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Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. The Development Research Day is an inter-disciplinary arrangement that was initiated in order to form a meeting ground for all researchers and students at Lund University who share an interest in development issues. About Development Research Day, DRD The first DRD The event was launched in 2002 by the Department of

https://www.keg.lu.se/artikel/development-research-day-2020 - 2026-09-25

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Johan Pries, Postdoc researcher at the department, has been granted funding for a three year project. Building on ongoing Vetenskapsrådet-funded research about the Swedish People’s Parks movement, this second project was recently awarded a grant of close to three million from the FORMAS research council. The project

https://www.keg.lu.se/artikel/johan-pries-lead-project-called-folkrorelsernas-kulturarv-omvandling-bevarande-och-liv-i-de-svenska - 2026-09-25

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Mads Barbesgaard, lecturer at the department, has received funding for a research project. Mads has received 3.150.000 SEK in support from VR for a post-doc project titled Myanmar’s energy landscapes and the politics of geography. The project examines struggles around expansions of energy infrastructure in the midst

https://www.keg.lu.se/artikel/research-funding-myanmars-energy-landscapes-and-politics-geography - 2026-09-25

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. A research project led by Muriel Côte, senior lecturer at the department, has received funding. FORMAS will fund a project called “Fair gold? Institutionalising labour and environmental standards along the certified gold supply chain”, as part of their Annual open call 2020 - Research projects for early-career resea

https://www.keg.lu.se/artikel/research-funding-fair-gold-institutionalising-labour-and-environmental-standards-along-certified - 2026-09-25

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. The study aims to assess under what social, economic and spatial conditions that processes of urbanization at the lowest level of the urban hierarchy can promote the livelihoods and welfare of residents in small towns. Together with Ola Hall from the Department and colleagues at the University of Dar es Salaam, Make

https://www.keg.lu.se/artikel/agnes-andersson-djurfeldt-has-been-awarded-funding-vetenskapsradet-study-lower-level-urbanization - 2026-09-25

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Markus Grillitsch, Associate senior lecturer at the Department of Human Geography, and his team has been awarded for their work with ‘Coffee Break With Researchers’.   The winning platform can be found here http://www.coffeebreakwithresearchers.org

https://www.keg.lu.se/artikel/coffee-break-researchers-won-rsa-media-communications-regional-studies-award - 2026-09-25

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. ”I DN-journalisten Lasse Wierups hyllade bok ”Gangsterparadiset” finns ett antal kartor som förklarar mer än åratal av nyhetsrapportering om gängbrottsligheten. Det är kulturgeografen Nicklas Guldåker vid Lunds universitet som har gjort en socioekonomisk kartläggning av tre utanförskapsområden utifrån barntäthet och

https://www.keg.lu.se/artikel/kulturgeograf-vid-lunds-universitet-bidrar-med-kartor-till-hyllad-bok - 2026-09-25

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Regeringen har utsett Erik Renström till rektor för Lunds universitet 2021 - 2026 Regeringen har utsett Erik Renström till rektor för Lunds universitet 2021 - 2026. Renström är läkare och professor i experimentell endokrinologi med lång akademisk erfarenhet bakom sig. Han är för närvarande dekan för Medicinska fakul

https://www.keg.lu.se/artikel/erik-renstrom-blir-rektor-lunds-universitet - 2026-09-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Department of Culture, Politics and Society at University of Turin, Italy, holds its second edition of the Summer School on “Politics, Development and Social Change in Contemporary India” from 27 June – 1 July 2016. Through an interdisciplinary approach, the School provides students with an opportunity to analyze

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/june-2016-july-2016-turin-summer-school-social-change-contemporary-india - 2026-09-25

On 9–10 April, SASNET hosted an international workshop in Lund focusing on authoritarianism, democratic backsliding, and prospects for democratic resurgence in South Asia. The workshop brought together scholars from Europe, South Asia and the United States to explore how democratic systems are challenged by processes of autocratisation, majoritarian ideologies and populist politics. Particular att

