Carolina Ivarsson

Social Anthropology
MS/Ph D student

About

• Qualified Work Placement with a Social Science Perspective, Foundation for Co-Existence (FCE), Programme Support Unit (PSU), Colombo, Sri Lanka, 30th august 2007 – 10th january 2008.
• Volunteer, Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement, Peace Secretariat, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, 15th March – 20th June 2004.

Areas of interest

Sri Lanka, disaster (tsunami 2004), reconstruction, social fragmentation, human security, place attachment & collective memory, Buddhism, religion & politics, South Asia.

Current research

Webs of Security, Waves of Destruction: Social recovery and Human Security in post-tsunami Sri Lanka Ph D project

Field experience

Minor Field Study (MFS) on Sri Lanka (2005), funded by Sida.

Selected conferences and presentations

Webs of Security, Waves of Destruction: Social Recovery and Human Security in post-tsunami Sri Lanka at The Nordic workshop on War, Peace and Development in Sri Lanka, Gothenburg, Sweden 29th -30th January 2007.