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More than 50 Nordic researchers and academics from 20 universities in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland participated in the Networking Day on South Asian Studies, that SASNET organized in Lund on Monday 25 April 2016. They are all working on South Asia-related issues, and were invited to discuss ways to expand collaboration on education and research. The meeting addressed the question: How we ca

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/lund-meeting-resulted-formation-new-nordic-south-asian-studies-network - 2025-12-13

Dr. Taberez Ahmed Neyazi has co-authored an article entitled “Campaigns, Digital Media, and Mobilization in India” with Anup Kumar and Holli A. Semetko. The article is published in the International Journal of Press/Politics. Neyazi, who is Assistant Professor of Political Communication at the Centre for Culture, Media & Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia University in Delhi, and also India’s Coordi

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/interesting-piece-indian-election-studies - 2025-12-13

Soumi Banjeree, 28, is currently doing a PhD at Lund University’s School of Social Work and occupied the coordinator position at SASNET during the autumn. Alongside organising and making sure panellists make their way to Lund for our seminars, she has drafted research articles and worked on her PhD thesis this past semester. However, Banerjee's position as coordinator in 2022 was not her first ass

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/soumi-banerjee-shrinking-civic-spaces-india-ngos-are-attempting-shift-away-activism - 2025-12-13

Professor Meera Chakravorty from the Dept. of Cultural Studies at Jain University, Bangalore, India, visited Sweden in the first week of April 2016. Meera Chakravorty gave two interesting lectures. The main function was at Sigtunastiftelsen (the Sigtuna Foundation) in the small town of Sigtuna, outside Stockholm. Here, she was invited to to speak on ”Rabindranath Tagore: The Poet of Joy” in connec

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/bangalore-professor-toured-lund-university-and-sigtuna - 2025-12-13

Ted Svensson has published the article "Transcending antagonism in South Asia: advancing agonistic peace through the Partition Museum" in the journal Peacebuilding. In the article, which was published in the journal Peacebuilding in late December 2022, Svensson analyses the Partition Museum in Amritsar as a rare opportunity to, in an agonistic manner, challenge and undo the antagonism that was ena

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-director-publishes-article-transcending-antagonism-south-asia - 2025-12-13

Together with Department of Political Science we are are organizing a talk with Assistant Professor Nitasha Kaul from the University of Westminister, UK on Thursday, May 19 at 3.15-5.00 pm in the large conference room (room 367) at the Political Science Department. Dr. Nitasha Kaul is a Kashmiri novelist, academic, economist and poet. She is currently an Assistant Professor in Department of Politi

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnetpolitical-science-seminar-neoliberal-nationalism-india - 2025-12-13

Are you a student enrolled in the Bachelor course in journalism at the Department of Communication and Media at Lund University? Then you are eligible to apply for our grant to conduct fieldworkd in South Asia. Applicants for this grant must be students within the Bachelor course in journalism at the Department of Communication and Media, Lund University. Most importantly, your fieldwork must take

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/apply-sasnet-travel-grant-journalism-students - 2025-12-13

Are you planning to write your thesis topic related to at least one of the South Asian countries? Or have you already defended your thesis with a connection to the region? Then the SASNET Best South Asia Thesis Award may be for you. The Award has been awarded since 2022 and is given to an excellent Bachelor or Master thesis in the humanities or social sciences (broadly conceived), which has been s

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/apply-our-best-south-asia-thesis-award-20222023 - 2025-12-13

In the coming four years Mine Islar, Senior lecturer at LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies), will lead projects working on sustainable development, political ecology and social justice in the intersection of climate change and biodiversity in the Himalayas.  The funding was granted for two projects by the Swedish government research council for sustainable development FORMAS

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/mine-islar-receives-funding-studying-climate-change-and-biodiversity-himalayas - 2025-12-13

Soumi Banerjee, Tabita Rosendal and Sunny Gurumayum were all chosen to receive this semester's SASNET Doctoral travel grant. Read more about their individual projects here. SASNET has decided to award travel grants to three doctoral students at Lund University. They will use the grant to fund their fieldwork in India and Sri Lanka during the coming months. Soumi Banerjee: "Performing legitimacy in

