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Cooperation between the Nordic region and India is expanding and deepening. Government, industry and people-to-people connections are wide-ranging. With expanding connections follows a greater need to understand one another’s past, present - and possible futures - when shaping policy and strategy. The Project for Nordic-India Relations (PNIR) is a public-private partnership born out of an identifi

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/networks/project-nordic-india-relationship-pnir - 2026-01-17

Read and download published SASNET reports.   Fuzzy Borders and Postcolonial Forgotten Zones: The Case of Indo-Bangladeshi Enclaves Amrita Ghosh (2021) Education as an empowerment tool for women in Afghanistan Maliha Shir Mohammad (2021) The Development of the Theological and Political Aspects of Jihadi-Salafism Orwa Ajjoub (2021) Islamic Reformism and malayāḷi ummah in Nineteenth-Century Colonial

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/research/publications/sasnet-reports - 2026-01-17

Throughout the summer of 2020, violent extremist organizations continued their activities in South Asia. Though violence is a major element in jihadist ideology, this report directs our attention to the wider implications of jihadi propaganda. Values concerning rights, democracy, and equality are all subverted and targeted by jihadi political messaging, working to the detriment of local and intern

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/research/publications/sasnet-reports/violent-jihadist-ideology-south-asia-socio-political-implications - 2026-01-17

Maliha recently completed her master's degree in Gender Studies at Lund University. Previously, she obtained degrees in Asian Studies and International Relations from Lund University and Malmö University. Her academic work focuses on women's rights in Afghanistan and various aspects of the lives of Afghan women in Sweden. She has written about domestic violence in the Afghan diaspora in Sweden and

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/staff/maliha-shir-mohammad - 2026-01-17

SASNET is hosting an online conference on "Rethinking the Politics of Memory in South Asia" on 9-10 December 2020.     Context: The current debates around the politics of memory and memorialization reinforce that the act of remembrance and forgetting in the present does not exist in isolation from the past that informs them. This mnemohistorical continuity becomes even more apparent in the current

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/activities/previous-sasnet-events/sasnet-conference-2020-rethinking-politics-memory-south-asia - 2026-01-17

This paper offers a social history of the relationship between Islamic reform and malayāḷi Muslim in the context of colonial Kerala. Kerala Muslims are one of the largest Muslim communities in India, and a majority are the descendants of Arab traders and local women, or of local converts known as Mappilas. This article relates the reformist agenda in the writings of Sayyid Sanā’ullāh Makti Tan

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/research/publications/sasnet-reports/islamic-reformism-and-malayali-ummah-nineteenth-century-colonial-kerala-south-west-indian-ocean - 2026-01-17

SASNET promotes knowledge of the South Asian region by drawing attention to and bringing together publications about the region here. Previously, SASNET produced its own research report publication series and the academic publication Chakra: A Nordic Journal of South Asian Studies. They can be found below. Read and download recent publications here.   Lund University Publications Chakra Journal SA

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/research/publications - 2026-01-17

SASNET participates in or has established partnerships with several networks within the Nordic region and beyond, focusing on the South Asian subcontinent. Find out more about SASNET's partners by clicking on the links below.   Project for Nordic-India Relations (PNIR) PNIR is a public-private partnership and is part of the Asia programme at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI).  As

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/networks - 2026-01-17

Find out more about SASNET's previous scholarships and guest researchers. SASNET has had reseachers from the start, many of whom have come through short-term fellowships:  The ICCR professorship An ICCR professorship programme was run at Lund University during four years, 2010–2014. The programme was an outcome of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICC

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/research/former-research/former-researchers - 2026-01-17

Here you can find an overview of previous SASNET projects.   Cross-cultural and Cross-disciplinary Collaborations: Gender, Space, and Precariousness in Asia Memory, Memorialization and the Politics of Forgetting A Nation and its Fault Lines

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/research/former-research/former-projects - 2026-01-17

From its inception in 2000 until today, SASNET has been led by four directors, Staffan Lindberg (2000-2007), Anna Lindberg (2007-2016), Andreas Johansson (2016-2021) and the current SASNET director Ted Svensson. Read more about the previous directors and their work by clicking on the links below.   Staffan Lindberg Staffan Lindberg was SASNET Director from 2000 to 2007. Anna Lindberg Anna Lindberg

