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Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies

Sofie Heintz

Sofie Heintz, M.A.

  • Teaching and Research Assistant Indian Studies
  • PhD-Candidate
Room number
RAA H-26

Academic biography

09/2014 — 12/2017: BA in Social Sciences — Political Science (120 ECTS), Islamic Studies (30 ECTS) and Psychology (30 ECTS) — University of Zurich
 
04/2018 — 08/2021: Research and teaching assistant for the Chair of Political Economy of Development at the Department of Political Science — University of Zurich
 
09/2018 — 03/2021: MA in Comparative and International Studies (120 ECTS) — MA thesis title: "Harvest insurance in India caught between politics, corporates, and informality" — ETH Zurich
 
09/2021 — today: PhD student at the Chair of Political Economy of Development at the Department of Political Science — University of Zurich
 
02/2022 — today: PhD student at Chair of Modern Indian/South Asian Studies at the Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies  — University of Zurich

Research interests

Inequality, politics of welfare, access to and provision of public services, environmental politics

Courses

Party Politics, Public Service Provision and Democracy in India (BA)

Environmentalism and Environmental Politics in India (BA)