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Education

Ph.D. Indiana University

Biography

My research examines how globalization and political economy shape economic development, distributional outcomes, and gender relations. My research agenda is oriented toward three classic sociological questions: (1) how has the global reorganization of production near the turn of the last century affected developmental prospects for countries in the Global South, (2) how do globalization and political economy shape income inequality, poverty, and well-being within countries, both rich and developing, and (3) how do development and globalization shape gender relations and family systems in the developing world. Most of my work is cross-national in scope and uses quantitative macro-comparative methods.

Research and Teaching Interests

• Globalization & Development
• Comparative Political Economy
• Social Stratification
• Gender
• Quantitative Methods

Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Pandian, Roshan K. 2025. “Overstatement of GDP Growth in Autocracies and the Recent Decline in Global Inequality.”
• Mahutga, Matthew, Manjing Gao, and Roshan K. Pandian. 2025. “Global Value Chains and Union Decline in Rich Democracies.”
• Pandian, Roshan K. 2024. “The Decline of Global Inequality in the 21st Century: Reconsidering the Industrial Transformation Thesis.”
• Pandian, Roshan K. 2024. “Reconsidering the Relationship Between Educational Hypogamy and Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence from India.”
• Pandian, Roshan K. 2024. “Globalization of Production, Manufacturing Employment, and Income Inequality in Developing Nations.”
• Pandian, Roshan K. & Keera Allendorf. 2022. “The Rise of Sonless Families in Asia and North Africa.”