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/about-sasnet/brief-history-sasnet/former-directors - 2026-01-17

Interdisciplinarity is at the core of what we do. Graduate School has adopted an interdisciplinary approach in its programmes to better serve the interests of students and prepare them for critical thinking and understanding the complexities of the ever-changing world around us.  One of the benefits of studying at Graduate School is that you can tailor your education to suit your personal learning

https://graduateschool.sam.lu.se/admissions/interested-pursuing-masters-programme-graduate-school/why-study-interdisciplinary-programme-graduate-school - 2026-01-17

Students with a Master's degree in Development Studies, Global Studies or Social Studies of Gender can pursue a research career through doctoral studies, or enter the field of policy and/or practice in an international organisation, NGO, or governmental agency. Since the inception of the programmes, here are some of the job titles that our alumni had after 1-2 years of graduation: Assistant Develo

https://graduateschool.sam.lu.se/career-prospects - 2026-01-17

7,5 CREDITS | SPRING TERM This course is an introductory course in quantitative methods at Master's level. The course will also be open to staff at the faculty who want to improve their knowledge in this area, e.g. in order to be able to teach quantitative methods courses or supervise students using quantitative methods in their thesis. OverviewBasic concepts in quantitative methodsThe aim of this

https://graduateschool.sam.lu.se/course-catalogue/courses-methods-and-theory-science/spring-term-courses-methods-and-theory-science/introduction-quantitative-methods-simm16 - 2026-01-17

7,5 CREDITS | SPRING TERM OverviewUsing advanced quantitative analysisThis course introduces the most widespread methods of multivariate analysis in social sciences. The course aims to give you knowledge of the multivariate statistical techniques most commonly used within the social sciences,as well as an understanding of the kind of research questions that each technique can be used to address.Te

https://graduateschool.sam.lu.se/course-catalogue/courses-methods-and-theory-science/spring-term-courses-methods-and-theory-science/quantitative-methods-multivariate-analysis-simm32 - 2026-01-17

Graduate School offers programmes in Development Studies, Global Studies, Social Scientific Data Analysis, Social Studies of Gender, and Society and Politics of the Contemporary Middle East here. These five master's programmes are unique and allow you to get deeper insight into both the theme of the programme while keeping a strong foundation within your major. What are the main differences betwee

https://graduateschool.sam.lu.se/admissions/interested-pursuing-masters-programme-graduate-school/our-masters-programmes - 2026-01-17

An elective term - tailor your education! The third term is an opportunity for students to make a personal footprint on their master’s degree! OverviewInternship, exchange studies, or elective courses?Maybe you would like to get a taste of life after graduation by doing an internship either in Sweden or abroad? Or maybe you prefer to take elective courses, at Lund University or another recognised

https://graduateschool.sam.lu.se/course-catalogue/information-about-third-term - 2026-01-17

7,5 CREDITS | SPRING TERM Digital media research methods matter to a critical study of digital environments. The course focuses on combining empirical qualitative research with critical social and cultural theories in order to emphasise how the digital media researcher uses, adapts and critically reflects on methods and concepts to research problems or questions. OverviewAnalyzing social media and

https://graduateschool.sam.lu.se/course-catalogue/courses-methods-and-theory-science/spring-term-courses-methods-and-theory-science/digital-media-research-simm34 - 2026-01-17

This is a set of resources introducing SPSS, and how to use it. They were created by Mimmi Barmark at the Department of Sociology, and are narrated in Swedish but subtitled in English. OverviewBackgroundMimmi Barmark has co-authored “Statistisk verktygslåda 0”, a Swedish introduction to statistical methods (link here) and the resources below can be used as chapter companions to that book or as sta

https://graduateschool.sam.lu.se/course-catalogue/masters-thesis/methods-resources-thesis-writing/how-use-spss - 2026-01-17

7,5 CREDITS | SPRING TERM The course is based on a digital ethnographical approach in order to study how social interaction and social worlds today are played out in online and offline environments. This means that traditional social scientific concepts and distinctions are articulated in new ways. OverviewHighlights what we study, and howDigital ethnography focuses on the various ways in which so

https://graduateschool.sam.lu.se/course-catalogue/courses-methods-and-theory-science/spring-term-courses-methods-and-theory-science/digital-ethnography-simm35 - 2026-01-17