Niklas Foxeus Affilierad universitetslektor

Niklas Foxeus, Associate Professor (Docent), is currently a research fellow and senior lecturer at the Dept of History of Religions, ERG, Stockholm University. He received his PhD from that department in 2011 with a dissertation entitled “The Buddhist World Emperor’s Mission: Millenarian Buddhism in Postcolonial Burma.” Thereafter, he has conducted research within three research projects:

• The encounter between Buddhism and capitalism in Burma/Myanmar, “prosperity Buddhism” (2013-2015), funded by the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet);
• Buddhist nationalism, and tensions between Buddhists and Muslims in Burma/Myanmar (2015-2020), funded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities (Kungl. Vitterhetsakademien): https://www.vitterhetsakademien.se/forskningsstod/akademiforskare.html.
• State-sanctioned Buddhism and deviant forms of Buddhism in Burma/Myanmar (2020-2023), funded by the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet).