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{{short description|Indian-born Swedish professor (born 1965)}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Ashok Swain
| image = AshokSwain profile photo.jpg
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|2|19|df=y}}
| birth_place =
| nationality = Swedish{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
| alma_mater = [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]]
}}
'''Ashok Swain''' (born 19 February 1965) is an academic and professor of peace and conflict research at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, [[Uppsala University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://katalog.uu.se/profile/?id=AA64|title=Ashok Swain - Uppsala University, Sweden|website=katalog.uu.se|language=sv|access-date=2018-09-14}}</ref> In 2017, he was appointed as the [[UNESCO]] Chair on International Water Cooperation and became the first UNESCO Chair of Uppsala University.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uu.se/en/media/news/article/?id=9012&area=2,5,6,12,16&typ=artikel&lang=en|title=First UNESCO Chair at Uppsala University - Uppsala University, Sweden|website=www.uu.se|language=sv|access-date=2018-09-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.unesco.se/unescoprofessurer/unescoprofessurer-i-sverige/|title=Unescoprofessurer i Sverige " Svenska Unescorådet|website=www.unesco.se|language=sv|access-date=2018-09-14}}</ref> Swain received his PhD in 1991 from the School of International Studies of [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]], New Delhi, India.

== Selected publications ==

=== Books ===

* Ashok Swain & Anders Jägerskog, ''Emerging Security Threats in the Middle East: The Impact of Climate Change and Globalization'' (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2016).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Swain |first1=Ashok |last2=Jägerskog |first2=Anders |title=Emerging Security Threats in the Middle East: The Impact of Climate Change and Globalization |date=2016 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=9781442247659 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sSTjCwAAQBAJ |accessdate=28 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* Anton Earle, Ana Elise Cascao, Stina Hansson, Anders Jägerskog, Ashok Swain, & J¨oakim Öjendal, ''Transboundary Water Management and the Climate Change Debate'' (London: Routledge, 2015).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Earle |first1=Anton |last2=Cascao |first2=Ana Elisa |last3=Hansson |first3=Stina |last4=Jägerskog |first4=Anders |last5=Swain |first5=Ashok |last6=Öjendal |first6=Joakim |title=Transboundary Water Management and the Climate Change Debate |date=2015 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781136228360 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KJVhCQAAQBAJ |accessdate=28 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* Ashok Swain, ''Understanding Emerging Security Challenges: Threats and Opportunities (London: Routledge, 2012).'' <ref>{{cite book |last1=Swain |first1=Ashok |title=Understanding Emerging Security Challenges: Threats and Opportunities |date=2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9780415523301 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YnuW1CTRnkMC |accessdate=28 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* Ashok Swain, ''Struggle Against the State: Social Network and Protest Mobilization in India'' (Farnham: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2010).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Swain |first1=Ashok |title=Struggle Against the State: Social Network and Protest Mobilization in India |date=2016 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781317049050 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EIzeCwAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref>
* Ashok Swain, ''Managing Water Conflict: Asia, Africa and the Middle East'' (London & New York: Routledge, 2004).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Swain |first1=Ashok |title=Managing Water Conflict: Asia, Africa and the Middle East |date=2004 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781135768836 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0IHpYZtKzXMC |accessdate=28 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* Ashok Swain, ''The Environmental Trap: The Ganges River Diversion, Bangladeshi Migration and Conflicts in India'' (Uppsala: Department of Peace and Conflict Research, 1996).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Swain |first1=Ashok |title=The Environmental Trap: The Ganges River Diversion, Bangladeshi Migration, and Conflicts in India |date=1996 |publisher=Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University |isbn=9789150611458 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5cx-AAAAMAAJ |accessdate=28 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* Ashok Swain, ''Environment and Conflict: Analyzing the Developing World'' (Uppsala: Department of Peace and Conflict Research, 1993).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Swain |first1=Ashok |title=Environment and Conflict: Analysing the Developing World |date=1993 |publisher=Uppsala University |isbn=9789150609905 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C8F-AAAAMAAJ |accessdate=28 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

