Staff Profiles

Centre for South Asian Studies

	Name	Title	Research Interests	Contact Information
	Crispin Bates	Professor of Modern and Contemporary South Asian History; School of History, Classics and Archaeology		1.23 William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School Teviot Place +44 (0)131 650 3765 Crispin.Bates@ed.ac.uk
	John Brockington	Honorary Fellow		J.L.Brockington@ed.ac.uk
	Jacob Copeman	Senior Lecturer	South Asia,Gurus,Atheism,Blood Donation,Tissue Economies,Social Reform,Media,Technology and society,India,Medical Anthropology,Names and Naming	5.03 Chrystal Macmillan Building +44 (0)131 6506860
	Paul Dundas	Reader in Sanskrit		G1  7 Buccleuch Place P.Dundas@ed.ac.uk
	Stefan Ecks	Programme Director Medical Anthropology	Medical Anthropology,Medical pluralism,Anthropology of Pharmaceuticals,Anthropology of food,Transcultural psychiatry	4.28 Chrystal Macmillan Building 15a George Square +44 (0)131 650 6969 Stefan.Ecks@ed.ac.uk
	Anthony Good	Professor Emeritus; Professorial Fellow	Family and kinship	Chrystal Macmillan Building 15a George Square A.Good@ed.ac.uk
	Hugo Gorringe	Senior Lecturer, Sociology; Convenor for Sociology 2a: Thinking Sociologically	Dalit Politics,Policing,Protest,Social movements,Social Violence,Political Economy of India,Caste,Indian Politics	1.02, Number 22  George Square +44 (0)131 650 3940 h.gorringe@ed.ac.uk
	Christopher Harding	Lecturer in Asian History		Room 2.23, Doorway 4, Teviot Place  +44(0)131 650 9960 Christopher.Harding@ed.ac.uk
	Ian Harper	Professor of Anthropology of Health and Development; Director, Edinburgh Centre for Medical Anthropology (EdCMA)	International development,South Asia,Medical Anthropology,Global Health Policy	6.07 Chrystal Macmillan Building 15a George Square +44 (0)131 650 3816 ian.harper@ed.ac.uk
	Lotte Hoek	Senior Lecturer, Social Anthropology	Media anthropology,Sexuality,Visual Culture,Cinema,Urban Ethnography,South Asia,Bangladesh,Pakistan	5.01 Chrystal Macmillan Building 15a George Square +44 (0)131 650 6544 lotte.hoek@ed.ac.uk
	Hephzibah Israel	Lecturer in Translation Studies		10.08 David Hume Tower George Square H.Israel@ed.ac.uk
	Patricia Jeffery	Professor (Emerita), Sociology	South Asia,Gender and Development,Communal politics,Muslims in South Asia,Reproductive & child health,Reproductive rights,Childbearing,social demography,Ethnicity & 'race'	Chrystal Macmillan Building 15a George Square P.Jeffery@ed.ac.uk
	Roger Jeffery	Professor of Sociology of South Asia; Associate Director, Edinburgh India Institute	Health policy,Emerging economies and global health,Health systems and global health,Political Economy of India,The Sociology of Scotland	Room 2, 22A Buccleuch Place  +44 (0)131 650 3976 R.Jeffery@ed.ac.uk
	Anuj Kapilashrami	Lecturer in Global Health Policy, Programme Director for MSc. in Global Health & Public Policy Associate Director, Global Development Academy	ethnography,Health policy,South Asia,Social movements,privatisation,commercial sector engagement / trade in health policy,global governance,gender inequalities	2.20 Chrystal Macmillan Building 15a George Square +44 (0) 1316511929 anuj.kapilashrami@ed.ac.uk
	Ada Munns	Centre Secretary, Centre for South Asian Studies, Centre of Canadian Studies, SKAPE, Network Facilitator, Leverhulme Project		G.05B Chrystal Macmillan Building 15a George Square +44(0)131 6504129 Ada.Munns@ed.ac.uk
	George Palattiyil	Programme Director - Masters in Social Work	HIV and AIDS,asylum seekers and refugees,Human rights,surrogacy and cross border reproductive services,international social work and social development,diversity and marginalisation,migration, social inclusion and citizenship	2.24 Chrystal Macmillan Building 15a George Square +44 (0)131 650 3907 g.palattiyil@ed.ac.uk
	Kanchana Ruwanpura	Reader in Development Geography; Co-Director Centre of South Asian Studies		1.13B, Institute of Geography  Drummond Street kanchana.ruwanpura@ed.ac.uk
	Jeevan Sharma	Lecturer in South Asia and International Development; Programme Director- MSc International Development; Deputy Director, Graduate School of Social and Political Science (Director PGT); Deputy Director- Global Development Academy	Migrant labor,Migration and development,livelihoods,Gender and Development,Youth,human rights,Development and Humanitarian Aid,Global Health,Reproductive & child health,Monitoring and Evaluation,Nepal and the Himalaya,South Asia	5.01 Chrystal Macmillan Building 15a George Square +44 (0) 131 6511760 jeevan.sharma@ed.ac.uk
	Jonathan Spencer	Regius Professor of South Asian Language, Culture and Society	Religion and Politics,Sri Lanka,South and Southeast Asia,Buddhism,War and peace	5.02 Chrystal Macmillan Building 15a George Square +44 (0)131 650 3944 jonathan.spencer@ed.ac.uk
	Wilfried Swenden	Senior Lecturer in Politics; Co-Director Centre of South Asian Studies	Federalism,intergovernmental relations,Governing in divided societies,Indian Politics,Territorial Politics,Multi-level governance,Comparative Politics	3.05 Chrystal Macmillan Building 15a George Square +44 (0)131 650 4255 W.Swenden@ed.ac.uk
	Neil Thin	Senior Lecturer, Social Anthropology; Deputy Director of the Undergraduate School (Progression and Student Experience)	happiness,wellbeing and the good life,social planning,appreciative (positive) research and planning	5.27 Chrystal Macmillan Building 15a George Square +44 (0)131 650 3880 n.thin@ed.ac.uk