Molly Sundberg Universitetslektor, Studierektor global utveckling
Kontakt
Namn och titel: Molly SundbergUniversitetslektor, Studierektor global utveckling
Epost: molly.sundberg@socant.su.se
Telefon: +468163209
Arbetsplats: Socialantropologiska institutionen Länk till annan webbplats.
Besöksadress Rum B686Universitetsvägen 10 B, plan 6
Postadress Socialantropologiska institutionen106 91 Stockholm
Om mig
I am a senior lecturer and associate professor in social anthropology at the Dept. of Social Anthropology.
I am also Director of Studies for the Bachelor’s Programme in Global Development.
My main research interests concern development, aid, governance, security and organization, with a focus on Africa. I defended my PhD thesis in cultural anthropology at Uppsala University in 2014 on the topic of civic education and state-making in post-genocide Rwanda. After that I have done research on locally recruited development experts among foreign state agencies in Tanzania (2017-2020), and for-profit aid and development contracting (2020-2025). I have also undertaken resarch on student dropout and retention in higher education (2016-2017, together with Paul Agnidakis). I am currently pursuing research on values in British foreign policy on Africa (together with PI Jonathan Fisher, Niheer Dasandi and Nathalie Raunet, at University of Birmingham), as well as research on the changing landscape of foreign presence and influence in Africa.
Before I began my PhD studies (2010-2014), I worked for Sida (Swedish International Development Agency) in Stockholm and Kigali (2007-2010).
During my time at Uppsala University, I was Coordinator of Forum for Africa Studies, a multidisciplinary center supporting Africa-oriented research, higher education, and inter-institutional collaborations.
My teaching focuses on development studies, conflict studies, African studies and anthropological methods.
PUBLICATIONS FROM MY TIME AT UPPSALA UNIVERSITY (2014-2020):
Sundberg, Molly. 2014. Ethnographic Challenges Encountered in Rwanda’s Social Topography: The Researcher as Navigator. Bulletin de l’APAD 40-41:71-86.
Sundberg, Molly. 2016. Training for Model Citizenship: An Ethnography of Civic Education and State-Making in Rwanda. New York and London: Palgrave Macmillan. 276 pages. E-book and hard copy.
Sundberg. Molly. 2017. Par le corps et pour l’État : l’itorero et les techniques réflexives du corps au Rwanda. Politique Africaine 147:23-48.
Sundberg, Molly och Paul Agnidakis. 2018. Studieavhopp inom ’Hum-Sam’: Misslyckande eller strategi? Studenters egna berättelser om hur och varför de lämnade sina studier. Högre utbildning 8(2): 116-130.
Sundberg, Molly. 2019a. Donors Dealing with the ‘Aid Effectiveness’ Inconsistencies: National Staff in Foreign Aid Agencies in Tanzania. Journal of Eastern African Studies 13(3): 445-464. OPEN ACCESS
Sundberg, Molly. 2019b. National Staff in Public Foreign Aid: Aid Localization in Practice. Human Organization 87(3): 253-263.
Sundberg. Molly. 2020a. Building Trust, Gaining Truth: The Relational Work of National Staff in Foreign Aid Agencies. Current Anthropology 61(5): 563-574 + 579-582.
Sundberg, Molly. 2020b. Career Trajectories of Tanzanian Aid Workers: Structural Inequalities and New Management Practices in Public Foreign Aid. In NGOs and Life Worlds: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, M. Kalfelis and K. Knodel eds. Berghahn. P 115-135.
PUBLICATIONS FROM MY TIME AT STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY (2020-2026):