invited Presentations
'Accessing Schooling under the Right to Education Act in India: results from a field study in Delhi.' South Asia Studies Programme—Institute of South Asian Studies (SASP—ISAS) Joint Seminar Series, National University of Singapore, 24 November 2017.
'Research Evidence on Low-fee Private Schooling: the evolution of the sector.' Invited presentation, Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Government of Japan, Tokyo, 27 October 2017.
'Education, Privatisation, and Mobilising Frames in the Global South.' Keynote address, Global Meeting of the Privatisation in Education and Human Rights Consortium, Kathmandu, 7 September 2017.
Are Low-cost Private Schools Helping Achieve Quality Education for All in Africa?, Smackdown Debate, Africa Knowledge Fest 2017, World Bank, Washington, DC, 22 February 2017.
'New Global Philanthropy and the Second Wave of the Low-fee Private Sector.' Roundtable,The Global Education Industry: Philanthropy, business, and the changing role of government. World Social Forum, Montreal, 10 August 2016.
'Does the UK Government Believe in Evidence-based Policy? Evidence on Low-fee Private Schooling.' Invited presentation to give evidence to the UK Government All Party Parliamentary Group on Global Education For All, 'A discussion on donor support to low-cost private schools to provide inclusive, equitable and quality education for all in developing countries'. Westminster Palace, Westminster, London, 21 October 2015.
'Private Sector Engagement in Basic Education: Global Evidence on Private Schooling'. Keynote presentation, European Commission Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (EC DEVCO) Annual Seminar, 'Education and TVET', Brussels, 19-23 October 2015.
'Morphing the Market: the second wave of the low-fee private sector.' Keynote address, 7th World Congress on Education, Education International, Ottawa, 19-26 July 2015.
'Global evidence on low-fee private schooling: affordability, quality, equity?' Invited lecture, TISS-Azim Premji University-King’s College London Summer School on ‘Changing Nature of the Public and Private in School Education’, Azim Premji University, Bengalaru, 15 June 2015 [pre-recorded session].
'Non-state actors in education: examining the evidence.' Debate on the Appropriate Role for Non-State Actors Engagement in Education, Research Policy Symposium, Center for Universal Education, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., 5-6 March 2015.
'Conceptualising education access and exclusion: institutions, mental models, marginalities, and the imaginary'. Invited lecture, Tata Institute for Social Sciences, Mumbai, 28 November 2014.
'Quality Education for All: are low-cost private schools the answer?' Invited debate presentation, 2014 World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), Doha, Qatar, 4-6 November 2014. View debate highlights here.
'Early childhood development: is the private sector the answer for developing countries?' Invited seminar webcast, Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Yale University, 30 October 2014.
'Interrogating the Education Policy Game in India: institutions, mental models, marginalities, and the imaginary.' Invited Seminar, South Asia Studies Programme, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, 29 October 2014.
'Inside the Policy Backroom: the contestation, controversy, and concessions framing India’s Right to Education Act'. ISAS Researchers’ Seminar Series, National University of Singapore, 10 September 2014.
'Under-financing education and the rise of the private Sector: the case of India', Conference on Education in Asia in 2014: What global issues?, 12-14 June, CIEP, France. Download it here 'Sous-financement de l’éducation et l'émergence du secteur privé : le cas de l’Inde', Colloque: l'education en Asie en 2014: Quels enjeux mondiaux? , 12-14 juin, CIEP, France. Télécharger ici
'Global evidence on low-fee private schooling: affordability, quality, and equity?' Invited paper, The Impact of Privatization/Marketization on the Education of Disadvantaged Students’ Conference, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 3-4 October 2013.
'Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan private sector research study.' DFID-India Writers’ Workshop, New Delhi, 10 October 2012. (With C. Noronha & S. Fennell)
'Private schooling and possibilities of change post-RTE? Findings from a study in a slum community in Delhi.' Right to Education Act Dissemination Workshop, New Delhi, 25 September 2012. (With C. Noronha)
'Quality learning for all? Reorienting the discourse on ‘quality’ for education and development beyond 2015.' Invited Seminar, Society for International Development Ottawa-Gatineau Chapter, Ottawa, 10 March 2012.
'"Privatisation", education, and development: discourse and new research directions – India’s Right to Education Act, 2009.' Invited Seminar, Comparative, International and Development Education Centre, OISE, University of Toronto, Toronto, 6 March 2012.
