Emma BRANNLUND

Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSV), Mid Sweden University

Visitor address: Kunskapens väg 8, 831 25 Östersund, Sweden

E-mail: emma.brannlund@miun/emma.brannlund@unive.it.

Current and previous positions

Feb-March 2024: Visiting Professor, Corso di Laurea triennale in Philosophy, International and Economic Studies (International Relations I), Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

Jan 2023-ongoing: Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSV), Mid Sweden University

2016-Jan 2023: Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations; Department of Health and Social Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol

2009-2015: Teaching Fellow; National University of Ireland, Galway

July-Sep 2012: Researcher, Community Knowledge Initiative (CKI), NUI Galway

June-Aug 2009: Visiting Research Fellow; Women in Security, Conflict Management and Peace (WISCOMP), New Delhi

2007- 2008: Research Intern; Mary Honeyball, Labour Member of the European Parliament, London

Education

2008-2015: National University of Ireland, Galway; PhD Global Women’s Studies Programme  Title: “Narrating In/Security: Women’s Activism in Kashmir”. Supervisor: Dr. Nata Duvvury.

2007-2008: London School of Economics and Political Science; MSc in Gender, Development and Globalisation

2003-2006: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London; BA (Hons) in Law and Politics

Peer reviewed academic articles and monographs

Brännlund, Emma (under contract) Gender, Conflict and Political Activism: Telling In/Security in Kashmir. Book contract signed with Routledge.

Brännlund, Emma and Buser, Michael (forthcoming) Ecologies of care and water security: Challenging the impacts of climate change in rural Ladakh.

Brännlund, Emma, Buser, Michael, Holt, Nicola J., Leeson, Loraine, Mytton, Julie, Sinha, Vikramjeet (2024). In/secure childhoods: children and conflict in Kashmir. Childhood, 31(1), 48-66.

Kelly, Venessa. & Brännlund, Emma. (2024). ‘I learned this in the gardening group’ : the impact of a community garden on children and their families’ eating habits. Irish Educational Studies, DOI: 10.1080/03323315.2024.2314312.

Buser, Michael, Brännlund, Emma, Holt, Nicola J., Leeson, Loraine & Mytton, Julie (2023) Creating a difference – a role for the arts in addressing child wellbeing in conflict-affected areas, Arts & Health, DOI: 10.1080/17533015.2023.2168710

Brännlund, Emma and Parashar, Swati (2018) “Gender and resistance in Kashmir: old paradigms, new approaches”. International Feminist Journal of Politics. Volume 20, Issue 4, pp. 645-647, DOI: 10.1080/14616742.2018.1532172. 

Brännlund, Emma (2018) “A note on gender and Kashmiriyat”. International Journal of Feminist Politics. Volume 20, Issue 4, pp.648-650, DOI: 10.1080/14616742.2018.1532173.

Brännlund, Emma, Lounasmaa, Aura and Kovacic, Tanja (2013) ”Translating Narratives Cross-Culturally”. Narrative Works: Issues, Investigations & Interventions. Volume 3, Issue 2.

Brännlund, Emma (2011) “Bhutto, Benazir”. In Zeiss Stange, Mary, Oyster, Carol K., Golson, J. Geoffrey (eds.) The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.

Brännlund, Emma (2011) “Conflict Zones (Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Darfur, Iraq, Nepal, Pakistan, Northern Ireland, Colombia)”. In Zeiss Stange, Mary, Oyster, Carol K., Golson, J. Geoffrey (eds.) (2011). The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.

Brännlund, Emma (2011) “Pacifism, Female”. In Zeiss Stange, Mary, Oyster, Carol K., Golson, J. Geoffrey (eds.) (2011). The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.

Brännlund, Emma (2011) “Pakistan”. In Zeiss Stange, Mary, Oyster, Carol K., Golson, J. Geoffrey (eds.) (2011). The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.

Brännlund, Emma and O’Keefe, Clíonadh (2011) “A Gender Sensitive Field Manual for Conducting Research in Conflict-Affected Areas”. Unpublished.

Brännlund, Emma (2009) Book review on Jarstad, Anna K. and Sisk, Timothy D. (ed.). (2008). From War to Democracy: Dilemmas Dilemmas of Peacebuilding. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Europolis, issue 9.

