The Nordic Asia Podcast

India, China, and Climate Change Governance: Leadership and Responsibility in the Asian Global South with Amit Ranjan and Agnieszka Nitza-Makowska (Routledge, 2026)

Can we expect leadership and responsibility from the Asian Global South in climate change governance? India, China, and Climate Change Governance: Leadership and Responsi

Museums in Digital Age

How are museums adapting to the digital age, and what transformations are taking place in institutions we often consider to be highly conservative? In this episode, resea

China Office of Finnish Industries

Why have Finland’s biggest multinationals teamed up to create a globally unique analysis hub just to decode the future of China? Meet the analysts who are nurturing the n

The MANTRAMS Project and Digital Mantra Research: A Discussion with Borayin Larios

Every day, tens of millions of people use mantras all around the globe. Originating in South Asia and then spreading via practitioners, texts, rituals, and iconography, m

The Long Reach of the Strong Arm: Evolving Forms of Transnational Authoritarianism in Asia and Beyond

How do authoritarian regimes silence critics across borders? And what are the repressive tools and strategies that authoritarian regimes use transnationally? In this epis

Spirituality, Science and Environmentalism in Taiwan

Who is Shennong, the Divine Farmer? And how can he help us understand the intricate relationships between spirituality, science and environmentalism in Taiwan today? Thes

Chinese EVs: From Nordic Streets to Central Asian Hubs

Can Europe afford to stand back as China rewrites the global electric vehicle (EV) ecosystem? In this episode, Julie Yu-Wen Chen at the University of Helsinki talks to Un

Christian Environmentalism in a Hindu Majoritarian Context

Why has the Catholic Church in India become so engaged in environmental initiatives? And what does the wider Indian political context defined by an assertive Hindu nation

Dating Apps, Queer Stigma, and Digital Intimacy in Kazakhstan

How queer men in Kazakhstan navigate dating apps in a context of stigma, surveillance, and limited legal protections. It shows how platforms like Grindr, Hornet, Tinder,

Media, Power, and the Gaza Narrative

How Western media shapes public understanding of Gaza, Palestine, and conflict through language, political narratives, and global power structures. In this Nordic Asia P

Beyond Minorities: Power, Identity, and Conflict in the Middle East

Helen Haas speaks with political scientist Sean Lee about the changing relationship between majorities and minorities in the Middle East, the collapse of the post-October

Through the Lens of Taiwan: Film, History, and Identity

This podcast episode is hosted by Mart Tšernjuk, the Taiwan Coordinator at the University of Tartu Asia who is talking to Prof. Robert Chen, a leading scholar of Taiwanes

The Shawshank Redemption in China: An Interview with Matti Lehtonen

How can an entirely foreign cast perform the American “The Shawshank Redemption” in the Chinese language across China? In this episode of the Nordic Asia podcast, Julie Y

The Gen Z Revolution in Bangladesh and Its Fallout

What role did Gen Z play in the popular uprising that led to the fall of the Sheikh Hasina regime in the summer of 2024? And what marks have the uprising left on democrat

Gods and the State: Environmental Change in the Blang Mountains, China

What happens to the environment when the state enters previously self-governed villages in rural China? We explore this question in the Blang mountains in southwestern Ch

Drama of Democracy: Political Representation in Mumbai

How do the inhabitants of the Indian city of Mumbai navigate political signs and representations? What is the significance of crowds and mass mobilization to popular poli

Good and Bad Palm Oil: Food Security, Paradigm Shift and Stakeholder Negotiations in Indonesia and the EU

Entangled in a nexus of commerce, industry, food security, and environmental concerns, palm oil has become a prominent topic of controversy and debate. In this episode, D

Competing Visions for International Order

Are we living in an era of competing international orders? A new book, entitled Competing Visions for International Order: Challenges for a Shared Direction in an Age of

China’s Climate and Air Quality Governance and EU-China Cooperation

When it comes to the global challenges posed by climate change and environmental issues, China has been presented both as a source of problems and a provider of solutions

Cross-Border Intimacies: Affect and Emotions in Marriage Migration Between China and Taiwan

Transnational marriage migration is among the many features of cross-border mobility that characterise the globalised world. This is also the case in the Taiwan Strait, w