'Beyond 2015 - the future of Canadian engagement in Education for All.' Invited Panel Discussion, Canadian Global Campaign for Education Learning Forum 2012, Ottawa, 28-29 February 2012.
'Private education in the context of development.' Strategic Policy and Performance Branch, Canadian International Development Agency, Ottawa, 7 November 2011.
'A critical response to the 2011 UNESCO Education for All Global Monitoring Report: The hidden crisis: Armed conflict and education.' Canadian Global Campaign for Education Learning Forum and 2011 UNESCO Global Monitoring Report Launch, Ottawa, 7 March 2011.
'Personal journey from doctoral student to academic.' First Jobs Podcasts, Students’ Ongoing Research in Educational Studies Annual Conference, Department of Education, University of Oxford, 17-18 March 2010.
'Shadow frameworks: a new institutional perspective on education policy and practice in India.' Research Colloquium, Humboldt University, Berlin, 14 May 2009.
'Public-private partnerships in education in India: questioning the role of the State.' Research Seminar, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, 18 February 2009.
'A response to the 2009 UNESCO Education for All Global Monitoring Report.' 2009 UNESCO Global Monitoring Report Launch, Gatineau, Québec, 15 February 2009.
'Low-fee private schooling: understanding its potential impact on institutional processes and governance in the context of EFA.' 2009 Education for All Global Monitoring Report Planning Meeting, UNESCO, Paris, 10 October 2007.
'Academic publishing for first-time authors.' Publishing Anthropology Workshop, Oxford University Anthropological Society, Oxford, 16 May 2007.
'The private schooling paradox in an era of "Education for All": an Indian case study.' The Globalization of School Choice: an international research symposium, University of Western Australia, Perth, 12-14 December 2006.
'Privatisation and changing attitudes about girls’ schooling in India.' Comparative Education Seminars: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Education in South Asia, St Antony's College, University of Oxford, Oxford, 31 January 2006.
'Research Evidence on Low-fee Private Schooling: the evolution of the sector.' Invited presentation, Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Government of Japan, Tokyo, 27 October 2017.
'Education, Privatisation, and Mobilising Frames in the Global South.' Keynote address, Global Meeting of the Privatisation in Education and Human Rights Consortium, Kathmandu, 7 September 2017.
Are Low-cost Private Schools Helping Achieve Quality Education for All in Africa?, Smackdown Debate, Africa Knowledge Fest 2017, World Bank, Washington, DC, 22 February 2017.
'New Global Philanthropy and the Second Wave of the Low-fee Private Sector.' Roundtable,The Global Education Industry: Philanthropy, business, and the changing role of government. World Social Forum, Montreal, 10 August 2016.
'Does the UK Government Believe in Evidence-based Policy? Evidence on Low-fee Private Schooling.' Invited presentation to give evidence to the UK Government All Party Parliamentary Group on Global Education For All, 'A discussion on donor support to low-cost private schools to provide inclusive, equitable and quality education for all in developing countries'. Westminster Palace, Westminster, London, 21 October 2015.
'Private Sector Engagement in Basic Education: Global Evidence on Private Schooling'. Keynote presentation, European Commission Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (EC DEVCO) Annual Seminar, 'Education and TVET', Brussels, 19-23 October 2015.
'Morphing the Market: the second wave of the low-fee private sector.' Keynote address, 7th World Congress on Education, Education International, Ottawa, 19-26 July 2015.
'Global evidence on low-fee private schooling: affordability, quality, equity?' Invited lecture, TISS-Azim Premji University-King’s College London Summer School on ‘Changing Nature of the Public and Private in School Education’, Azim Premji University, Bengalaru, 15 June 2015 [pre-recorded session].
'Non-state actors in education: examining the evidence.' Debate on the Appropriate Role for Non-State Actors Engagement in Education, Research Policy Symposium, Center for Universal Education, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., 5-6 March 2015.
'Conceptualising education access and exclusion: institutions, mental models, marginalities, and the imaginary'. Invited lecture, Tata Institute for Social Sciences, Mumbai, 28 November 2014.
'Quality Education for All: are low-cost private schools the answer?' Invited debate presentation, 2014 World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), Doha, Qatar, 4-6 November 2014. View debate highlights here.
'Early childhood development: is the private sector the answer for developing countries?' Invited seminar webcast, Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Yale University, 30 October 2014.
