SWEDISH SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES NETWORK

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Sida grants to South Asia related projects in November 2009:

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Sida, supports Swedish developing country research. The aim is to establish and maintain a knowledge base of relevance to aid and development issues, plus capacity for developing country research in Sweden. Individual researchers or groups of researchers working at universities/colleges or other research institutions in Sweden have been able to apply for a grant. Swedish citizens working at the Scandinavian Institute for Asian Studies (Nordiska Asieninstitutet, NIAS) in Copenhagen have also had the opportunity. More information.

On 12 November 2009, grants were distributed to a large number of projects (see the full list, as a pdf-file), out of which several were related to South Asia. One project (Prof. Sten Widmalm, Uppsala University) was decided upon later, on 5 March 2010 :

Gothenburg University:

Division of Peace and Development Studies (PADRIGU), School of Global Studies
Researcher: Dr. Mattias Larsen
Research Project: Vulnerable Daughters in Times of Change: A New Approach to the
                           Problem of ‘missing girls’ in India
Area: India
Funding: SEK 1.2 m for three years (2010-12)
More information about Dr. Larsen’s project, that was preceded by a SASNET planning grant in 2008

Division of Peace and Development Studies (PADRIGU), School of Global Studies
Researcher: Dr. Camilla Orjuela, and Dr. Jonas Lindberg
Research Project: Corruption and Conflict: Links and Experiences in Post-War Sri Lanka
Area: Sri Lanka
Funding: SEK 2.83 m for three years (2010-12)
More information about Dr. Orjuela’s project, that was preceded by both a SASNET planning grant and a one-year planning grant from Sida in 2008.

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biomedicine at Sahlgrenska Academy
Researcher: Prof. Anne-Marie Svennerholm
Research Project: Improving Immunogenicity of Oral Vaccines in Children in Developing Countries
Area: Bangladesh
Funding: SEK 1.2 m for three years (2010-12)

Karolinska Institutet Medical University, Stockholm

Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics
Researcher: Prof. Birgitta Agerberth
Research Project: Clinical trial of oral phenyl butyrate and vitamin D adjunctive therapy in
                           pulmonary tuberculosis in Bangladesh: a pilot study
Area: Bangladesh
Funding: SEK 900 000 for three years (2010-12)

Malaria Research Unit, Department of Medicine
Researcher: Dr. Pedro Gil
Research Project: Malaria Artemisinin Resistance
Area: India
Funding: SEK 1.5 m for three years (2010-12)

Lund University

Division of Housing Development and Management (HDM), Dept. of Architecture and Built Environment
Researchers: Prof. Christer Bengs (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences) & Dr. Erik Johansson
Research Project: Informal settlement planning – land use, climate and energy; the cases of
                             Guayaquil, Dar es Salaam and Pune
Area: India, Ecuador and Tanzania
Funding: SEK 1.95 m for three years (2010-12)
More information about the project.

Department of Biotechnology
Researchers: Prof. Bo Mattiasson
Research Project: Biotechnology research as an important tool towards sustainable development
Area: India
Funding: SEK 600 000 for three years (2010-12)

Stockholm University

Department of Geology and Geochemistry
Researcher: Dr. Joyanto Routh
Research Project: Asian monsoon variability and impacts on terrestrial ecosystems: High-resolution records
                             in speleothem and lacustrine archives from northeast India
Area: India
Funding: SEK 1.5 m for three years (2010-12)
More information about Dr. Routh’s project, that was preceded by a SASNET planning grant in 2008

Uppsala University

Department of Government
Researcher: Prof. Sten Widmalm
Research Project: ”Freedom of Expression and Tolerance in Challenging Political Environments
                              in Uganda, Kenya, India and Pakistan”
Area: India, Pakistan
Funding: SEK 2.1 m for three years (2010-12)
More information about the project

Department of Peace and Conflict Research
Researcher: Dr. Louise Olsson
Research Project: Opportunities and Obstacles: Local Ownership of Development and Stability
                             in Northern Afghanistan
Area: Afghanistan
Funding: SEK 3.6 m for three years (2010-12)
More information about Dr. Olsson’s project