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On 15–17 August 2016, the Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM) at Oslo University organizes a PhD course entitled ”Global Food Governance: The Role of Non-State Actors”. The objective of the interdisciplinary course is to critically analyse the changing nature of global food governance: the norms, rules and institutions that govern international political and economic interactions in t

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/phd-course-global-food-governance-oslo-university - 2025-12-17

On 15-16 September 2016, the Department of Linguistics and Philology at Uppsala University hosts a workshop to discuss issues concerning the typological profiles of the major language families of South Asia. The workshop convener is Professor Anju Saxena, and confirmed speakers include Gregory Andersson from the Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages; Sonal Kulkarni-Joshi from Deccan Co

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/uppsala-university-workshop-typological-profiles-language-families-south-asia - 2025-12-17

The Fifth International Conference on Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Plant Biomass – Bioproducts, Biocatalysts, and Biorefinery (SUTB4) will be hosted by the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) in Coimbatore, India, 17 – 18 November 2016. The conference organised in association with Lund University; the SASNET Fermented Foods reserach network; the Indian Biomass Association (IBA); the P

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/coimbatore-conference-sustainable-utilization-tropical-plant-biomass - 2025-12-17

On Monday 20 June 2016, Assistant Professor Khalid Wasim from the School of Rural Development at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in Mumbai, India, met with SASNET deputy director Lars Eklund. Wasim had come to Europe for a month long stay at University of Münster in Germany, but took a chance also to visit Lund University and SASNET with an aim to search for research collaboration. His fo

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/khalid-wasim-tiss-visited-sasnet-lund - 2025-12-17

In early June 2016, Professor J B Prajapati, Head of the Dairy Microbiology Department, SMC College of Dairy Science, Anand Agricultural University, Gujarat, India, again visited Lund University and its Food for Health Science Centre. Prajapati has had a long collaboration with Prof. emeritus Baboo Nair, and during this visit discussions were held with Prof. Richard Öste and Prof. Inger Björk on c

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/key-persons-behind-thriving-fermented-foods-network-met-lund - 2025-12-17

One of the stated aims of the European Association for South Asian Studies is to encourage and support young scholars working in the field of South Asian Studies. In pursuit of this aim, the Association is offering awards linked to its biennial conference. Awards are to be made for the most outstanding papers by currently registered research students presenting at the conference. At the 24th EASAS

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/easas-research-student-awards-be-presented-warsaw-conference - 2025-12-17

The Norwegian Network for Asian Studies' coming NORASIA conference, the seventh, will focus on 'Maritime Asia' and takes place in Oslo 12-13 January 2017. Abstracts and panel suggestionsare now invited. In keeping with its tradition, the NORASIA conference aspires to be a meeting and networking point for scholars in the Nordic region working on Asia more broadly. Therefore the organisers also welc

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/seventh-norasia-conference-focuses-maritime-asia - 2025-12-17

The 45th Annual Madison Conference on South Asia is held 20–23 October 2016. This year's theme is DECAY. The conference, sponsored by the Center for South Asia at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, this year has attracted over 750 scholars and specialists on South Asia, coming from countries all over the world and much of the United States. This year the Joseph W. Elder keynote lecture at the co

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/lars-eklund-attends-45th-annual-university-wisconsin-madison-conference - 2025-12-17

Uppsala University announces a 4-year PhD position in Indology starting 1 January 2017 or earlier, during which the PhD student will receive a salary as an employee of the department. Doctoral students are expected to engage in full-time study and research, and contribute to and participate in the department’s activities. Teaching and/or administrative tasks may be involved up to a maximum of 20%.