'Interrogating the Education Policy Game in India: institutions, mental models, marginalities, and the imaginary.' Invited Seminar, South Asia Studies Programme, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, 29 October 2014.
'Inside the Policy Backroom: the contestation, controversy, and concessions framing India’s Right to Education Act'. ISAS Researchers’ Seminar Series, National University of Singapore, 10 September 2014.
'Under-financing education and the rise of the private Sector: the case of India', Conference on Education in Asia in 2014: What global issues?, 12-14 June, CIEP, France. Download it here 'Sous-financement de l’éducation et l'émergence du secteur privé : le cas de l’Inde', Colloque: l'education en Asie en 2014: Quels enjeux mondiaux? , 12-14 juin, CIEP, France. Télécharger ici
'Global evidence on low-fee private schooling: affordability, quality, and equity?' Invited paper, The Impact of Privatization/Marketization on the Education of Disadvantaged Students’ Conference, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 3-4 October 2013.
'Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan private sector research study.' DFID-India Writers’ Workshop, New Delhi, 10 October 2012. (With C. Noronha & S. Fennell)
'Private schooling and possibilities of change post-RTE? Findings from a study in a slum community in Delhi.' Right to Education Act Dissemination Workshop, New Delhi, 25 September 2012. (With C. Noronha)
'Quality learning for all? Reorienting the discourse on ‘quality’ for education and development beyond 2015.' Invited Seminar, Society for International Development Ottawa-Gatineau Chapter, Ottawa, 10 March 2012.
'"Privatisation", education, and development: discourse and new research directions – India’s Right to Education Act, 2009.' Invited Seminar, Comparative, International and Development Education Centre, OISE, University of Toronto, Toronto, 6 March 2012.
'Beyond 2015 - the future of Canadian engagement in Education for All.' Invited Panel Discussion, Canadian Global Campaign for Education Learning Forum 2012, Ottawa, 28-29 February 2012.
'Private education in the context of development.' Strategic Policy and Performance Branch, Canadian International Development Agency, Ottawa, 7 November 2011.
'A critical response to the 2011 UNESCO Education for All Global Monitoring Report: The hidden crisis: Armed conflict and education.' Canadian Global Campaign for Education Learning Forum and 2011 UNESCO Global Monitoring Report Launch, Ottawa, 7 March 2011.
'Personal journey from doctoral student to academic.' First Jobs Podcasts, Students’ Ongoing Research in Educational Studies Annual Conference, Department of Education, University of Oxford, 17-18 March 2010.
'Shadow frameworks: a new institutional perspective on education policy and practice in India.' Research Colloquium, Humboldt University, Berlin, 14 May 2009.
'Public-private partnerships in education in India: questioning the role of the State.' Research Seminar, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, 18 February 2009.
'A response to the 2009 UNESCO Education for All Global Monitoring Report.' 2009 UNESCO Global Monitoring Report Launch, Gatineau, Québec, 15 February 2009.
'Low-fee private schooling: understanding its potential impact on institutional processes and governance in the context of EFA.' 2009 Education for All Global Monitoring Report Planning Meeting, UNESCO, Paris, 10 October 2007.
'Academic publishing for first-time authors.' Publishing Anthropology Workshop, Oxford University Anthropological Society, Oxford, 16 May 2007.
'The private schooling paradox in an era of "Education for All": an Indian case study.' The Globalization of School Choice: an international research symposium, University of Western Australia, Perth, 12-14 December 2006.
'Privatisation and changing attitudes about girls’ schooling in India.' Comparative Education Seminars: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Education in South Asia, St Antony's College, University of Oxford, Oxford, 31 January 2006.
conference papers read
Srivastava, P., & Read, R. Mapping private foundation and impact investors in Asia: financing flows, target geographies, and priorities in education. 62nd Comparative and International Education Society, Mexico City, 25-29 March 2018.
Srivastava, P., & Read, R. Non-state private sector engagement in basic education: a network analysis of implementers and funders in the Global South. NORRAG Philanthropy in Education Symposium Series, Geneva, 22-24 November 2017.
Srivastava, P., & Sutherland, L. Beyond access: silent exclusion and meaningful access in government and private schooling in India. 2017 UKFIET International Conference on Education and Development, Oxford, 5-7 September 2017.
Lafleur, M., & Srivastava, P. Shaping learners' identity in India: children's accounts of stigmatization and corporal punishment. 2017 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for the Study of International Development, Toronto, 31 May-2 June 2017.
