Raphael Sussewind

Before I came to Oxford, I read  development studies in Jaipur/India and political science, sociology and conflict studies towards my first postgraduate degree in Marburg/Germany. Before embarking on my PhD about the experience of belonging in North India, I was in dire need of  a solid grounding in broader debates about the area - and the MSc in Contemporary India gave me precisely that: fresh ideas about the political economy, social anthropology and the environment of India as well as a broader perspective in my own disciplines political science, international relations and development studies. Well equipped, I returned to Germany to write my PhD and work as research fellow in comparative politics and international development studies at the University of Marburg. But you never really leave Oxford: my PhD is co-supervised in the city of dreaming spires, and I return as often as possible to benefit from the amazing academic culture of the South Asia Studies Programme.