Research projects

Ritual Intersections and the Regulation of Religious Offense

Rituell grensekryssing og regulering av religiøse krenkelser.

Africa is attracting renewed global interest and rivalry among major world powers and external actors. This project examines India’s global ambitions and recent foreign policy re-engagement with countries on the continent.

The global markets for antibiotics are rapidly shifting. This project aims to explore antibiotic trajectories in the global South, from Asia to the markets in eastern Africa.

Mapping the universe from the Milky Way to the Big Bang

Daniel Arnesson examines in his PhD project the development of renewable energy certificate (REC) markets in South Africa, India and Europe, with a focus on the implementation of these markets in Sweden and Norway (known as Guarantees of Origin and electricity Certificate markets in the two Nordic countries).

Since its inception, the European Union has proclaimed an ambition to promote justice at the global level. But what precisely is the EU’s contribution to global justice? And what could a just foreign policy look like?

The project seeks to account for electricity’s effect on women's empowerment, both as women use electricity’s services and become involved in its provision. The project highlights a comparison between centralized (grid) and decentralized systems and the effects on women’s empowerment.

The overall objective of the project is a historical study of the transition from international to global health. The project has four thematic strands on tuberculosis, mental health, traditional medicine and medical genetics. Regional focus is on East Africa and India.

Ibsen in Translation aims to translate Henrik Ibsen's 12 contemporary dramas into 8 languages, a total of 96 translations.

GIFTS - Genomic and l ifestyle predictors of foetal ou tcome relevant to diabetes and obesity and their relevance to prevention strategies in South Asian peoples.

The project is a dialogue between Indian and Scandinavian scholars who are interested in the possibilities for democratic transformative politics in their respective contexts.

This project is an ethnographical study of Indian surrogate mothers, i. e. women who carry and give birth to babies on behalf of others, to a large extent Westeners.

The project analyses the making of a rural social movement opposing a government-initiated land acquisition in Singur in the Indian state of West Bengal.