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En av Campus Helsingborgs medarbetare som har varit med från starten är Carina Argelius. När det nu är dags för pension och hon blickar tillbaka över sina tjugosju år på Lunds universitet är det framförallt gemenskapen och glädjen i att få vara med och skapa något nytt som hon minns. Det var nybyggaranda som rådde i Lunds universitets nya hus. Från början var det endast ett litet kluster av admini
https://www.ch.lu.se/artikel/gemenskap-och-nybyggaranda - 2025-11-09
Hur kan samhällets resurser bäst samlas för att ge alla barn en likvärdig chans till en meningsfull fritid? I en ny rapport från Lunds universitet presenteras resultat från en studie av projektet "Aktivitet förebygger" i Helsingborgs stad. Studien visar hur ett tätare samarbete mellan skola, civilsamhälle och andra aktörer kan skapa verklig förändring – med barnens behov i centrum. Alla barn har r
Med stort engagemang, nyfikenhet och framtidsfokus träffades 150 studenter och 55 representanter från näringslivet under ett välbesökt nätverksmingel, arrangerat av Campus Vänner och Helsingborgs stad. Målet var tydligt – att skapa en naturlig mötesplats där studenter från universitet och yrkeshögskolor i regionen får chansen att möta företag i en avslappnad men effektiv form. Det uppskattade ming
https://www.ch.lu.se/artikel/framtidens-arbetsliv-motte-dagens-naringsliv - 2025-11-09
Massturism, eller överturism, är ämnet för nästa HBG Live, ett öppet evenemang med panelsamtal och experter inom olika områden. Hur kan man hitta en balans mellan en blomstrande turistnäring, ett hållbart samhälle och nöjda lokalinvånare? Forskare och inbjudna gäster diskuterar på HBG Live den 6 maj. Cecilia Cassinger är forskare och docent vid institutionen för kommunikation på Lunds universitet
https://www.ch.lu.se/artikel/hur-balanserar-man-turismens-och-nackdelar - 2025-11-09
Att kombinera studier med arbete är en verklighet för många studenter och det kan vara både givande och utmanande. Esther är en av dem som fått det att fungera och här delar hon med sig av sina erfarenheter men även tips på hur man får allt att gå ihop. Vad jobbar du med? Jag jobbar på en Willys i Båstad och har jobbat där i några månader nu. Jag har olika arbetsuppgifter som att sitta i kassa, va
https://www.ch.lu.se/artikel/jag-lar-mig-hur-jag-ska-hantera-olika-typer-av-manniskor - 2025-11-09
Frida Eggert är doktorand på Institutionen för Tjänstevetenskap inom konsumtion, marknadsföring och detaljhandel. Här berättar hon om sina erfarenheter som doktorand och ger en inblick i den forskning hon bedriver. Vad handlar din forskning om?Jag doktorerar inom konsumtion, marknadsföring och detaljhandel, och studerar digitaliseringen av second hand-branschen. Fokus ligger specifikt på second ha
https://www.ch.lu.se/node/658 - 2025-11-09
In the end of April, SASNET co-organised a symposium addressing the importance of sustainable water management in India, Bangladesh, and Sweden. The symposium was organised in collaboration with the non-governmental organisation Svalorna India/Bangladesh and Peder Hjorth, Associate Professor at the Division of Water Resources Engineering, Lund University. The symposium took place at Eden Lecture
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/symposium-sustainable-water-management - 2025-11-09
Last Wednesday, Niladri Chatterjee and Eleonor Marcussen, held a joint lecture in line with the SASNET Brown Bag Lunch Seminar, titled: “Shaken and Stirred: Politics of Disasters and Aid in South Asia”. Ted Svensson, Director of SASNET, opened the seminar and introduced the two researchers: Eleonor Marcussen, a researcher in History in the Department of Cultural Sciences and member of Linnaeus Uni
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/seminar-about-politicisation-natural-disasters-south-asia - 2025-11-09
SASNET has been rewarded 100 000 SEK from the Crafoord Foundation with which to expand the Sweden–South Asia Media Project that began in 2015. The grant will be used to arrange conferences and workshops dealing with online harassment in India and Sweden. Threats and harassment over the internet are increasing worldwide. Social media accounts are being hijacked, private pictures distributed without
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-receives-100-000-sek-crafoordska-foundation - 2025-11-09
At the end of May, SASNET organised a two-day workshop at Lund University on Hindu Majoritarianism, Caste Politics, and Minoritisation. The workshop brought together scholars from a range of disciplines, including social anthropology, history, psychology, and political science. The workshop took place at the Old Bishop’s House at Lund University and was divided into four sessions: Majoritarian Nat
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/workshop-hindu-majoritarianism-caste-politics-and-minoritisation - 2025-11-09
