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NIAS Staff
Director
Director of NIAS and senior researcher.
Research areas
Cultural sociology, Korea/East Asia, comparative politics, political culture and forms of governance.
Administration
Project coordinator responsible for the NIAS SUPRA Programme, including the scholarship programme and visits by guest researchers, and the NIAS Newsletter. In charge of conferences, guest lectures and seminars. Support and coordinate the work of the Nordic NIAS Council.
Institute administration, HR and web updates.
SUPRA Scholarship, newsletter and update, news on the NIAS website.
Coordinates the Asian Dynamics Initiative - ADI.
Library & Information Centre
I am head of NIAS Library and Information center. At NIAS, I work with the AsiaPortal.info, e-journals and licenses, social networks at Barha and Research Communication. Furthermore I work as a senior information expert for the Sino-Danish Renewable Energy Development Project.
Online resources on East Asia incl. Chinese and Japanese language resources, the In Focus Blog on the AsiaPortal, NIAS LINC conference website module, matters regarding recalls of NIAS library loans, NNC Library Group admin. and general NIAS web issues.
Acquisitions librarian for NIAS Library & Information Centre and for the Faculty of Social Sciences Library, University of Copenhagen on monographs on Asia. Responsible for registration of electronic publications on Asia from the Nordic universities in the AsiaPortal.
Administration of local network & set up of local machines and users, website design and development, general IT related tasks.
Student assistant at the library.
NIAS Press
Editor-in-chief of NIAS Press.
The student assistant position at NIAS Press entails providing support to the Press in all areas, including various marketing and editorial responsibilities.
Researchers
China, Non-governmental organizing, Gender, East-west communication
Cultural anthropology, Indigenous peoples, Socio-economic development, Human rights
Regional focus: Southeast Asia & West Africa.
Development aid policy, Environmental governance, International relations in Asia, particularly Japan
Affiliated Researchers
East Asian administrative household registration systems and The Japanese 'war orphans' and 'wives'.
Politics of religion, political ritual, memory and commemoration, gender relations, maritime anthropology (fisheries), border zones, territoriality, international relations, ecology, globalization
Guest Researchers
Labour migration, gender, childcare, population policy, and development
Research Assistants
Chinese foreign policy and international politics, Regional Affairs in East Asia, the development of sciences, research and education in Asia, the development of social sciences in China.
Affiliated PhD Students
National and local politics in Indonesia and the Philippines; democratisation; decentralization; elections and election campaigns.
My principal research interests lie in exploring the significance of difference for social policy in European societies.
Japan, cultural expressions (literature, manga, anime, film), Murakami Haruki, Miyazaki Hayao, gender, eating disorders, self-harm, violence.
Affiliated Students
