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About Nordic Asia Podcast
The Nordic Asia Podcast is a collaboration sharing expertise on Asia across the Nordic region, brought to you by the following academic partners:
-Asia Centre, University of Tartu (Estonia)
-Asian studies, University of Helsinki (Finland)
-Centre for Asian Studies, Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania)
-Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University (Sweden)
-Centre for East Asian Studies, University of Turku (Finland)
NBN Episodes hosted by Nordic:
March 20, 2026
Gods and the State
What happens to the environment when the state enters previously self-governed villages in rural China? We explore this question in the Blang mountain…
March 6, 2026
Drama of Democracy
How do the inhabitants of the Indian city of Mumbai navigate political signs and representations? What is the significance of crowds and mass mobiliza…
February 20, 2026
Good and Bad Palm Oil
Entangled in a nexus of commerce, industry, food security, and environmental concerns, palm oil has become a prominent topic of controversy and debate…
February 6, 2026
China’s Climate and Air Quality Governance and EU-China Cooperation
When it comes to the global challenges posed by climate change and environmental issues, China has been presented both as a source of problems and a p…
January 9, 2026
Re-examining the Women’s Movement in Cold War South Korea and Beyond
In the past decade, feminism has become one of the heated topics in public debate in South Korea. Feminism is embraced by activists, attacked in elect…
November 3, 2025
AI, News, and the State: Reinstitutionalising Journalism in Global China’s Algorithmic Age
How is artificial intelligence transforming journalism as both a profession and an institution? In this episode, Ning Ao speaks to Dr. Joanne Kuai, ex…
October 24, 2025
Hindutva and Anti-Christian Violence in Contemporary India
Kenneth Bo Nielsen is Associate Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo and leader of the Centre for South Asian Democracy. M. Sud…
October 13, 2025
Future of the Forest
How did India’s landmark Forest Rights Act come into being? And what difference has it made to the lives of historically marginalized forest-dwelling …
October 6, 2025
Digital Expressions of the Self(ie)
Selfies are more than fleeting images—across India, they shape how people imagine themselves, connect with others, and inhabit spaces. In this episo…
September 28, 2025
Rivals in a Tight Embrace Russia, China, and the Central Asian Chessboard
This podcast episode by Alevtina Solovyeva traces Central Asia as the enduring crossroads “between empires,” where caravan routes outlast the borders …
September 26, 2025
Gen Z Uprising
In early September 2025, Nepal witnessed an extraordinary week of upheaval that many now refer to as the ‘five-day revolution’. Within the span of a s…
August 19, 2025
Chile’s Growing Interests in China
Chile holds the distinction of being the first South American nation to forge diplomatic ties with the People's Republic of China, as well as the firs…
August 12, 2025
Iban Heritage and Culture in Malaysia
Every June, there is a significant cultural event in Malaysia, which is called the Gawai Dayak Festival, highly celebrated to mark the end of the harv…
August 5, 2025
Preserving Traditional Rice and Rice Culture in the Philippines
In the Philippines, rice serves as a fundamental component of the diet, typically accompanying most meals as either white or brown rice. It is also a …
July 8, 2025
Chinese Conceptualisation of the Rule of Law
What does the 'rule of law' really mean in China? How does it shape the country’s politics, both at home and on the world stage? And why should it mat…
July 2, 2025
NIAS Podcast from the University of Tartu Asia Centre Migration Policies and Realities in Estonia and Japan
This Nordic Asia Podcast episode explores how Estonia and Japan, two countries under demographic pressure with different immigration histories, are ma…
July 1, 2025
Malaysian-Nordic Relations
In the latest episode of the Nordic Asia Podcast, Professor Julie Yu-Wen Chen of the University of Helsinki speaks with Mr. Mohamed Ariff Bin Mohamed …
June 22, 2025
Kashmir Crisis
This podcast episode, hosted by Kikee Doma Bhutia from the University of Tartu, features Nitasha Kaul, Professor of Politics, International Relations,…
June 4, 2025
NIAS Podcast from the University of Tartu Asia Centre China's Psychological Power
This podcast episode is hosted by Toomas Hanso International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS) who is talking to Urmas Hõbepappel. Urmas is an an…
May 17, 2025
Lines of Control: India’s Foreign Policy and China
This podcast episode, hosted by Kikee Doma Bhutia from the University of Tartu, features journalist and analyst Aadil Brar discussing India's foreign …
April 11, 2025
Studying Myanmar in Times of Crises
How do we to study Myanmar when access to the country is so difficulty? In this episode, Kristina Kironska and Monika Verma from the Myanmar Studies C…
April 4, 2025
Queering the Asian Diaspora
Have you ever heard of the Chinese gay god, the Rabbit god? How did queer Chinese artists use this icon in reclaiming their own stories, while resis…
March 21, 2025
India in the Global Attention Economy
What is the global attention economy, and how does this perspective help us make sense of the relationship between India and the Global North? In this…
March 7, 2025
Social Death by Debt
China's household debt has exploded from 11% of GDP in 2006 to over 62% today—a profound transformation in a traditionally savings-focused society. Ho…