Read, R., & Srivastava, P. Mapping non-state private sector engagement and investment in basic education in developing countries. 2017 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for the Study of International Development, Toronto, 31 May-2 June 2017.
Srivastava, P., & Sutherland, L. Meaningful access to public and private schooling in India: issues of gender, class, and caste. 2017 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for the Study of International Development, Toronto, 31 May-2 June 2017.
Lafleur, M., & Srivastava, P. Children’s experiences of social exclusion and inclusion in private schools in India. 61st Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, Atlanta, 5-9 March 2017.
Read, R., & Srivastava, P. Philanthropic and Philanthropic-type Education Engagement: regional actors and investment in Asia—the problem of definition. 61st Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, Atlanta, 5-9 March 2017.
Sutherland, L., & Srivastava, P. Enrolment as only half the story: gendered patterns and experiences of meaningful access in India. 60th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, Vancouver, 6-10 March 2016.
Srivastava, P., The second wave of the low-fee private sector: corporate-backed chains in the Global South. Paper presented at the 13th UKFIET International Conference on Education and Development, Oxford, 15-17 September 2015.
Srivastava, P., On the 'low-ness' of fees: questioning assumptions of affordability in the low-fee private sector. Pop-up talk, 13th UKFIET International Conference on Education and Development, Oxford, 15-17 September 2015.
Srivastava, P., The global scaling-up of low-fee private schooling: the nexus between business, philanthropy, and PPPs. 59th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, Washington, D.C., 8-13 March 2015.
Srivastava, P., New global philanthropy in the new moment of the politics of education. 5th International Conference of the Comparative Education Society of India, New Delhi, 16-17 November 2014.
Srivastava, P., Contradictions and the persistence of the mobilizing frames of privatization: interrogating the global evidence on low-fee private schooling. Paper presented at the 58th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, Toronto, 10-15 March 2014.
Srivastava, P., & Noronha, C., Private sector growth in a decade of universal elementary education under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. Paper presented at the 58th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, Toronto, 10-15 March 2014.
Srivastava, P., Beyond ‘privatisation’: new conceptualisations and macro-policy framing taking India’s Right to Education Act as a case. Paper presented at the 12th UKFIET International Conference on Education and Development, Oxford, 10–12 September 2013.
Srivastava, P., & Noronha, C., Institutional framing of the Right to Education Act: contest, controversy, and concessions. Paper presented at the XV World Congress of Comparative Education Societies, Buenos Aires, 24-28 June 2013.
Noronha, C., & Srivastava, P., The Right to Education Act in India and private schooling: a case study in Delhi. Paper presented at the PERI Asia Regional Conference, Open Society Institute, Kathmandu, Nepal, 26-28 September 2012.
Srivastava, P., The implementation of the 2009 Right to Education Act in India: private schools and access. 56th Annual Conference of the Comparative International Education Society, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 22-27 April 2012.
Srivastava, P., & Noronha, C., Privatisation and education for disadvantaged groups in India: institutional responses and social implications. Paper presented at the PERI Asia Regional Conference, Open Society Institute, Kathmandu, 18-20 August 2011.
Srivastava, P., Privatization and Education for All: unravelling the mobilizing frames. Paper presented for the panel, ‘Education for Transformation’, 55th Annual Conference of the Comparative International Education Society, Montreal, 1-5 May 2011.
Srivastava, P. Low-fee private schooling: aggravating equity or mediating disadvantage? Research panel, XIV World Congress of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies, Istanbul, 14-18 June 2010.
Srivastava, P., & Oh, S., Private foundations, partnership, and development aid in education: mapping the terrain. Paper presented at the 10th UKFIET International Conference on Education and Development, Oxford, 15-17 September 2009.
Srivastava, P., Public-private partnerships in India: questioning the role of the State. Paper presented for the panel, ‘Globalizing Privatization? Investigating the Global Diffusion of Market-oriented Education Reforms in Chile, India, and China’, 53rd Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, Charleston, USA, 21-26 March 2009.
Srivastava, P., Public-private partnerships in India: institutional context and processes. Paper presented at the 9th UKFIET International Conference on Education and Development, Oxford, 11-13 September 2007.
Hosany, S., Srivastava, P., & Waechter, N., Social capital and attitudes towards immigrants: a cross-cultural comparison of Austria and the United Kingdom using structural equation modelling. Paper presented at the 2007 European Science Foundation QMSS Conference, Prague, 20-23 June 2007.
