Arild Engelsen Ruud
Professor
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South Asia studies
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Email
a.e.ruud@ikos.uio.no
Phone
+47 22856712
Mobile phone
+4799533823
Room
381 PAM
Available hours
By appointment
Username
Visiting address
Niels Henrik Abels vei 36
Postal address
Postboks 1010 Blindern
0315 OSLO
Academic Interests
- Political culture in South Asia (in particular India and Bangladesh)
- Political leadership, populism, authoritarianism, strongman leaders
- Democracy and popular perceptions of democracy
- Criminal leaders, mafia, authority
- Recently published on blasphemy, Islamist radical right, increases in authoritarianism in democracies, notions of sovereignty
Teaching
- Modern South Asian history
- Political culture in South Asia
- Foundational issues for the study of Asian and African societies
Ongoing research
Currently engaged in two broad research topics: South Asian Political Culture and Religion and Politics.
Higher education
- PhD London School of Economics
Assignments
- Head of Research, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages 2015--2020
- Head of Board, Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo 2013--
- Member editorial board, Studies in Indian Politics
Publications
- Ruud, Arild Engelsen & Hasan, Mubashar (2021). Radical right Islamists in Bangladesh: A counter-intuitive argument. South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies. ISSN 0085-6401. s 1- 18
- Ruud, Arild Engelsen & Hasan, Mubashar (2021). The state and the construction of the ‘blasphemer’ in Bangladesh, In Anne Stensvold (ed.), Blasphemies compared: Transgressive speech in a globalised world.. Routledge. ISBN 9780367254223. Ch. 13.
- Ruud, Arild Engelsen (2020). The mohol: The hidden power structure of Bangladesh local politics. Contributions to Indian sociology. ISSN 0069-9667. . doi: https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0069966720914055 Full text in Research Archive.
- Ruud, Arild Engelsen; Hasan, Mubashar; Georgeou, Nichole & Hawksley, Charles (2021). What Myanmar’s coup d’état means for the Rohingya refugees and their future. ABC.
- Berg, Dag-Erik; Ruud, Arild Engelsen; Frøystad, Kathinka & Løkeland-Stai, Espen (2020, 10. januar). India-forsker om rektor-nei til India-tur: «Lite interesse for demokrati?». Khrono.no.
- Ruud, Arild Engelsen (2020). Gatekamper i Delhi. Asiapunkt.
- Ruud, Arild Engelsen (2020, 26. mars). Intervju om Indias korona-tiltak. [Radio]. NRK Studio 2.
- Ruud, Arild Engelsen (2020, 02. mars). Jager muslimer, ønsker en hindunasjon. Aftenposten.
- Ruud, Arild Engelsen (2020). Kashmir-konflikten, en historisk bakgrunn.
- Ruud, Arild Engelsen (2020, 11. april). Sandmafia sprer frykt. VG.
- Ruud, Arild Engelsen (2020, 10. mars). Spedbarn blir solgt til prostitusjon. VG.
- Ruud, Arild Engelsen (2020, 04. mars). Tobarnsfaren skulle ut og hente mat. Så ble han skutt av hindunasjonalister.. Aftenposten.
- Ruud, Arild Engelsen (2020, 24. februar). Trump i India. [Radio]. NRK Dagens.
- Ruud, Arild Engelsen (2020, 27. februar). Ute etter muslimer. Klassekampen.
- Flåten, Lars Tore; Nielsen, Kenneth Bo; Jensenius, Francesca R.; Frøystad, Hanne Kathinka & Ruud, Arild Engelsen (2019). Valgvake - valget i India.
- Flåten, Lars Tore; Ruud, Arild Engelsen & Nielsen, Kenneth Bo (2019). Indias geopolitiske spagat. Klassekampen. ISSN 0805-3839.
- Flåten, Lars Tore; Ruud, Arild Engelsen & Nielsen, Kenneth Bo (2019). Modis æra. Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847.
- Flåten, Lars Tore; Ruud, Arild Engelsen; Nielsen, Kenneth Bo; Jensenius, Francesca R. & Samuelsen, Guro Warhuus (2019). Modi er kommet for å bli. Klassekampen. ISSN 0805-3839.
- Flåten, Lars Tore; Ruud, Arild Engelsen; Nielsen, Kenneth Bo; Samuelsen, Guro Warhuus & Jensenius, Francesca R. (2019). Er valget i India slutten på dynastiet?. Avisa Vårt land.
- Flåten, Lars Tore; Ruud, Arild Engelsen; Nielsen, Kenneth Bo; Samuelsen, Guro Warhuus & Jensenius, Francesca R. (2019). Indisk spenning. Dagsavisen. ISSN 1503-2892.
Published Sep. 29, 2008 1:07 PM
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