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/how-are-democracies-changing-south-asia - 2026-09-25

On 5 May, SASNET co-organised a public symposium in Malmö together with the School of Journalism at Lund University, Magazine Sydasien and Media Evolution to mark UNESCO World Press Freedom Day 2026. The event, Can Tech Save Press Freedom?, brought together journalists and experts to discuss the rapidly deteriorating conditions for press freedom in South Asia. The symposium opened with a presentat

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/can-technology-save-press-freedom-voices-south-asia-sasnet-symposium - 2026-09-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On 4–8 July 2016, the European Association for South Asian Archaeology and Art will take place in Cardiff, Wales, UK. Conference contributions should draw on current and unpublished research relating to the archaeology and art history of South Asia from all periods. Topics from neighboring regions will also be conside

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/23rd-conference-european-association-south-asia-archaeology-and-art-announced - 2026-09-25

The Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences announces a postdoctoral fellowship in interdisciplinary South Asian Studies, focusing on anger and wrath in contemporary South Asia. The fellowship is part of the ERC Advanced Grant project “Anger/Wrath in Contemporary South Asia (ANGLE)”. The position invites applications from researchers working across disciplines with an interest in emoti

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/postdoctoral-fellowship-south-asian-studies-czech-academy-sciences - 2026-09-25

How did COVID-19 lockdowns work in practice in densely populated low-income neighbourhoods? At a recent SASNET seminar, Professor Glyn Williams presented research on how pandemic measures were implemented and experienced in three Indian cities, highlighting tensions between public health policies and everyday urban life. The COVID-19 pandemic led governments around the world to introduce lockdowns

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/lockdowns-indian-cities-uneven-impacts-low-income-neighbourhoods - 2026-09-25

SASNET has an ongoing collaboration with the journal Sydasien, aimed at promoting knowledge and discussion on South Asia through both publishing and joint seminars. As part of the collaboration, SASNET regularly shares selected articles from Sydasien on its website, making research-based journalism on South Asia accessible to a broader audience, bringing together researchers, journalists and the p

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-and-sydasien-journal-strengthen-collaboration - 2026-09-25

Soumi Banerjee has been awarded a PhD in social work for her study of how civil society in India is reshaped under changing political conditions. Soumi Banerjee, affiliated with the School of Social Work at Lund University and connected to SASNET, has successfully defended her doctoral thesis on 15 June 2026.In her dissertation, Civic Governmentality and Its Discontents, Banerjee examines how civi

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/lund-researcher-awarded-phd-study-shrinking-civic-space-india - 2026-09-25

What can we learn about caste from thinkers who never lived in a caste-based society? In the first SASNET seminar of the autumn, Ankit Kawade (Johns Hopkins University) examines how influential German political thinkers engaged with the concept of caste and what their ideas can contribute to present-day discussions of social inequality. SASNET's autumn seminar programme begins on 15 September with

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/autumn-seminar-programme-opens-discussion-caste-and-political-thought - 2026-09-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) holds its next Biennial Conference at the Australian National University in Canberra on 5 – 7 July 2016. The South Asian Studies Association of Australia (SASAA) – the organisation behind the excellent South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies – actively participates

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/craig-jeffrey-keynote-speaker-asaa-conference-canberra - 2026-09-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A Call for papers has been announced for a panel on ”Economic Transformation and Urbanisation: The future of pluriactive small farmers and rural workers in South Asia?” to be held at the International Sociological Association (ISA) Third Forum of Sociology in Vienna, Austria, 10 – 14 July 2016. The panel will be chair

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/call-papers-economic-transformation-and-urbanisation-india - 2026-09-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Saturday 30 July 2016, the Bangalore Research Network – NAGARA invites scholars and ethnographers for its second annual workshop. The aim is to share recently-completed or advanced stage Ethnographic research on the city of Bangalore in a one-day workshop. The main goal is to take stock of the field of ‘Bangalore S

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/bangalore-research-network-nagara-second-annual-workshop-announced - 2026-09-25