Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- AMIT KUMAR SINGH
Citation names
- SINGH, AMIT
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 0E1F-88DE-BB74
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-1975-561X
- Google Scholar ID
- wsMXLb8AAAAJ&hl=en
- Scopus Author Id
- 57203099295
Email addresses
- evolutionyog@gmail.com (Professional)
- amitsingh@ces.uc.pt (Professional)
Telephones
- Mobile phone
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- 910789022 (Personal)
Addresses
- RUA DO FORNO DO TIJOLO, 20 1ESQ, 1170-136, ANJOS, LISBOA, Portugal (Personal)
Websites
- https://uc-pt.academia.edu/AmitSingh (Scholar)
- https://www.ces.uc.pt/en/ces/pessoas/investigadoras-es-em-pos-doutoramento/amit-singh (Professional)
- https://theloop.ecpr.eu/author/a_singh/ (Blog)
- https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57203099295 (Scholar)
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wsMXLb8AAAAJ&hl=en (Scholar)
Knowledge fields
- Social Sciences - Political Sciences - Political Science
- Social Sciences - Other Social Sciences - Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | |
Hindi (Mother tongue) | |||||
Portuguese | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Intermediate (B1) | Elementary (A2) |
Norwegian | Elementary (A2) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Elementary (A2) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2024/01/22 - 2027/03/21
Ongoing
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Post doctoral research (Pós-doutoramento)
Major in Social science and Political science
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
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2017/10/05 - 2023/11/02
Concluded
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Human rights in Contemporary Societies (Doutoramento)
Major in Human rights
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
"Secularism in troubled 'Water' of 'Hindutva': A Case Study of Conflict Between Freedom of Expression and Religion in India." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Aprovado com Distinção e Louvor [Summa cum Laude] |
2014/08/04 - 2016/12/19
Concluded
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MSc. (Master)
Major in Human Rights and Multiculturalism
Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge - Campus Drammen, Norway
""Perception of Indian Students on Conflict between Freedom of Expression and Religious intolerance – A Case study of Master
degree students in Varanasi: In the context of radical Islam and extremist Hinduism in Multicultural India" (Thesis)." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2010/05/31 - 2013/08/19
Concluded
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M.A. (Master)
Major in Human rights
Mahidol University Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Thailand
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3.31 -4.00 |
2004/07/01 - 2005/08/30
Concluded
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Post Graduate Diploma Certificate in Naturopathy Scienece and Yoga (Postgraduate Certificate)
Major in Naturopathy Scienece and Yoga
Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, India
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First Class |
1999/07/06 - 2002/06/30
Concluded
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History (Master)
Major in History
Pondicherry University - Department of History, India
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Higher second class |
1993/08/05 - 1996/06/30
Concluded
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B.A. (HONOURS). (Bachelor)
Major in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology
Banaras Hindu University, India
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Higher second class |
Affiliation
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2019/06/05 - Current | Research Associate | Centre for the Study of Indian Languages and Society (INLANSO), India |
2016/09/04 - 2021/03/02 | Editor-at-Large (Human rights) Europe Online- (An honorary position) | Different Truth web magazine, India |
Different Truth web magazine, India | ||
2020/07/08 - 2021/01/30 | Associate Editor (An honorary position) | University of Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal |
University of Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal | ||
2019/02/01 - 2019/02/15 | Research internship | Commission on Human Rights , Philippines |
2014/09/01 - 2015/09/30 | Project coordinator | Universal Tolerance Forum, Norway |
2013/12/02 - 2014/06/30 | Human rights consultant | (People Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (NGO), India |
2013/10/03 - 2013/11/14 | Research intern | United Nations Development Programme , India |
2012/11/01 - 2012/11/14 | Research intern | National Human Rights Commission, India |
2011/12/06 - 2012/05/15 | Research intern | Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Regional Office for South-East Asia , Thailand |
2011/03/08 - 2011/06/30 | Research intern | Asylum Access, Thailand |
2009/04/01 - 2009/12/30 | Volunteer | (People Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (NGO), India |
2008/12/02 - 2009/03/28 | Yoga teacher | Aleenta Resorts and Spa, Thailand |
2006/08/08 - 2008/02/29 | Yoga teacher | Healthy Way Yoga life , China |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2022/05/03 - 2025/03/21 | UNpacking POPulism: Comparing the formation of emotion narratives and their effects on political behaviour
Collaborator
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
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Ongoing
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Outputs
Publications
Book |
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Book chapter |
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Conference abstract |
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Journal article |
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Magazine article |
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Manual |
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Newsletter article |
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Newspaper article |
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Online resource |
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Preprint |
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Thesis / Dissertation |
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Activities
Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2022/11/22 - 2022/11/22 | I have organised a discussion on the unfolding Human rights crisis under the Hindu nationalist government in India. (2022/11/22 - 2022/11/22)
Other (Co-organisor)
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Liquidâmbar. , Portugal |
Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2024/09/25 - 2024/09/25 | I was a discussant at this seminar, along with Rupavardhini Balakrishnan, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford
the peer commentator and Dr Shalini Sharma, Senior Lecturer in Modern History, Keel University chaired the session.
