Overview dissertations 2001

Eldrid Mageli at the Institute of History, Oslo University, defended her doctoral thesis on ”NGO Activism in Calcutta 1973–1997. Exploring Unnayan”, on 3 November, 2001. Faculty opponent: Prof David Gilmartin, North Carolina State University, USA. More information.

Benoit Guieysse, Dept. of Biotechnology, Centre for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, defended his doctoral thesis on ”Innovative Bioreactors for the Degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons”, on 1 November, 2001. Read the abstract.

Anna Lindberg at the Dept of History, Lund University, defended her doctoral thesis on October 13, 2001. The title of the thesis is: ”Experience and Identity: A Historical Account of Class, Caste and Gender among the Cashew Workers of Kerala, 1930–2000”. Abstract.

Viveka Persson at the International Nutrition Research Group, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, defended her PhD thesis: ”Vitamin A intake, status and improvement using the dietary approach, Studies of vulnerable groups in three Asian countries” on Monday 8 October, 2001. Abstract.

Axel Kristian Strøm at the Dept of Social Anthropology, Oslo University, defended his doctoral thesis on ”Continuity, Adaptation and Innovation: Tibetan Monastic Colleges in India”, on October 3, 2001. Faculty opponent: Charles Ramble, The Faculty of Oriental Studies, Oxford University. More information.

Sidsel Hansson, at the Dept of History of Religions, Lund University, defended her doctoral thesis on September 28, 2001. The title of the thesis is ”Not Just Any Water. Hindusim, Ecology and the Ganges Water Controversy”. Abstract.

Finn Madsen, at the Institute for History of religion, Copenhagen University, Denmark, defended his doctoral thesis on September, 13, 2001. The title of the thesis is ”Social development in the Hare Krishna movement”. Abstract.

Hans Hadders at the Dept of Social Anthropology, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, got his so called ”Hovedfagsoppgave” on ”The Gift of the Eye. Mortuary ritual performed by the Jadopatias in the Santal Villages of Bengal and Bihar, India”, published in the Spring 2001. Brief summary.

Zarina Nahar Kabir at the Division of Geriatric Epidemiology, Department of NEUROTEC (Clinical Neuroscience, Occupational Therapy and Elderly Care Research), at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, defended her doctoral thesis “The Emerging Elderly Population in Bangladesh: Aspects of their Health and Social Situation”, on May 17, 2001. Abstract.

Åsa Tiljander Dahlström at the Dept of Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology, Uppsala University defended her doctoral thesis ”No Peace of Mind – The Tibetan Diaspora in India”, on June 6, 2001. Abstract of the dissertation.

Ranjula Bali Swain, Dept. of Economics, Uppsala University, defended her doctoral thesis titled ”Demand, Segmentation and Rationing in the Rural Credit Markets of Puri, India”, at the department on 4 April 2001. Faculty opponent was Dr Sonia Bhalotra, Senior Economist at Cambridge University, UK. Read the abstract.