Annual Conference of the Sciences Po South Asia Program

December 15 and 16, 2025

15 December

Protest and conflicts

Chair: Christophe Jaffrelot (CERI-SciencesPo/CNRS)

Mirza M. Hassan, BRAC University

The July Popular Upsurge in Bangladesh: The Class and Political Inequalities at Work?

Gameela Samarasinghe, Colombo University

Inequality, Injustice, and Power Imbalances as Root Causes of Suffering in Sri Lanka - Exploring Psychosocial Responses to Crises.

Gender

Chair: Laurent Gayer (CERI-SciencesPo/CNRS)

Farah Said, Lahore University of Management Studies

Gender Norms and the Dynamics of Agency and Power within Households in Pakistan

Kamala Marius, Université Bordeaux Montaigne and SciencesPo Bordeaux

Rethinking Women’s Work and Gender Inequalities in Globalized India

Regions

Chair: Loraine Kennedy (CESAH-EHESS/CNRS)

Mahendran Thiruvarangan, Jaffna University

Ethnically Unequal: The Northern Muslims of Sri Lanka during the Post-war Years

Kalaiyarasan A., Madras Institute of Development Studies

The Political Economy of Regional Inequality and Fiscal Transfer in India

Class

Sonalde Desai, University of Maryland and NCAER

Class of Mind? Subjective and Objective Dimensions of the Middle-Class Status in Modern India

Shandana Mohmand, IDS, Sussex University

The Political Economy of Progressive Tax Reform: Experimental Evidence from Pakistan