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/three-doctoral-students-receive-sasnet-travel-grant - 2025-12-13

PhD candidate Maria Tonini at the Department of Gender Studies at Lund University defended her doctoral dissertation entitled ”The Ambiguities of Recognition – Young Queer Sexualities in Contemporary India” on Friday 13 May 2016. The faculty opponent was Professor Jyoti Puri from Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Venue: Auditoriet/Hörsalen, Kulturen, Tegnérplatsen in Lund. The thesis de

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/doctoral-thesis-homosexuality-contemporary-india - 2025-12-13

Read about our activities during 2022 in our newly published Activity Report. During 2022, SASNET conducted a wide range of activities to promote, support and disseminate research on South Asia at Lund University.  From arranging activities in collaboration with academic departments, research groups and student organisations at the University, SASNET also awarded several researchers with grants fo

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-activity-report-2022-published - 2025-12-13

Two visiting Indian researchers – Dr V. Sivasubramanian and Professor N Thajuddin, held an appreciated SASNET lecture at Lund University on Monday 23 May 2016, 13.15–14.00. The seminar, organized in collaboration with the Division of Environmental and Energy Systems Studies, Department of Technology and Society at Lund University, was entitled ”Microalgal  Biotechnology and Phycoremediation techno

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-seminar-successful-indian-microalgal-biotechnology-research - 2025-12-13

PhD candidate Andreas Johansson at the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies (CTR), Lund University, defended his doctoral dissertation entitled ”Pragmatic Muslim Politics. The Case of Sri Lanka Muslim Congress” on Friday 27 May 2016, at 10.00. Andreas is also connected to the Department of Cultural Sciences, Linnaeus University in Växjö/Kalmar, and has therefore had double supervisors,  Prof.

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/andreas-johansson-defends-thesis-muslim-politics-sri-lanka - 2025-12-13

The Social Sciences Faculty Library, Sambib, has added content to the large database Sage Research Methods. From January 2025 you will have access to Sage Cases and Sage Foundations, in addition to the already available resources. Sage CasesAuthentic cases taken from research projects, where the reader can follow how methods were selected and applied. The database is particularly useful when teach

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-sage-research-methods - 2025-12-13

Due to a vacancy in the Faculty Board a by-election is now being held. You have until 3 March to cast your vote. Since Torsten Krause has been offered and accepted the assignment as deputy director of LUCSUS, a by-election is now being held to replace his position as teaching staff member with research expertise in the Faculty Board.  All those entitled to vote and nominate had the opportunity to

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/vote-election-faculty-board-0 - 2025-12-13

Scopus AI is a research tool that uses Scopus content to help you understand or explore a research area. You can ask natural language questions in both Swedish and English. Answers are based on abstracts found in Scopus and are given in the form of a summary with references, concept map and suggestions for further study. Use Scopus AI to explore topics - it becomes a complement to your search.Find

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/lund-university-now-provides-access-scopus-ai-tool - 2025-12-13

In February, Emma Tullberg began her position as project manager with responsibility for building up the Faculty's support function for commissioned education. Emma will be part of the education team at the Faculty Office and work closely with the deputy dean with responsibility for education and the vice dean with responsibility for collaboration. In 2024, the vice-chancellor decided to decentral

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-support-function-commissioned-education - 2025-12-13

The University is establishing a new Centre for Preparedness and Resilience (LUPREP) at Campus Helsingborg. By strengthening research, collaboration and education in total defence and preparedness, the aim is to meet society's increasing need for security and crisis management. The Centre for Preparedness and Resilience is organised by the Faculty of Social Sciences, but seven of the university's

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-centre-preparedness-and-resilience-be-established - 2025-12-13

The by-election to the Faculty Board has now been completed and Annika Björkdahl has been appointed as a new board member. Due to a vacancy in the Faculty Board in the category of teaching staff member with research expertise, the Faculty held a by-election between 17 February and 3 March. A public count of votes has now taken place at the Faculty Office. The election results show that Annika Björ

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-member-faculty-board - 2025-12-13