Dr. Diya Dutta
Sociologist · Feminist Researcher · Evaluation Specialist
Sociologist · Feminist Researcher · Evaluation Specialist
Journal articles, working papers, policy papers, blogs and media writing on gender, care, inequality and employment.
Dutta, Diya (2026), in Nathanaël Wallenhorst and Christoph Wulf (eds), Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene: Planetary and Pluriversal Perspectives, Springer Nature.
Dutta, Jayanti and Diya (2025), in Shilpi Goswami and Suryanandini Narain (eds), Framing Portraits, Binding Albums: Family Photographs in India, Zubaan Books.
Dutta, Diya (2022), in Elina Samantroy and Subhalakshmi Nandi (eds), Gender, Unpaid Work and Care in India, Routledge (1st Edition).
Dutta, Diya (2011), in Samita Sen, Ranjita Biswas and Nandita Dhawan (eds), Intimate Others: Marriage and Sexualities in India, Stree Publications, Kolkata.
Oxfam International (2022), The Hague, Netherlands.
Frankenthal, Isadora and Diya Dutta (2021), Oxfam America, Washington D.C.
Oxfam America (2021), Washington D.C.
Oxfam International (2021), The Hague, Netherlands.
Dutta, Diya (2020), Oxfam India, New Delhi.
Dutta, Diya (2019), in Mind the Gap: The State of Employment in India, Oxfam India, New Delhi.
Dutta, Diya (2019), in Mind the Gap: The State of Employment in India, Oxfam India, New Delhi.
Dutta, Diya (2019), Oxfam Inequality Report, 21 January 2019.
Dutta, Diya (2017), Policy Brief No. 27, Oxfam India, New Delhi.
Dutta, Diya (2014–2015), Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi.
Dutta, Diya (2009), annotated bibliography with an overview of the suggested literature, NCAER, New Delhi.
Dutta, Diya (2008), Chronic Poverty Research Centre Working Paper, Manchester: CPRC.
Dutta, Diya (2020), Warwick Interdisciplinary Research Centre for International Development.
Dutta, Diya (2017), Oxfam India.
Dutta, Diya (2021), Forbes Magazine, 12th Anniversary Issue, May 2021.
Dutta, Diya (2020), Indian Express, Opinion, 16 October 2020.
Dutta, Diya (2019), Oxfam India Media Supplement, New Delhi.
Dutta, Diya (2017, 2018), Oxfam India, New Delhi.
Dutta, Diya and Tomojit Basu (2017), WION, Opinion.
With Bornali Bhandari (2012), Times of India, Opinion/Editorial, 6 January 2012.
With Bornali Bhandari (2011), Business Standard, 23 January 2011.
Tomorrow's Foundation (2026).
Tomorrow's Foundation (2026).
Oxfam (2021).
Global launch presentation of the India Inequality Report 2020.
Profile interview on gender research and career journey.
Television panel discussion on gender and inequality in India.
Featured in MINT and on the LSR Alumni website; quoted in Live Mint (Inequality Report launch), IndiaSpend (unpaid care work) and Financial Express (Mind the Gap report).
Panelist in two sessions on measuring Systems Change.
Panelist on Amplifying Women's Voices in emerging research areas.
Presented study findings on making social protection gender-transformative to address unpaid care and domestic work, organized by Oxfam in Cambodia.
Panelist on Unpaid Care Work and Covid-19; co-presenter on Measuring Time Use for Unpaid Care Work with Oxfam GB; discussant and moderator on Rethinking Care Economy with Prof. Indira Hirway and Prof. Samita Sen.
Co-presenter on intersectionalities of women's unpaid care work, International Association for Feminist Economists. Also: panel discussant on Women in the Workforce (CPR & Just Jobs Network) and resource person, Oxfam Asia Research Bootcamp, Bangkok.
Guest speaker, Open Lecture Series — 'The Widening Gap: The Inequality Story in India'.
'The Private and The Public: Breaching the Gendered Social Spaces in Contemporary Bengali Society in Kolkata' — Renegotiating Intimacies conference.
A selection of recent and ongoing consultancy engagements.
Developing a report on two regional forums organized by the TROSA Programme Management Unit in 2025 and 2026.
Designing and undertaking exploratory qualitative research on liminal spaces created by women entrepreneurs in low-income households.
Designing and conducting an external impact evaluation of the Rural ECCE (Early Childhood Care and Education) programme.
Updating and publishing a paper on female labour force participation in India.
Lead consultant documenting the political economy of establishing government childcare centres at public works sites in Haryana and Karnataka.
Background paper on unpaid care and domestic work for the W7 discussions at the G7 meeting in Canada, 2025.
I take on select research, evaluation and advisory engagements. Reach out to discuss your project.
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