Andreas is also connected to the Department of Cultural Sciences, Linnaeus University in Växjö/Kalmar, and has therefore had double supervisors,  Prof. Olle Qvarnström in Lund  and Associate Professor Stefan Arvidsson in Växjö. The faculty opponent will be Professor Susanne Olsson from the Department of Ethnology, History of Religions and Gender studies at Stockholm University. 
In his thesis, Andreas investigates the use of religious terms and symbols in politics, and more specifically Muslim politics. Its aim is to analyze the role of religious terms and symbols within a non-fundamentalist political party, namely the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC), a Muslim political party that has been part of the democratic process in Sri Lanka since the 1980s. Andreas’ research is based upon two field work trips in 2006 and 2011 respectively, both of them completed with the help of the American Institute of Sri Lankan Studies. More information. 
It should also be mentioned that Andreas Johansson has a part-time position as a resarch coordinator at SASNET. He is in charge of SASNET’s seminar activities.