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The report was written by former SASNET intern Maliha Shir Mohammad and is a summary of her MA thesis. In her report "Education as an empowerment tool for women in Afghanistan: the insider perspectives of educated Afghan women", Maliha Shir Mohammad explores the understudied topic of the lived experiences of educated Afghan women and investigates their perspectives on education as an empowerment t

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/new-sasnet-report-education-women-afghanistan - 2026-01-17

SASNET and the Association of Foreign Affairs in Lund (UPF) jointly organized a seminar on “Tibet as an (Inter)National Problem” – focusing on China’s and India’s respective roles in Tibet, on Wednesday 20 April 2016, at 19.00. The speaker was Dr. Dibyesh Anand, Associate Professor in International Relations and the Head of the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University o

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnetupf-seminar-indias-and-chinas-roles-tibet - 2026-01-17

Dr. Amrita Ghosh, currently visiting researcher at SASNET, released her report "Fuzzy Borders and Postcolonial Forgotten Zones: The Case of Indo-Bangladeshi Enclaves" as part of a preliminary pilot project focusing on questions of identity and space across the complex Bengal borderlands. The full report is now available on our website. Abstract: This is a preliminary pilot project that encompasses

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/new-sasnet-report-indo-bangladeshi-borderlands - 2026-01-17

On 10 Feburary 2021, SASNET together with the Lund University Center for Theology and Religious Studies (CTR) hosted a virtual workshop on "Nordic Collaboration in Research and Education on Indian Religions". After a welcome by the organisers Dr. Kristina Myrvold, Visiting Professor at CTR, and Dr. Andreas Johansson, SASNET Director, scholars from institutions in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Swede

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-and-ctr-organised-nordic-workshop-indian-religions - 2026-01-17

For the second year, SASNET invited researchers at Lund University to apply for a one-month position (”ansökningsmånad”) at SASNET in which to prepare a research application with a South Asian focus. SASNET have granted two proposals this year. The two proposals granted was gender studies researcher Maria Tonini’s project “A new lesbian visibility? Queer women and social media in contemporary Indi

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-grant-applications-one-month-position-prepare-research-application - 2026-01-17

Patel is currently in Sweden as a Kerstin Hesselgren visiting professor, co-hosted by SASNET. On Wednesday, 7 April 2021, from 10:15 to 12:00, Prof. Sujata Patel will hold a virtual inaugural lecture, marking the start of her 2021 Kerstin Hesselgren visiting professorship. The inaugural lecture, entitled ’Colonialism and Its Knowledges’, addresses the ways in which the postcolonial, the decolonial

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/inaugural-lecture-sujata-patel-umea-university - 2026-01-17

On 17 May at 18:00, SASNET invites you to join the virtual book launch of Anna Lindberg's first novel, Ameena's Journey (or the book that wrote itself). In her book, Lindberg tells the story of Ameena, a young girl from eastern Afghanistan who is forced to flee with her family from the Taliban and embarks on a tumultuous journey that eventually leads her to Sweden. For more information about the b

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/book-launch-ameenas-resa-anna-lindberg - 2026-01-17

See pictures from the Networking Day taken by Andreas Johansson, research coordinator at SASNET. The Networking Day was organised in collaboration with researchers at University of Copenhagen, and opened with an introductory addressed by David Ludden (photo), Professor of History at New York University and former President of the Association for Asian Studies. The planning committee for this event

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/pictures-networking-day - 2026-01-17

The project "A Nation and its Fault Lines" was launched in June 2021 and is led by SASNET researchers Dr. Amrita Ghosh and Dr. Isha Dubey. The project focuses on the historical ruptures within the Indian nation since the Partition of 1947, 1971 and the present, which includes the long Kashmir conflict as a painful legacy of colonial border demarcations and the construction of the two nation-states

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/new-sasnet-research-project-partition-and-its-aftereffects - 2026-01-17

The issue, which is the result of a workshop at Lund University in 2020, is now available online. The latest issue of the Asian Ethnology journal, published in July 2021, features essays and reviews exploring various aspects of nationalism in the South Asian region. Links to the articles of Asian Ethnology 80 (1) can be found here. The articles are the joint outcome of a two-day workshop at Lund U

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/special-issue-asian-ethnology-south-asian-nationalisms - 2026-01-17

On August 12, 2021, The Swedish Institute of International Affairs’ (UI) South Asia Initiative and Swedish South Asian Studies Network (SASNET) at Lund University released Indienpodden (the India Podcast) which brings experts from South Asia and Sweden together to discuss different aspects of democracy in India and the South Asian region. The podcast is targeted to a Swedish audience and mainly pr

