Dr Sasikumar Sundaram

Overview

Dr Sasikumar S. Sundaram is a Lecturer at the Department of International Politics at City, University of London. He was a postdoctoral researcher in International Relations at the University of São Paulo, Brazil and American University, Washington DC. He earned his doctorate in 2017 from Central European University (CEU). In his doctoral years, he taught in Brazil, engaged with higher education internationalization project in Myanmar, and researched with Erasmus-Mundus scholarship at the Nordic Institute of Asia Studies (NIAS), Denmark. Before his PhD, he worked at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (now MP-IDSA), New Delhi; held a visiting researcher position at the Norwegian Institute of Defence Studies (IFS), Oslo; and worked on a major research project on Indian Parliament and India’s nuclear and missile policy making.

Dr Sasikumar S. Sundaram’s main research interests lie in International Relations Theory; Status and Reputation concerns of Global South states, with special reference to India, Brazil, and China; and critical geopolitics of Sino-Indian rivalry on global order. His research was published in International Theory, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of International Political Theory, Journal of Global Security Studies among others.

Qualifications

• PhD, Central European University, Hungary, 2012 – 2017
• M.A. International Relations and European Studies, Central European University, Hungary, 2011 – 2012
• M.A. Public Administration, University of Madras, India, 2004 – 2006
• B.Com Accounting and Management, American College, Madurai, India, 2001 – 2004

Languages

Portuguese (can read, write, understand spoken and peer review) and Tamil (can read, write, speak and understand spoken).

Expertise

Geographic Areas

• Americas - Latin
• Asia - South Central

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