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/uppsala-university-announces-phd-position-indology - 2025-12-17

The 2016 World Water Week in Stockholm is held 28 August - 2 September 2016. World Water Week in Stockholm is the annual focal point for the globe’s water issues.It is organized by Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). This year, the theme is "Water for Sustainable Growth". It is also the 20th jubilee of the Stockholm Junior Water Prize. In 2015, over 3,000 individuals and close to 300 c

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sustainable-growth-theme-2016-world-water-week-stockholm - 2025-12-17

Emilija Zabiliute from the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen defended her PhD thesis entitled 'Living with Others: Subjectivity, Relatedness and Health among Urban Poor in Delhi' on 29 June 2016.  ‘Living with Others’ is an ethnographic study of everyday lives and health-seeking practices among urban poor living in a settlement in the margins of Delhi, Ind

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/phd-thesis-subjectivity-relatedness-and-health-among-urban-poor-delhi - 2025-12-17

The 24th European Conference on South Asian Studies – ECSAS 2016 was successfully held at the University of Warsaw, Poland from 27 to 30 July 2016. The biannual conference, organised by the European Association for South Asian Studies (EASAS) was hosted by the Faculty of Oriental Studies at University of Warsaw. The chief convener was Prof. Danuta Stasik.  A total number of 49 panels and 480 paper

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/lars-eklund-reports-24th-european-conference-south-asian-studies-warsaw - 2025-12-17

KIIT University in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha State, India, announces KIIT University Scholarships Program for academically inclined yet financially challenged international students for pursing higher professional education at KIIT with full scholarships. Date of final admission is 20 August 2016. Date of final admission is 20 August 2016. Full details. 

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/kiit-university-scholarships-program - 2025-12-17

NoFSA is a network linking Nordic resources on South Asia within research, culture, business, public administration, NGOs, the media, etc. The idea is to help people across sectors draw on each other´s experience and expertise, primarily though its mailinglist.NoFSA is an independent organisation hosted by the Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages at the University of Oslo.Go for No

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/nofsa-provides-analyses-and-discussion-forum - 2025-12-17

NIAS is now offering two guest-researcher positions in late 2016 for the duration of 1 to 3 months. NIAS academic aim is to promote inter-disciplinary, cross-cultural and thus comparative research. Its focal point is the role and impact of Asia in a globalizing world. Of special interest is the growing importance that Asia has for the Nordic region, including Asia and the changing Arctic.The curre

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/two-guest-researcher-positions-available - 2025-12-17

Professor Sten Widmalm published a book entitled: "Political Tolerance in the Global South – Images from India, Pakistan and Uganda". The book deals with the question “What makes people agree to the extension of political rights to those they clearly dislike?” It is based on a study that combines large scale survey data with in-depth interviews in each national setting to exemplify the great varia

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/new-book-political-tolerance-sten-widmalm - 2025-12-17

The Fifth International Conference on Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Plant Biomass - Bioproducts, Biocatalysts, and Biorefinery (SUTB4) will be held in Coimbatore, India on November 17-18th 2016. The Conference is organised by Tamil Nadu Agricultural University in association with Indian Biomass Association (IBA), Phycospectrum Environmental  Research Centre (PERC), Lund University, Sweden, S

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/conference-sustainable-utilization-tropical-plant-biomass - 2025-12-17

The 5th Asian Primate Symposium will be held on the 18th until the 20th of October 2016, at University of Sri Jayewardenepura in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The aim of the conference is to provide a platform to exchange knowledge concerning primates, introduce newly developed methodologies of study and their applications, and construct an interdisciplinary framework of research and conservation activity b

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/conference-asian-primate-colombo - 2025-12-17

Dea Busk Larsen, Masters student in Social Anthropology at Lund University; and Nashfa Hawwa, Masters student at the at the Environmental Management and Policy programme, also Lund University, have been selected by SASNET for a scholarship to be carried out in South Asia with the assistance of CREST, Centre for Research and Education for Social Transformation, in Kozhikode, Kerala, India. Dea will

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnetcrest-scholarships-two-lund-university-masters-students - 2025-12-17

The 31 selected candidates for the Swedish Institute’s 2016 Young Connectors of the Future Programme (YCF) arrives to Sweden in the end of August and stay for three weeks. The YCF intercultural leadership programme aims to lay a foundation for dialogue and knowledge sharing among young leaders, promising professionals, social workers and entrepreneurs aged between 22 and 32 from Afghanistan, Bangl

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/31-young-south-asian-promising-leaders-come-2016-si-programme - 2025-12-17