Srivastava, P. Choosing private: girls’ schooling in India. Paper presented at the 2007 American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Chicago, 9-13 April 2007.
Srivastava, P., Challenging the State?: quality, EFA, and the low-fee private sector in India. Paper presented at the 2006 American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, 7-11 April 2006.
Srivastava, P., Private schooling mediating gender bias?: changing mental models about girls’ schooling in India. Paper presented at the 50th Celebration Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, Honolulu, 14-18 March 2006.
Srivastava, P., The best of the bunch?: questioning the relative quality of the state and low-fee private sectors in India. Paper presented at the 8th UKFIET International Conference on Education and Development, Oxford, 13-15 September 2005.
Srivastava, P., The dynamics of researcher positionality and language in international research. Paper presented at the European Conference on Educational Research, European Educational Research Association, Dublin, 7-10 September 2005.
Srivastava, P., The shadow institutional framework: a new institutional analysis of the low-fee private sector in India. Paper presented at the 2005 American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Montreal, 11-15 April 2005.
Srivastava, P., Altering the framework of education for disadvantaged groups: the low-fee private sector in India. Paper presented at the XIIth World Congress of Comparative Education Societies, Havana, 25-29 October 2004.
Srivastava, P., Using currencies of identity to mediate researcher positionalities in flux. Paper presented at the XXIst Conference of the Comparative Education Society in Europe, Copenhagen, 27 June-1 July 2004.
Srivastava, P., Tipping the balance?: disadvantaged households’ engagement strategies in LFP schooling in India. Paper presented at the Globalisation and Inclusion Conference, University College Cork, Cork, 31 May-1 June 2004.
Srivastava, P., Low-fee private schools for disadvantaged groups in India: implications for educational equity policy. Paper presented at the 2004 American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, San Diego, 12-16 April 2004.
Srivastava, P., & Read, R. Non-state private sector engagement in basic education: a network analysis of implementers and funders in the Global South. NORRAG Philanthropy in Education Symposium Series, Geneva, 22-24 November 2017.
Srivastava, P., & Sutherland, L. Beyond access: silent exclusion and meaningful access in government and private schooling in India. 2017 UKFIET International Conference on Education and Development, Oxford, 5-7 September 2017.
Lafleur, M., & Srivastava, P. Shaping learners' identity in India: children's accounts of stigmatization and corporal punishment. 2017 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for the Study of International Development, Toronto, 31 May-2 June 2017.
Read, R., & Srivastava, P. Mapping non-state private sector engagement and investment in basic education in developing countries. 2017 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for the Study of International Development, Toronto, 31 May-2 June 2017.
Srivastava, P., & Sutherland, L. Meaningful access to public and private schooling in India: issues of gender, class, and caste. 2017 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for the Study of International Development, Toronto, 31 May-2 June 2017.
Lafleur, M., & Srivastava, P. Children’s experiences of social exclusion and inclusion in private schools in India. 61st Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, Atlanta, 5-9 March 2017.
Read, R., & Srivastava, P. Philanthropic and Philanthropic-type Education Engagement: regional actors and investment in Asia—the problem of definition. 61st Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, Atlanta, 5-9 March 2017.
Sutherland, L., & Srivastava, P. Enrolment as only half the story: gendered patterns and experiences of meaningful access in India. 60th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, Vancouver, 6-10 March 2016.
Srivastava, P., The second wave of the low-fee private sector: corporate-backed chains in the Global South. Paper presented at the 13th UKFIET International Conference on Education and Development, Oxford, 15-17 September 2015.
Srivastava, P., On the 'low-ness' of fees: questioning assumptions of affordability in the low-fee private sector. Pop-up talk, 13th UKFIET International Conference on Education and Development, Oxford, 15-17 September 2015.
Srivastava, P., The global scaling-up of low-fee private schooling: the nexus between business, philanthropy, and PPPs. 59th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, Washington, D.C., 8-13 March 2015.
Srivastava, P., New global philanthropy in the new moment of the politics of education. 5th International Conference of the Comparative Education Society of India, New Delhi, 16-17 November 2014.
Srivastava, P., Contradictions and the persistence of the mobilizing frames of privatization: interrogating the global evidence on low-fee private schooling. Paper presented at the 58th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, Toronto, 10-15 March 2014.
