Position: PhD Fellow

Academic Interests:

His background is in South Asian Studies and Public Administration from the University of Heidelberg and the University of Dhaka respectively. His research interest involves electoral violence, election policy, and Bangladesh. More specifically he focuses on how policy change, candidate selection, and patrimonial (patronage) system cause the violence in the local government election in Bangladesh. His other areas of interests are governance, political violence, and public policy.

Contact:

T +49(0) 1749742926

F +32(0)9 264 69 97

Krishna.KumarSaha@UGent.be

Website: linkedin.com

Current Research Projects:

• PhD Project: Electoral Violence: A Case of Bangladesh Local Government Elections