In May, SASNET organised its first annual lecture. It was given by Professor Christophe Jaffrelot, King’s College London. In case you missed the lecture, the recording is now available on our website. On 4 May, SASNET arranged its inaugural annual lecture in collaboration with the Association of Foreign Affairs (UPF) at Lund University. Professor Jaffrelot – a political scientist who is specialis
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/christophe-jaffrelot-hindu-vigilantism-and-making-deeper-state-india - 2025-11-09
During the annual Almedalen Week in Visby, SASNET co-organised a panel debate, together with the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI). The panel debate "What Does India Want in Global Politics and How Does it Affect Sweden?" took place on 28 June at the Almedalen Week in Visby. The event was co-organised with the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) and was held as part of Lu
Linn Jönsson and Maria Lundström are the recipients of this year's SASNET travel grant for journalism students at Lund University. The students plan to travel together to work on their individual projects in Mumbai this September. Linn Jönsson and Maria Lundström are in their final year of journalism studies at Lund University and plan to travel to Mumbai for their final projects. Jönsson aims to
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/journalist-students-linn-jonsson-and-maria-lundstrom-receive-sasnet-travel-grant - 2025-11-09
The Institute of Area Studies at Leiden University, The Netherlands, organizes an international conference on waste in Asia on 9–11 June 2016. The organizers invite proposals on the broad theme of ‘Waste in Asia’ from the humanities and social sciences regarding both the present days and the past. Possible topics may include, but need not to be limited to, waste collection and recycling, food wast
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/leiden-conference-waste-asia - 2025-11-09
Priscyll Anctil, a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Political Science, recently published a blog post about the human rights violations, especially against women, in Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power two years ago. The blog post is available below. August 15, 2023, marked two years of the Taliban takeover. And with it, everyday attacks against “all manifestations of humanity, free
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/blog-post-priscyll-anctil-taliban-takeover-two-years - 2025-11-09
Sahana Subramanian recently completed her master’s degree at Lund University. Her thesis “Expanding Freedoms and Improving Commons through Labour”, studies Kerala’s Ayyankali Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme and, for this, she received this year’s SASNET Best South Asia Thesis Award. Sahana Subramanian, recently admitted as a doctoral student at LUCSUS, was introduced to the concept of ‘urban em
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sahana-subramanian-urban-india-facing-twin-crisis - 2025-11-09
The summer school on Gender, Disasters and Climate Risk took place last week at Lund University, gathering 15 professionals and doctoral students from eight different countries for a weeklong visit at the Division of Risk Management and Societal Safety, LTH. Misse Wester, professor and course leader for the summer school and was most pleased with this year’s course, saying it was a good mix betwe
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/misse-wester-we-are-grateful-participants-contribution-and-hope-stay-connected - 2025-11-09
In cooperation with Doc Lounge Malmö and Lund University's School of Journalism, SASNET hosted a well-attended film screening of the Indian documentary While We Watched. Visiting from India was Director Vinay Shukla. The Indian documentary While We Watched (2022) tells the story of broadcast journalist Ravish Kumar, navigating a world of truth and desinformation. Described as a turbulent newsroom
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/film-screening-indian-documentary-while-we-watched - 2025-11-09
Scholars from Sweden and abroad attended the 2023 SASNET Symposium in Lund. The participants shared ongoing research on South Asia, on topics such as sustainability, civil society, and community-making. On 29 September, SASNET hosted the annual SASNET Symposium in Lund at the venue Gamla Biskopshuset. The day included four main sessions, each highlighting a key topic of relevance to developments
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/annual-sasnet-symposium-held-lund - 2025-11-09
Is anarchy really chaos? Not according to M.P.T. Acharya - India's renowned anti-colonial anarchist of the early 20th century. A new biography by Lund University researcher Ole Birk Laursen delves into the life and ideology of Acharya, the Indian fight for freedom, and global events that influenced it. It all started several years ago, as Ole Birk Laursen was conducting research on the Indian free
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/indian-nationalism-anarchism-untold-story-mpt-acharya - 2025-11-09
