Arild Engelsen Ruud

Professor - South Asia studies

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Email a.e.ruud@ikos.uio.no

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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

Tags: South Asia, India, Political culture, Bangladesh

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.

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Chatterjee, Niladri; Nielsen, Kenneth Bo; Samuelsen, Guro Warhuus & Ruud, Arild Engelsen (2021). Modi: The Sage King?. Dhaka Tribune.
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.
Ruud, Arild Engelsen; Nielsen, Kenneth Bo; Chatterjee, Niladri & Samuelsen, Guro Warhuus (2021). Den vise kongen - eller et politisk mesterstykke?. Asiapunkt.
Samuelsen, Guro Warhuus; Nielsen, Kenneth Bo; Ruud, Arild Engelsen & Chatterjee, Niladri (2021, 22. februar). Modi - The Sage King?. [Internett]. Nordic Asia Podcast.
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.