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Stig works on India, South Asia, the Nordic countries and Eurasia.

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Stig Toft Madsen
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Mobile: +45 22 80 56 11

NIAS Associate, Affiliated with NIAS-Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, http://nias.ku.dk/
Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 5, 1353 København K Denmark. Unsalaried
External examiner in Anthropology and South Asian Studies  

Born 1949

Education:

  • MA in Sociology, Meerut, 1976
  • Mag. Scient. in Ethnology and Anthropology, University of Copenhagen, 1980
  • Fil. dr. in Sociology, Lund University, 1996


Employment as (mostly short term) consultant:

Carl Bro and Danagro, Danida and Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Danish Institute of International Studies, Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordic Centre in India, EU, SASNET (Lund), Eastern High Court (Copenhagen); tour guide (India and Nepal)

Employment in higher education:

  • Institute of Anthropology, Copenhagen University
  • South Asian Studies, Aarhus University
  • NIAS–Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Copenhagen
  • International Development Studies, Roskilde University
  • KVL–Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen
  • Department of Sociology, Lund University
  • ACE - Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University
  • Österlen Folk High School, Tomelilla, Sweden
  • Cultural Studies A/S, Oslo, Camp Pondicherry, India

Videos on Udupi hotels:

Recent publications and activities:

For other publications and activities, see google scholar, academia.edu, Infomedia, and kb.dk (Royal Library). See YouTube for three videos on Udupi hotels

 

Fields of interest

  • Sabarimala temple-entry case
  • Law and Politics in India 
  • Radhakamal Mukerjee: Overpopulation and “Lebensraum” after WWII in India
  • Agriculture and Farmers' Protests in India
  • Postmodern identity politics
  • Islamic and non-Islamic terrorism
  • Birding and Hunting
  • Birdwatchers in Denmark, Sweden, Israel, India, China and Japan
  • Stig's Stories at https://thepolity.co.in/

Education/Academic qualification

Sociology, Fil Dr

Award Date: 17 Nov 1995