Research
The main purpose is to ease the collaboration between teachers and researchers at Stockholm University and their counterparts in Asia, as well as with other higher education institutions and educational facilities with a focus on Asian studies.
Here below researchers can find colleagues in the social sciences within the field of Asian Studies at Stockholm University, research reports and papers related to the Center’s activities and information about research support to facilitate research on and in Asia.
Research support and grants
The main purpose of our grants is to facilitate collaborations between teachers and researchers at the Faculty of Social Science, Stockholm University, and their counterparts in Asia, as well as with other higher education institutions and educational facilities with a focus on Asian studies.
Research grants
The main purpose of our grants is to facilitate collaborations between teachers and researchers at the Faculty of Social Science, Stockholm University, and their counterparts in Asia, as well as with other higher education institutions and educational facilities with a focus on Asian studies.
The grants may be used both to support the travel of scholars based at Stockholm University abroad and incoming guest scholars to Stockholm University. Grants may also be used for undertaking field-work or archival research. The Center also supports individual researchers and research groups that plan to apply for external funding of research projects. Please note that these planning grants are only open to those who have completed their doctorate.
Please note: If you have an idea about how to develop contacts with a counterpart but need support before the next round of applications, please get in touch with us for further discussions regarding potential funding.
Application
Grants are open to staff and doctoral students at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Stockholm University and covers the period October 4, 2025 – September 30, 2025. Applications from foreign scholars should be submitted by their host department/unit at Stockholm University. The last date for applications is June 10, 2024. All applications should be sent by e-mail to asianstudies@su.se and in two hard copies (including one signed original) to:
Stockholm Center for Global Asia
Eva Hansson
Stockholm University
106 91 Stockholm
All applications must include:
- a signed application form with a CV (Maximum 2 pages, including recent publications);
- a short description of the background and purpose of the visit and its expected outcome; and
- a budget.
The Center will give priority to applications which are expected to result in publications from researchers at Stockholm University or research applications which includes researchers at Stockholm University. The budget should include the following headings: i) travel costs; ii) housing; iii) daily allowance. In the case of planning grants, the cost of salary for a short period (maximum one month) may be included (including LKP and OH). For such grants, a short description of the proposed project, as well as the projected sources of future funding, must be included. It should also list the cooperating institutions abroad. There is no fixed amount for travel grants but the maximum amount for individual planning grants is 100.000 SEK.. The length of the application should be maximum three pages for travel grants and five pages for planning grants (double spaced, 12 points). After submission applications will be evaluated by external reviewers. Acceptance will be announced on October 4, 2024. After completing the project but not later than 31 October 2025,, a short report (1-2 pages) should be sent to Forum for Asian Studies
Download application form:
SCGA Application 2024 (82 Kb)
Support for conferences and workshops
The Stockholm Center for Global Asia supports research groups and individual researchers in their ambitions to arrange international workshops and conferences, both in Stockholm and abroad, with the intent to strengthen social science research on Asia and to increase the cooperation between Stockholm University and other universities and research institutes in the field of Asian studies.
The Center does not support any special themes or topics, but it is important that the proposed event is relevant for the development of Asian studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Stockholm University, preferably at more than one department.
The purpose of the workshop should be clearly stated, with tangible outcomes listed. Examples of such outcomes are future research cooperation and publications. In these cases, information regarding sources of future funding as well as possible journals and publishers should be included in the application. In case of an accepted application, the support by Stockholm Center for Global Asia should be acknowledged in information material on the workshop/conference and in possible publications and reports emanating from the workshop/conference.
The full application should consist of a maximum of three pages (double spaced, 12 points) and include a short outline of the proposed event; information about collaborating partners; expected outcomes and a budget.
Publications
Organized Loyalty: A New State Ideology for China as a Global Power
By Johan Lagerkvist
Routledge Handbook of Civil and Uncivil Society in Southeast Asia
Edited By Eva Hansson, Meredith L. Weis
Political Participation in Asia: Defining and Deploying Political Space
Edited By Eva Hansson, Meredith L. Weiss
This book explores political participation in Asia and how democracy and authoritarianism function under neoliberal economic relations.
Legacies of the Cold War in East and Southeast Asia
Authored by Eva Hansson, Kevin Hewison and Jim Glassman.
An introduction for the special issue of Journal of Contemporary Asia.
Branding Chinese Mega-cities: Policies, Practices and Positioning
This book offers an overview and a theoretical conceptualization of the policies, practices and positioning strategies involved in branding Chinese mega-cities.
Political Representation and Empowerment: Women in Local Government Institutions in Bihar, India
Pragya Rai Report (1214 Kb)
Education for Rural Transformation (ERT) (Vol 1)
Good Practices from National and International Perspectives. From Theory to Pratcice
Information and download the book
Education for Rural Transformation (ERT) (Vol 2)
Good Practices from National and International Perspectives. The "Schooling" Challenge.
Researchers on Asia at Stockholm University
Berg, Per-Olof (Professor Emeritus, Stockhom Business School) (China)
Berndt, Jaqueline (Professor, Department of Asian, Middle Eastern and Turkish Studies) (Japan)
Cole, Tomas (PhD Candidate, Department of Social Anthropology)
Chinapah, Vinayagum (Professor Emeritus, Institute of International Education) (China and India)
Daun, Holger (Professor Emeritus, Department of Education) (Afghanistan)
Demir, Robert (PhD, Stockhom Business School) (China and India)
Dutt, Khaleda-Gani (Senior Lecturer, Department of Education) (Women and empowerment in Rural India)
Ekoluoma, Elina (PhD, Department of Social Anthropology)
Fang, Tony (China, Cross-culture management) (Professor, School of Business)
Fernholm, Johanna (PhD, Stockhom Business School) (Thailand and Vietnam)
Gustafsson, Anna (PhD, Department of Social Anthropology), (India)
Gustafsson, Karl (Associate Professor, Department of Economic History and International Relations)
Hilding, Per (PhD Department of Economic History) (South Asia in general and India in particular)
Karlsson, Beppe (Professor, Department of Social Anthropology) (India)
Khosravi, Shahram (Professor, Department of Social Anthropology) (Iran)
Krämer, Jonathan (PhD Candidate, Department of Social Anthropology)
Le Grand, Carl (Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology) (Japan)
Lindgren, Wrenn Yennie (PhD Candidate, Department of Economic History) (Japanese foreign policy)
Lindquist, Johan (Professor, Department of Social Anthropology) (Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore)
Ma, Li (PhD, Associate professor, Department of Special Education (China, Japan, Korea, India)
Melin, Klara (PhD Candidate, Department of Economic History and International Relations)
Olczak, Nicholas (PhD, Department of Ecconomic History and International Relations)
Pan, Darcy (PhD, Department of Social Anthropology) (China) Chinese Labor Activism
Rabo, Annika (Professor, Department of Social Anthropology) (Lebanon och Turkey)
Strömberg, David (Professor, Institute for International Economic Studies)
Söderman, Sten (Professor, Stockhom Business School) (China, Japan and South East Asia Sydostasien)
Tabor, Merrick (Lecturer, Department of Political Science) (China, Centralasia)
Wahlin, Åke (Professor, Department of Psychology) (Bangladesh, India and Vietnam)
Wong, Grace (PhD, Stockholm Resilience Center) (Southeast Asia, Laos, Vietnam and Indonesia
Yaklef, Ali (China and India) (Professor Emeritus, Stockhom Business School)
Collaboration
Development Cooperation Pivoting to Asia (DCPA), is an international research network that was created following a workshop with the same name in Stockholm in late 2016.
Last updated: April 19, 2024
Source: Stockholm Center for Global Asia