Srivastava, P., & Noronha, C., Private sector growth in a decade of universal elementary education under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. Paper presented at the 58th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, Toronto, 10-15 March 2014.
Srivastava, P., Beyond ‘privatisation’: new conceptualisations and macro-policy framing taking India’s Right to Education Act as a case. Paper presented at the 12th UKFIET International Conference on Education and Development, Oxford, 10–12 September 2013.
Srivastava, P., & Noronha, C., Institutional framing of the Right to Education Act: contest, controversy, and concessions. Paper presented at the XV World Congress of Comparative Education Societies, Buenos Aires, 24-28 June 2013.
Noronha, C., & Srivastava, P., The Right to Education Act in India and private schooling: a case study in Delhi. Paper presented at the PERI Asia Regional Conference, Open Society Institute, Kathmandu, Nepal, 26-28 September 2012.
Srivastava, P., The implementation of the 2009 Right to Education Act in India: private schools and access. 56th Annual Conference of the Comparative International Education Society, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 22-27 April 2012.
Srivastava, P., & Noronha, C., Privatisation and education for disadvantaged groups in India: institutional responses and social implications. Paper presented at the PERI Asia Regional Conference, Open Society Institute, Kathmandu, 18-20 August 2011.
Srivastava, P., Privatization and Education for All: unravelling the mobilizing frames. Paper presented for the panel, ‘Education for Transformation’, 55th Annual Conference of the Comparative International Education Society, Montreal, 1-5 May 2011.
Srivastava, P. Low-fee private schooling: aggravating equity or mediating disadvantage? Research panel, XIV World Congress of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies, Istanbul, 14-18 June 2010.
Srivastava, P., & Oh, S., Private foundations, partnership, and development aid in education: mapping the terrain. Paper presented at the 10th UKFIET International Conference on Education and Development, Oxford, 15-17 September 2009.
Srivastava, P., Public-private partnerships in India: questioning the role of the State. Paper presented for the panel, ‘Globalizing Privatization? Investigating the Global Diffusion of Market-oriented Education Reforms in Chile, India, and China’, 53rd Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, Charleston, USA, 21-26 March 2009.
Srivastava, P., Public-private partnerships in India: institutional context and processes. Paper presented at the 9th UKFIET International Conference on Education and Development, Oxford, 11-13 September 2007.
Hosany, S., Srivastava, P., & Waechter, N., Social capital and attitudes towards immigrants: a cross-cultural comparison of Austria and the United Kingdom using structural equation modelling. Paper presented at the 2007 European Science Foundation QMSS Conference, Prague, 20-23 June 2007.
Srivastava, P. Choosing private: girls’ schooling in India. Paper presented at the 2007 American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Chicago, 9-13 April 2007.
Srivastava, P., Challenging the State?: quality, EFA, and the low-fee private sector in India. Paper presented at the 2006 American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, 7-11 April 2006.
Srivastava, P., Private schooling mediating gender bias?: changing mental models about girls’ schooling in India. Paper presented at the 50th Celebration Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, Honolulu, 14-18 March 2006.
Srivastava, P., The best of the bunch?: questioning the relative quality of the state and low-fee private sectors in India. Paper presented at the 8th UKFIET International Conference on Education and Development, Oxford, 13-15 September 2005.
Srivastava, P., The dynamics of researcher positionality and language in international research. Paper presented at the European Conference on Educational Research, European Educational Research Association, Dublin, 7-10 September 2005.
Srivastava, P., The shadow institutional framework: a new institutional analysis of the low-fee private sector in India. Paper presented at the 2005 American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Montreal, 11-15 April 2005.
Srivastava, P., Altering the framework of education for disadvantaged groups: the low-fee private sector in India. Paper presented at the XIIth World Congress of Comparative Education Societies, Havana, 25-29 October 2004.
Srivastava, P., Using currencies of identity to mediate researcher positionalities in flux. Paper presented at the XXIst Conference of the Comparative Education Society in Europe, Copenhagen, 27 June-1 July 2004.
Srivastava, P., Tipping the balance?: disadvantaged households’ engagement strategies in LFP schooling in India. Paper presented at the Globalisation and Inclusion Conference, University College Cork, Cork, 31 May-1 June 2004.
Srivastava, P., Low-fee private schools for disadvantaged groups in India: implications for educational equity policy. Paper presented at the 2004 American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, San Diego, 12-16 April 2004.