=== Edited books ===

* Anders Jägerskog, Michael Schulz & Ashok Swain, Routledge Handbook on Middle East Security (London: Routledge, 2019).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jägerskog |first1=Anders |last2=Schulz |first2=Michael |last3=Swain |first3=Ashok |title=Routledge Handbook on Middle East Security |date=2019 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781351718363 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VceHDwAAQBAJ |accessdate=28 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* Ashok Swain & Joakim Öjendal, eds., ''Routledge Handbook of Environmental Conflict and Peacebuilding'' (London: Routledge, 2018).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Swain |first1=Ashok |last2=Öjendal |first2=Joakim |title=Routledge Handbook of Environmental Conflict and Peacebuilding |date=2018 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781315473758 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WR9WDwAAQBAJ |accessdate=28 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* Anders Jägerskog, Ashok Swain & Joakim Öjendal, eds., ''Water Security'' (4 Volume Set) (London: Sage Publications Ltd, 2014).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jägerskog |first1=Anders |last2=Swain |first2=Ashok |last3=Öjendal |first3=Joakim |title=Water Security |date=2014 |publisher=SAGE Publications |isbn=9781446293928 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z2A5uQEACAAJ |accessdate=28 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* Ramses Amer, Ashok Swain & Joakim Öjendal. eds., ''The Security-Development Nexus: Peace, Conflict and Development'' (London: Anthem Press, 2012).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Amer |first1=Ramses |last2=Swain |first2=Ashok |last3=Öjendal |first3=Joakim |title=The Security-Development Nexus: Peace, Conflict and Development |date=2013 |publisher=Anthem Press |isbn=9781783080656 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7kodAgAAQBAJ |accessdate=28 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* Ashok Swain, Ramses Amer & Joakim Öjendal. eds., ''The Democratization Project: Opportunities and Challenges'' (London: Anthem Press, 2009).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Swain |first1=Ashok |last2=Amer |first2=Ramses |last3=Öjendal |first3=Joakim |title=The Democratization Project: Opportunities and Challenges |date=2011 |publisher=Anthem Press |isbn=9780857283993 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4ToZcIKKXRcC |language=en}}</ref>
* Ashok Swain, Ramses Amer & Joakim Öjendal. Eds., ''Globalization and Challenges to Building Peace'' (London, New York & Delhi: Anthem Press, 2007).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Swain |first1=Ashok |last2=Amer |first2=Ramses |last3=Öjendal |first3=Joakim |title=Globalization and Challenges to Building Peace |date=2008 |publisher=Anthem Press |isbn=9781843312871 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cTXekQIjsLgC |language=en}}</ref>
* Ashok Swain, ed., ''Islam and Violent Separatism: New Democracies in Southeast Asia'' (London, New York & Bahrain: Kegan Paul, 2007).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Swain |first1=Ashok |title=Islam And Violent Separatism |date=2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781135024420 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=unO3AwAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref>
* Ashok Swain, ed.,''Diasporas, Armed Conflicts and Peacebuilding in their Homelands''(Uppsala University, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, 2007).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bush |first1=Kenneth D. |title=Diasporas, Armed Conflicts and Peacebuilding in Their Homelands |date=2007 |publisher=Uppsala Universitet |isbn=9789150619638 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZcifNAAACAAJ |language=en}}</ref>
* Fiona Rotberg & Ashok Swain, eds., ''Natural Resources Scarcity in South Asia: Nepal's Water''(Stockholm: Institute for Security and Development Policy, 2007).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Swain |first1=Ashok |title=Natural Resources Scarcity in South Asia: Nepal's Water (Stockholm: Institute for Security and Development Policy, 2007). Editor with Fiona Rotberg. |date=2007 |publisher=Stockholm: Institute for Security and Development Policy |url=https://www.academia.edu/956178 |accessdate=28 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* Ashok Swain, ed., ''Education as Social Action: Knowledge, Identity and Power'' (Basingstoke & New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Swain |first1=A. |title=Education as Social Action: Knowledge, Identity and Power |date=2005 |publisher=Springer |isbn=9780230505605 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jbuADAAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* [https://twitter.com/ashoswai Ashok Swain Twitter Page]

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