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N Renuga Nagarajan, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Master of Public Policy + Administration

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“As an educator, my primary goal is to equip students with the knowledge they need to comprehend current social issues in a diverse range of contexts.”

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OVERVIEW


Dr. Nagarajan is an is an assistant professor in the Master of Public Policy and Administration. She has more than 10 years of research experience in applied economics (policy analysis, labor studies, global studies, aging population, and economic development) and served the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) as a consultant for the World Social Report 2022, which has allowed her to broaden both her practical research skills and her theoretical knowledge of contemporary issues in economics. She has leveraged this combination of skill sets in the classroom to plan lessons that aim to enhance and develop students’ theoretical knowledge and practical skills.

PUBLICATIONS

Publications

Policy initiatives to address the challenges of an older population in the workforce

2021 Ageing International
Author(s): Nagarajan, R. and Sixsmith, A.
Publication Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12126-021-09442-w

Ageing population: Identifying the determinants of ageing in the least developed countries

2020 Population Research and Policy Review
Author(s): Nagarajan, R., Teixeira, A.A.C. and Silva, S.T.
Publication Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11113-020-09571-1

Defining organizational contributions to sustaining an ageing workforce: A bibliometric review

2019 European Journal of Ageing
Author(s): Nagarajan, R., Wada, M., Fang, M.L. and Sixsmith, A.
Publication Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-019-00499-w

An empirical analysis of the demographic trends in least developed countries

2017 Ageing International
Author(s): Nagarajan, R., Teixeira, A.A.C. and Silva, S.T.
Publication Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12126-017-9283-9

The impact of ageing and the speed of ageing on the economic growth of Least Developed, Emerging and Developed countries, 1990–2013

2017 Review of Development Economics
Author(s): Teixeira, A.A.C., Nagarajan, R. and Silva, S.T.

The impact of population ageing on economic growth: a survey

2015 The Singapore Economic Review
Author(s): Nagarajan, R., Teixeira, A.A.C. and Silva, S.T.
Publication Link: https://doi.org/10.1142/S021759081550068X

The impact of an ageing population on economic growth: an exploratory review of the main mechanisms

2016 Análise Social
Author(s): Nagarajan, R., Teixeira, A.A.C. and Silva, S.T.