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/new-podcast-zooms-democracy-india - 2026-01-17

Ted Svensson is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, Lund University. He has worked at Lund University since 2009 and he obtained his PhD at the University of Warwick, United Kingdom. His research has consistently revolved around issues pertaining to South Asia, often with a focus on imperialism, state formation and nationalism. At the moment, he is finalising a monograph on

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-welcomes-ted-svensson - 2026-01-17

Från en droppe blod har blodbilden analyserats hos autoantikroppspositiva TEDDY deltagare. Läs om resultatet i sammanfattningen: Påverkas blodbilden hos autoantikroppspositiva TEDDY-barn? Alla TEDDY-studiens resultat samlas på sidan ”Resultat från TEDDY”

https://www.teddy.lu.se/artikel/paverkas-blodbilden-hos-autoantikroppspositiva-teddy-barn - 2026-01-17

Var med och uppmärksamma världsdiabetesdagen! I Malmö den 12 november och Kristianstad den 13 november kommer företag som är verksamma inom diabetesområdet ställa ut och föreläsare berättar om det senaste inom diabetesforskningen. I Malmö kommer medeonstipendiet delas ut till TEDDY forskaren professor Helena Elding Larsson och TEDDY mottagningen i Malmö finns på plats med information om diabetesst

https://www.teddy.lu.se/artikel/varldsdiabetesdagen-2022 - 2026-01-17

Hur är kunskapen om typ 1-diabetes i Sverige? På uppdrag av Barndiabetesfonden har Kantar Sifo gjort en undersökning som visar hur kunskapsnivån är i samhället. Läs rapporten på Barndiabetesfondens hemsida (nytt fönster)

https://www.teddy.lu.se/artikel/vad-vet-svenska-folket-om-typ-1-diabetes - 2026-01-17

Blodprov tagna på alla forskningspersoner som är aktiva i TEDDY studien har undersökts för antikroppar mot virus SARS-CoV-2 (sars-coronavirus-2). Det virus som orsakar Covid-19. Läs om anaylsen: När fick TEDDY barnen sars-coronavirus-2 antikroppar?

https://www.teddy.lu.se/artikel/nar-fick-teddy-barnen-sars-coronavirus-2-antikroppar - 2026-01-17

Nu finns svensk sammanfattning på TEDDYs publikation nummer 134.  Vilken genotyp var den vanligaste hos de barn som utvecklade autoimmun (typ 1) diabetes? Hur lång tid tog det från det att barnet fick sin första autoantikropp tills barnet fick diabetesdiagnos? Hitta svaren genom att läsa sammanfattningen: Finns det skillnader i förlopp för autoimmun (typ 1) diabetes beroende på ålder vid diagnos?

https://www.teddy.lu.se/artikel/finns-det-skillnader-nar-barnet-utvecklar-autoimmun-typ-1-diabetes - 2026-01-17

Missa inte att läsa den intressanta nyheten om TEDDY som Region Skåne publiserat. Skånska barn hjälper till att lösa gåtan med diabetes typ-1 (Nytt fönster)

https://www.teddy.lu.se/artikel/skanska-barn-hjalper-till-att-losa-gatan-med-autoimmun-typ-1-diabetes - 2026-01-17

TEDDY har banat vägen för många andra studier som GraIn, PreCiSe, POInT mm och likaså för TRIAD. Här har Sverige och Danmark gått ihop för att för att hitta de barn som redan har eller har ökad risk för att utveckla de autoimmuna sjukdomarna: autoimmun (typ 1) diabetes, celiaki och sköldkörtelsjukdomar. Detta görs genom att undersöka förekomsten av autoantikroppar i ett blodprov.  Lyssna och se på

https://www.teddy.lu.se/artikel/vad-ar-triad - 2026-01-17

Kan för lite eller för mycket vitamin D öka risken att utveckla celiaki? TEDDY-forskaren Carin Andren Aronsson har undersökt detta och resutatet är publicerat i Frontiers in Nutrition. Läs den svenska sammanfattningen: Påverkar vitamin D-nivån i blodet risken för celiaki?   Alla TEDDY-studiens resultat samlas på sidan ”Resultat från TEDDY”

https://www.teddy.lu.se/artikel/paverkar-vitamin-d-nivan-i-blodet-risken-celiaki - 2026-01-17