edited volume with political scientist Milan Vaishnav titled "Unco-operative Federalism" is submitted and under review with Oxford University Press.