Centre for South Asian Studies

Profile

Wilfried Swenden is Professor of South Asian and Comparative Politics. He has worked extensively on multi-level governance and federalism. Although his earlier publications focus on federalism in Western Europe (and Australia), since 2011 he has developed a strong interest in South Asian Politics, which is now his main geographical focus of research. His current research interests are situated in the following three areas: (1) the comparative study of constitutional dynamics and intergovernmental relations in federal states, especially India  (2) multi-level party systems and territorial party politics, in particular the organization and strategies of statewide parties in a multi-level context; (3) the strength and weaknesses of territorial management for governing divided societies and their comparison with other strategies for conflict management, especially in South Asia.