Media commentary

Sveriges Radio P1 (2019) ”Kashmir - den krossade drömmen om självständighet” [Kashmir – the crushed dream of independence]. Människor och Tro. Expert commentary on live radio. Available at: https://sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/1355597

Holmgren, Mia (2019) ”Kashmirs befolkning lever under ockupation” [The people of Kashmir are living under occupation]. Dagens Nyheter. Expert commentary. Available at: https://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/kashmirs-befolkning-lever-under-ockupation/

Opinion pieces and blog posts

Brännlund, Emma (2019) ”Sverige får inte vara tyst om övergreppen i Kashmir” [Sweden cannot be quiet about the violence in Kashmir]. Svenska Dagbladet. Available at: https://www.svd.se/sverige-far-inte-vara-tyst-om-overgreppen-i-kashmir/i/senaste/om/debatt

Brännlund, Emma (2016) “Conflict in Kashmir: From the Ground Up”. Politics in Action – UWE Bristol. E-International Relations. Available at: https://www.e-ir.info/2016/11/30/conflict-in-kashmir-from-the-ground-up/

Brännlund, Emma (2016) ”Stoppa blodbadet i Kashmir” [Stop the bloodbath in Kashmir]. SVT Opinion. Available at: https://www.svt.se/opinion/stoppa-blodbadet-i-kashmir

Funding

Awarded, in collaboration with Michael Buser (UWE Bristol), Nicola Jane Holt (UWE Bristol), Loraine Leeson, and Julie Mytton (UWE Bristol), the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Follow-on grants on the topic “Art of Healing Follow-on: Impact and Engagement (Update)”. Value of award: £80,599, Grant number: AH/X001628/1.

Awarded, in collaboration with Michael Buser (UWE Bristol), Nicola Holt (UWE Bristol), Loraine Leeson, Sara Penrhyn Jones and Julie Mytton (UWE Bristol), the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Urgency Grants on the topic “The Art of Healing in Kashmir: how creative activities can support child wellbeing in areas of conflict”. Value of award: £126,783. Grant number: AH/V004263/1.

Awarded British Academy Seed Funding for the project “Building scholarly solidarity: Kashmir and Palestine” in collaboration with Dr Toufic Haddad (CBRL- Kenyon Institute, Jerusalem). Value of award: £3560. Grant number: KFSCSF1\100019.

Academic Leadership

Jan 2024: Joint Programme Leader, BA in Risk- and Crisis Management, Mid Sweden University

Jan-Sep 2020: Joint Programme Leader BA (Hons) Politics and International Relations, UWE Bristol

2018-2020: Social Sciences Placement Year Coordinator and module leader, UWE Bristol

2018-2022: Global Security and Human Rights Research Theme (GSHR) co-convenor, UWE Bristol

Academic citizenship

Jan 2020: Invited attendee at Council for British Research in the Levant and The British Academy Knowledge Frontiers Symposium, 26-28 January 2020 in Amman, Jordan (funded by British Academy).

8-19 July 2019: Invited Visiting Professor at La Salle Summer Academy, Bogotá, Colombia. Module taught: Politics of Gender, Peace and Security (UG level, 40 hours).

2018-2022: Organising committee member, Thought in Action: Conversations about cinema. A UWE Philosophy and Politics monthly film club. Awarded Exceptional Contribution Honorarium by the Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences, UWE Bristol in May 2019.

2010-2016: Convenor, ECPR Gender and Politics Graduate Forum.

2011-2013: Co-founder and auditor, NUI Galway Feminist Society, Galway.

2010-2013:Member, Narrative Study Group, NUI Galway.

2010-2011: Postgraduate representative, Academic Council, NUI Galway.

Tertiary-level teacher and research training

October 2023: Certification of undergoing doctoral supervision training, Mid Sweden University

March 2018: Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

In recognition of attainment against the UK Professional Standards Framework for teaching and learning support in higher education. Recognition reference: PR143062.

2017-2018: Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, UWE Bristol

Part-time, postgraduate programme that aimed to build on recognised excellence in practice and to develop academic staff valuing scholarship, teaching and learning as part of an integrated professional identity through three modules: Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, Practice of Teaching in Higher Education, and Investigating Academic and Professional Practice in Higher Education. 

Jan 2009: University of Limerick, Winter School in Social Science Research Methods, Qualitative Stream, 15 ECTS credits.

2008-2009: National University of Ireland, Galway, Certificate in Postgraduate Development Modules in research ethics, online research, professional development, library research methods, presenting research and teaching skills. 12 ECTS credits.