Education

2014          PhD, Anthropology, Faculty of Arts, Aarhus University, Denmark.

The PhD thesis To be Modern and Moral: Negotiation of Buddhism in the Everyday Lives of Ladakhi Buddhist Youth in India enquires into how Ladakhi Buddhist student migrants in New Delhi negotiate the pursuit of a modern education alongside a negotiation of Buddhism as a religious minority identification, a moral education, and way of life revealing new practices and understandings which position Ladakhi Buddhist youth as ideal modern citizens and moral cosmopolitans. Supervisors: Martijn van Beek, Jørn Borup, and Karen Valentin. PhD-assessment committee: Maria Louw, Peggy Proerer and Abraham Zablocki.

2007       MA, Asian Studies, Lund University, Sweden.

MA thesis The Paradox of Being Young in Delhi: Urban Middle Class Youth Negotiations with Popular Indian Film analyses how developments in Bollywood films which exhibit sexuality and new courtship and marital practices reflect the concerns and adoption of sexualities and courtship among young Indian students in New Delhi.

1997        BA Psychology and Comparative Religion, with distinction, University of Michigan.

Further Education

2023          Emotional Intelligence Coaching Certification (EICC) program. Working towards International Coaching Federation (ICF) certification.

2018          Research Project Management, Module 1, 2, 3, Mannaz A/S.

2015          Københavns Universitet Teachers’ Training Programme, Adjunktpædagogikum

2008          Project management and leadership course, Niels Brock Institute, Denmark

2006          Intensive Hindi language course, Landour Language School, India.

2004          Danish language course, Studieskolen. Bestød studieprøven.

2003          Guest Student, Tibetan Studies, Copenhagen University.

2000         BA studies, Tibetan language and Buddhist philosophy, Rangjung Yeshe Institute, Kathmandu University, Nepal. (3 years, enrolled 1999).