Nasra M. Shah

GRM 2024 Workshop: Migration to the Gulf: Possible Scenarios for the Future A View from the GCC and from Countries of Origin

GRM 2023 Workshop: Recent Labour and Migration Reforms and Policies in the Gulf: Impact on Economies and Societies

GRM 2021 Workshop: The COVID-19 Health and Socio-economic Crises: Consequences on Population and Migration in the Gulf

GRM 2018 Workshop: The Future of Population and Migration in the Gulf

GRM 2017 Workshop: Migration Policies in the Gulf: Continuity and Change

GRM 2015 Workshop: The Role of Legislation, Policies, and Practices in Irregular Migration to the Gulf with Support from Qatar university

GRM 2014 Workshop: Determinants of Future Migration in the Gulf

GRM 2012 Workshop: Socio-economic Impacts of GCC Migration

GRM 2011 Workshop: Migration in the Gulf

GRM 2010 Workshop: The Impact of Migration on Gulf Development and Stability

Professor of Migration and Development at the Lahore School of Economics, Scientific Director, Gulf Labour Markets, Migration, and Population (GLMM) Programme - -

Nasra M. Shah is a Professor at the Lahore School of Economics since September 2018. Until then, she was professor of Demography at the Department of Community Medicine and Behavioral Sciences at the Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University. She received her doctoral degree in Population Dynamics from the Johns Hopkins University, School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA. Professor Shah’s research has focused on several different demographic issues in the context of health and societal development. She has conducted extensive research on the Asian region, especially Pakistan and the major South Asian countries. Kuwait is another major country on which her work has focused for almost 30 years. She has addressed questions related to the role that social factors play in the reduction of infant and child mortality, and on the predictors of fertility and contraceptive use. She has also analyzed changes in the social, economic and health status of women in several Asian and Pacific countries and edited a major volume on the socioeconomic and demographic profile of Pakistani Women. One of her latest research interests includes the study of psychosocial factors in aging and the role that networks play in the aging process. Labor migration, especially from Asian countries to the oil-rich Gulf countries, has been one of the consistent themes in Dr. Shah’s research for more than 35 years. She has published two books and numerous articles on various migration topics. Her research has focused on the perspective of sending as well as receiving countries. It has addressed topics such as socioeconomic profiles of migrant workers, economic progress of migrant workers, domestic worker migration, violence against women migrants, increasingly restrictive policies of receiving countries, irregular migration, the role of social networks in the migration process, and aspirations and plans of 2nd generation non-nationals. Her many publications include books on Asian Labor Migration: Pipeline to the Middle East; Pakistani Women; Basic Needs, Women and Development; Population of Kuwait: Structure and Dynamics and Skilful Survivals: Irregular Migration to the Gulf.