Research on globalization, religion and welfare

Josephine Sundqvist is a PhD candidate in Sociology of Religion. She is based at the Uppsala Religion and Society Research Centre. Her doctoral dissertation has the working title Welfare and Religion in a Global Perspective. A case study on the role of the Church as performers of welfare Within the Social Economy in the local administrative district of Kigoma in Tanzania.

The overall aim of this study is to analyze the role of religious actors within civil society and their function as welfare performers in the social economy. The data collected locally, through observations, questionnaires and interviews will be defined in terms of a case study and analyzed by theories of the social capital in relation to the ongoing globalization process.

Josephine Sundqvist has a background in peace and development research and has previously worked with Development Cooperation in the regions of Southeastern Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa and as a facilitator for the United Nations, Government agencies and civil society.
 

Previous research
 

2009. Master Thesis. Social movements and reconciliation – A case study on the role of the Pentecostal movement (ADEPR) as an actor in the reconciliation process in post-genocide Rwanda. School of Global Studies (SGS), Göteborgs Universitet.
2007. Bachelor Thesis. Den statliga finansieringen av idéburna organisationers arbete - Det evangeliska missionsuppdragets betydelse i kristna biståndsorganisationers internationella utvecklingssamarbete. School of Global Studies (SGS), Göteborgs Universitet.