About

Amit is a post-doctoral researcher at the Center for Social Studies (CES) University of Coimbra. His research is focused on 'Hindu Religious Populism and its use against Christian and Muslim Minorities minorities in India'. Amit is also a Sylff fellow at the Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research Japan, holder of a Slovakian national scholarship, and a research associate at the Centre for the Study at the Indian Languages Society in India. Amit has worked with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (Bangkok, Thailand) the United Nations Development Program (New Delhi, India), the National Human Rights Commission of India and the Philippines. His research interests are Hindu Nationalism, populism, right-wing extremism, human rights and freedom of expression. In 2021, he was a visiting researcher at Lund University, Sweden.

Research Interests

Asia, Civil Society, Comparative Politics, Conflict, Democracy, European Politics, Extremism, Gender, Human Rights, India, International Relations, National Identity, Nationalism, Policy Analysis, Political Methodology, Political Psychology, Populism, Religion, Social Justice, Developing World Politics, Political Sociology, Freedom, Euroscepticism, Liberalism, Political Activism, Power, Protests, Activism, Influence, Political Cultures

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Standing Groups and Research Networks

• Extremism and Democracy
• International Relations
• Political Communication
• Political Concepts
• Political Psychology
• Political Sociology
• Differentiated Integration in the EU
• Elites and Political Leadership
• Political Violence
• Participation and Mobilisation
• Identity
• International Political Theory
• Human Rights and Transitional Justice
• Central and East European Politics
• European Union
• Analytical Politics and Public Choice
• Affective Polarization