Seminar
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University of Leicester Faculty of Law, United Kingdom
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2024/06/06 - 2024/06/06 | Presentation of the research paper, Palestra doutorand@s e jovens investigador@s do Círculo de Estudos da Ásia do Sul)
Symposium
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Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia, Portugal
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2024/01/23 - 2024/01/26 | International colloquium on emotions, narratives and identity politics and populism
Conference
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INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM | UNPOP Emotions, Narratives and Identities in Politics, Populism and Democracy
University of Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
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2023/10/06 - 2023/10/06 | Paper presented "Colonial role in the construction of Hinduism and its implication in post-secular India"
Conference
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Peace, Imperialism, Post-colonialism, Coimbra group research
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
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2023/09/04 - 2023/09/08 | Paper presented, "Secularism in the Troubled 'Waters' of 'Hindutva': A Case Study of the Conflict between Freedom of Expression
and Religion in India"
Conference
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Univerzita Karlova, Czech Republic
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2023/03/02 - 2023/03/02 | Paper presentation, "Role of Hindu Nationalism and Hindu Populism in Marginalising Indian Muslims and the Possibility of Resistance
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Seminar
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Summer research seminar
Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Slovakia
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2022/12/05 - 2022/12/05 | The seminar discusses the role of far-right politics, nationalism and populism in contemporary societies. I did a presentation
of the rise of Hindu rights in India and its implications for Muslim minorities in India.
Seminar
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Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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2022/11/16 - 2022/11/17 | Healthy Writing Retreat for Doctoral Researchers
Workshop
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Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal
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2021/03/17 - 2021/03/17 | This seminar was focused on the rise of the Hindu authoritarian state and its conflict with secular democracy in India.
Seminar
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Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies. , Belgium
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2021/03/12 - 2021/03/12 | Online workshop for the improvement in presentation and networking skills.
Workshop
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EURAXESS, Belgium
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2020/07/10 - 2020/07/10 | Online author workshop
Workshop
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Springer Nature Limited, United Kingdom
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2020/04/30 - 2020/04/30 | Discussion on Role and Impact of Mass Media and Social Media in our Locked down Lives.
Seminar
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School of Management Sciences, India
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2020/02/18 - 2020/02/18 | Discussion on Hindu Nationalism and Human Rights in India.
Round table
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Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
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2020/01/20 - 2020/01/20 | The invited speakers will re-assess the emergence and uses of interculturalism and populism as well as elaborate on alternative
ways of envisioning national collectives.
Round table
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Interculturalism and Populism
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
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2019/04/28 - 2019/04/30 | Research Methodologies Seminar and Thesis Project
Workshop
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Research Methodologies Seminar and Thesis Project
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
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2018/08/06 - 2018/08/06 | A presentation done on the legal insecurity of Pakistani Ahmadiyya refugees in Thailand.
