January 11, 2023 The Christian Science Monitor
Patrick Heller comments for The Christian Science Monitor on the Kerala model of economic and social development.
December 13, 2021 The Hindu
Patrick Heller co-authored this article, which delves into Kerala's social democracy and the subsequent success of the southern region.
July 12, 2021 The Hindu
Patrick Heller penned this article in the Hindu.
June 7, 2021 News Click
This article references a study by Patrick Heller that found that countries led by elected autocrats are the most dismal performers in the fight against COVID-19.
June 1, 2021 The Hindu
In this opinion piece, Patrick Heller explains how elected officials in the U.S., Brazil, and India made the effects of the pandemic worse.
April 9, 2021 Brasil de Fato
Patrick Heller in Brasil de Fato, "Judging by this pattern, the societal body and more specifically, the political body of today’s Brazil seems absolutely catastrophic."
February 3, 2021 The Hindu
Patrick Heller provides commentary on the rapid growth of Kerala.
December 2, 2020 HuffPost
Patrick Heller in the Huffington Post, "This isn’t magic...The kind of investments required – in high-quality education, health care and safety nets ― are relatively straightforward. Making them effectively is the challenge."
April 20, 2020 The Hindu
Patrick Heller penned this article explaining the ways in which the state of Kerala has reacted to the growing pandemic, including flattening the curve and a pivot within local governments.
April 7, 2020
In March 2020, Patrick Heller collaborated with Georgetown University and the Urban Spatial Observatory led in part by former Watson postdoc Rajesh Veeraraghavan to create India's first Covid-19 map.
February 21, 2020
In February 2020, Patrick Heller and Ashutosh Varshney received a grant of $200,00 from the Ford Foundation for their ongoing project on Citizenship and Urban Governance in India. The grant will allow them to do research in several Indian cities.
January 22, 2020 CPR ThoughtSpace
In this podcast epsiode, President and Chief Executive of CPR ThoughtSpace, Yamini Aiyar, talks with Watson faculty member Patrick Heller about the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Latin America.
September 24, 2018
Professors Ashutosh Varshney and Patrick Heller recently received a Ford Foundation grant of $200,000 for their ongoing project on Citizenship and Urban Governance in India.
November 29, 2016
Two Watson scholars, Ashutosh Varshney and Patrick Heller, along with fellow experts, recently released a working paper on the quality of urban citizenship and access to services in Bangalore.
December 8, 2015 The Times of India
Ashutosh Varshney and Patrick Heller discuss Modi's newly announced urban plan entitled Smart Cities in the India Times, "Perhaps the most telling evidence of the importance of participation comes from the experience of the poor and less educated in Bangalore. We found that although participation rates overall are low, the poor who do participate get a better quality of life in terms of access to basic infrastructure and services than those who do not participate."
July 24, 2015
A new book edited by Patrick Heller, sociologist and Watson faculty, and Vijayendra Rao, a lead economist at The World Bank, offers the first interdisciplinary exploration of the role of deliberation in development.
April 29, 2015
According to Patrick Heller, professor of sociology and international affairs and an adviser on the recently released India Exclusion Report 2013-14, "This report is a path-breaking effort to provide reliable and systematic data and analysis on patterns of social exclusion in India. By exposing the ways in which policies across areas as diverse as education, health, employment and urban planning are failing to include the most marginalized and the most vulnerable, the report can serve as a vital resource for policy and opinion-makers alike."
May 28, 2014
In the Providence Journal, Patrick Heller, professor of sociology and international studies, discusses what India needs from its newly elected Prime Minister and why Modi may be the person to turn things around.
May 8, 2013
Listen to Patrick Heller talk about the challenge of creating an inclusive India in an interview on Almirah Radio, recorded in Delhi where he is currently a visiting fellow at the Center for Policy Research. Almirah Radio is produced by Meara Sharma '11 and Henry Peck '11, with support from the Brown-India Initiative.
February 6, 2013
Writing in the Indian Express, Patrick Heller explains the complex social dynamics revealed by the popular protest that has filled Delhi since the gangrape and murder of a young woman in December. He cautions that it's too soon to measure the results of more than a month of street demonstrations and public outcry. "The movement has already succeeded in starting a public conversation, the first step towards changing gender norms," writes Heller. "Whether or not it can translate this discursive moment into institutional change will of course depend on how parties and the state respond."