The Kerala Model of Development which won accolades for high social development with low economic growth, also had its “outliers” or sections…

Dynamics of Kerala’s demographic transition— high life expectancy, low infant, child and maternal mortality, decreasing share of children and increasing share of…

A major area of interest of CSES is how services are delivered to the general public by government agencies. From time to…

Education has been a major research theme of CSES ever since its inception. Being located in Kerala, a region which received national…

Labour studies is a prominent research theme pursued at the CSES particularly with a focus on labour market transformation in the state…

Right from its inception, public finance was one of the core areas of research activity at the Centre. Issues related to state…

Another major area of research where CSES has done various studies is that of Decentralisation; research done includes studies on service delivery,…

CSES has undertaken several impact assessment/evaluation studies and monitoring of programmes in sectors such as livelihood, service delivery, health care, education, sanitation,…

CSES extends scientific and technical support to various government departments and local governments in different areas such as Geographical Information System (GIS)…

In 2018, a dedicated unit to undertake interdisciplinary research on gender issues— GRU has been set up within the CSES. GRU aspires…

Impact and implications of urbanisation has been a cross-cutting theme addressed in several research projects of CSES. CSES has done extensive research…

CSES uses digital mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) services in its projects. Such projects include preparation of river bank atlas, digital…