Round table
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' Pakistani Ahmadiyya Refugees in Thailand’
Commission on Human Rights Commission, Philippines
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2017/04/04 - 2017/04/04 | Conference on Gender Activism and Politics in India and Sweden
Conference
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Conference on Gender Activism and Politics in India and Sweden
Banaras Hindu University, India
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2016/03/04 - 2016/03/04 | Wrote a report on the ‘International Seminar on Food Security Debates in India: Experiences from the Grassroots’ organised
by UNESCO Chair for Peace and Intercultural Understanding in collaboration with PRIO, Oslo and IDSA, New Delhi. 2016
Conference
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'Food Security Debates in India: Experiences from the Grassroots'
Banaras Hindu University Faculty of Social Sciences, India
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2015/09/05 - 2015/09/05 | Presentation on ‘ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) and human rights mechanism, University of South-Eastern Norway,
2015
Round table
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Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge - Campus Drammen, Norway
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2014/05/05 - 2014/05/05 | Speaker at One Day Training Program on Human Rights organized by the National Human Rights Commission, India and Jan Mitra
Nyas, India
Workshop
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National Human Rights Commission, India
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2013/11/26 - 2013/11/27 | Attended open Hearing, in the matters connected with atrocities against scheduled casts, Organized by National Human Rights
Commission, 26-27 Nov 2013, Varanasi, India
Meeting
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Open Hearing in the matters connected with atrocities against schedule casts, Organized by National Human Rights Commission,
National Human Rights Commission, India
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2013/10/22 - 2013/10/23 | Attended National Stakeholders Conference, Project on Access to Justice for Marginalized People, New Delhi, 22-23 Oct 2013,
Organized by UNDP and Government of India
Conference
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United Nations Development Program India, India
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2013/01/07 - 2013/01/07 | Paper presentation at 14th International Association of the Study of Forced Migration, 7th January 2013, Kolkata, India
Conference
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14th International Association for the Study of Forced Migration
International Association for the Study of Forced Migration, India
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2012/03/19 - 2012/03/28 | Regional Training Program in Human Rights, the Role of the Human Rights Institutions in Human Rights Protection, 19-28 March
2012, Bangkok, Organized by Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and the Asia Pacific Forum of
Human Rights Institutions
Workshop
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The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Sweden
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Ad Hoc journal article review
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2021/06/22 - Current | The Age of Human Rights Journal (2340-9592) | Universidad de Jaén |
2024/08/03 - 2024/08/08 | Religions (2077-1444) | MDPI |
2019/11/02 - 2020/01/29 | Religions (2077-1444) | MDPI. |
Consulting
Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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2014/10/03 - 2016/01/18 | Coordinated Global Tolerance Forum on 17th September 2015, contacting and inviting speakers for the Global Tolerance Forum, Drammen, Norway Researched Religious Extremism and fundamentalism for the Global Tolerance Forum Provided logistical information to speakers and panel members attending GTF, wrote monthly reports, updated NGO website and Facebook page, assisted nomination in Human Rights Tulip Award 2015 Represented Universal Tolerance Forum in local and national meetings | Universal Tolerance Organization,, Norway |
2013/01/02 - 2013/09/30 | Researched Cate Discrimination and police torture in India Written reports on Human rights issues in newspapers and websites for human rights advocacy Highlighted cases of human rights violations with the National Human Rights Commission of India, New Delhi Represented this NGO in official meetings, wrote a booklet on human rights violations-voice of voiceless, | People Vigilance Committee on Human Rights, NGO, India |
Evaluation committee
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | Funding entity | |
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2024/12/05 - 2025/01/08 | External Expert for COST in the remote evaluation of proposals for the Open Call OC-2024-1.
COST (www.cost.eu) is an intergovernmental framework for European Cooperation in Science and Technology, allowing the coordination
of nationally-funded research at a European level.
