I am interested in gender and body politics in South Asia, and my earlier interests have inclueded rural women’s community organisation, and religious aspects of environmentalism in South Asia.

Books (1)

• Hansson, S. (2001). Not Just Any Water : Hinduism, Ecology and the Ganges Water Controversy. Lund studies in African and Asian religions, 13. Department of Theology, Lund University. Dissertation.

Articles (2)

• Hansson, S. (2008). Social networks, resource mobilisation and gendered vulnerabilities. NIAS-Nytt, 22-24. Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS).
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• Hansson, S. & Kinnvall, C. (2004). Women as Symbols in Religious Discourse(s): Feminist Perspectives on Gender and Indian Religions. Chakra: tidskrift för indiska religioner, 1. Lunds universitet. Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap.

Book chapters (3)

• Hansson, S. & Kinnvall, C. (2019). Disasters and Gendered Violence in Pakistan : Religion, Nationalism and Masculinity. In Kinnvall, C. & Rydström, H. (Eds.) Rutledge Studies in Hazards, Disaster Risk and Climate Change, Climate Hazards, Disasters, and Gendered Ramifications (pp. 187-212). Routledge/ Taylor and Francis Group.
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• Hansson, S. & Kinnvall, C. (2010). Gender, Multiculturalism and Religious Discourse(s) : Women as Symbols in Hindu Nationalism. In Rydström, H. (Eds.) Gender Inequalitiesin Asia : configuring, contesting and recognizing women and men (pp. 69-69). NIAS Press.
• Hansson, S. (2002). Att rena synder och tvätta kläder : Genusrelationer på stranden vid Ganges i Benares. In Raudvere, C. (Ed.) Stigma, status och strategier : Genusperspektiv på religionsvetenskap (pp. 149-180). Studentlitteratur.

Newspaper articles (1)

• Hansson, S. & Kinnvall, C. (2007). Spänningarna ökar i Pakistan. Sydsvenskan, Aktuella frågor.
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