The Centre for the Study of Labour and Mobility (CESLAM) is a research centre established within Social Science Baha in 2011 to contribute to enhance the understanding of labour and migration issues in Nepal. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, CESLAM conducts high- quality, policy relevant research and engages in other activities to attain its four broad objectives:

• Contribute to broader theories and understandings on labour and mobility by cultivating new insights through interdisciplinary research;
• Conduct reliable, policy-relevant research on critical issues affecting working people and develop policy alternatives;
• Serve as a forum to foster academic, policy, and public debates about labour and mobility through an open interchange of ideas; and Disseminate knowledge to a broad range of audience using a variety of academic, policy, and media outlets.

CESLAM has provided technical, advisory and policy support to a host of government agencies and other organisations, including Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security, the Foreign Employment Board, the International Labour Organisation, UN Women and the South Asian Regional Trade Union Council. It has also collaborated and conducted research in partnership with international and national academic institutions such as Toronto Metropolitan University, Tribhuvan University, Tufts University, University of Birmingham, University of Essex and Yale University.