Specialist
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European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium | European Union |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
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2024/06/06 | Interviewed in a Portuguese newspaper, SÁBADO, the Indian election in 2024 | SÁBADO |
2024/05/30 | I was interviewed by Swedish anti-racist magazine about Hindu right-wing extremism and the Indian election in 2024. | Stiftelsen Expo |
2024/05/16 | This interview was based on my book, An Approach to Hindutva in India. | Expresso.pt |
2023/08/24 | My opinion was cited in Expresso news concerning violence against Muslim minorities and the ongoing G20 conference in India. | Expresso.pt |
2021/05/01 | In this news, published in Portuguese news, Publico, I was cited concerning CORONO virus deaths in India. | Publico.pt |
2020/12/11 | In this news, my opinion was published along with other experts concerning Indian farmer's protests in India. | Expresso.pt |
2020/08/15 | My interview was published in esquerda.net where I explained about worsening human rights violence against Indian Muslims. | Esquerda.net |
2020/04/24 | I was cited in the French newspaper 'Le Monde' about the effective management of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Indian state of Kerala. | Le Monde |
2020/04/05 | Interviewed by India-based newspaper, Pioneer, about my book, 'The Conflicts of Freedom of Expression and Religion in India'. | Pioneer |
2018/09/05 | An interview about my academic and extracurricular activities is published. | The Pioneer |
2018/06/18 | I was interviewed by, ACABRA , a student's magazine published by the University of Coimbra. This interview highlighted my struggles and opinions as a foreign student in Portugal. | acabra |
2018/02/27 | This article was published in an India-based webize highlighting my academic achievements and work. | Different Truths |
2016/01/04 | India-based webzine, Different Truth interviewed me about my achievements in academics and yoga. | Different Truth |
2015/10/14 | News about my winning a Norwegian scholarship in Norway was published along with my classmate who also won the same scholarship. | Dagsavisen |
2015/03/05 | University of South Eastern Norway published my interview. | University of South Eastern Norway |
Interview (tv / radio show)
Program | Topic | |
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2024/04/28 - 2024/04/28 | Personality of the Week, an interview with Dr. Amit Singh | Personality of the week |
2024/04/23 - 2024/04/23 | A discussion on the abuse of Hindu gods by Hindu politicians in India | Religion and Politics |
2024/04/04 - 2024/04/04 | A talk on Book | A talk on Hindi language You Tube channel based on my book, An Approach to Hindutva in India; |
2020/05/29 - 2020/05/29 | Entrevista com Amit Singh sobre a Pandemia na Índia e ascenção do fundamentalismo hindu no governo Modi A live dessa sexta-feira traz Amit Singh, indiano residente em Portugal, cientista social e doutorando do Centro de Estudos Sociais da Universidade de Coimbra. Iremos conversar sobre a situação do COVID-19 na Índia, ascensão do fundamentalismo hindu no governo e paralelos com a política brasileira. A entrevista terá tradução simultânea de Pedro Ribeiro! | Pandemia Na India e O Fundamentalismo Hindu |
Distinctions
Award
2024 | National Scholarship Program (NSP) Slovakian scholarship for reseacher
Úrad vlády Slovenskej republiky, Slovakia, Slovakia
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2022 | National Scholarship Program (NSP)
Úrad vlády Slovenskej republiky, Slovakia
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2022 | Sylff Research Grant
Sylff Foundation , Japan
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2021 | Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship (Sylff)
Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research , Japan
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2021 | Erasmus+ internship fund
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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2019 | International travel grant
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
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2019 | International travel grant
International Institute for Asian Studies. , Netherlands
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2018 | Travel grant
Reset Dialogues on Civilizations., Italy
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2016 | Jan Mitra human rights award |
2015 | Freedom foundation research grant (Fritt Ord)
Fritt Ord, Norway
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2015 | REX Karmaveer Global Fellowship
iCONGO. , India
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2012 | Mahidol university alumni association research award
Mahidol University, Thailand
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2012 | The Centre for Internet and Society grant
Ford foundation , India
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2011 | Community Resource Centre research grant
Community Resource Centre Foundation , Thailand
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Title
2016 | Human rights year of the crusader award
Different Truth web magazine, India
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Other distinction
2021 | SUPRA NORDIC Scholarship
Københavns Universitet Nordisk Institut for Asienstudier, Denmark
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