German Institute for Global and Area Studies | Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien

German Institute for Global and Area Studies | Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien

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Dr. Sangeeta Mahapatra

Research Fellow

Dr. Sangeeta Mahapatra

  • Kurzer Lebenslauf

    • Since 02/2023: Research Fellow at the GIGA Institute for Asian Studies
    • 01/2022-01/2023: Associate at the GIGA Institute for Asian Studies
    • 01/2021-12/2021: Visiting Fellow at the GIGA Institute for Asian Studies
    • 03/2019-03/2020: Associate at the GIGA Institute for Asian Studies
    • 09/2018-02/2019: Visiting Fellow at the GIGA Institute for Asian Studies
    • 2017-2018: Visiting Faculty, Department of Political Science, Presidency University, India
    • 2014-2016: Visiting Faculty, Department of Political Science, Diamond Harbour Women's University, India
    • 2014-2015: Visiting Faculty, Department of Mass Communications and Journalism, NSHM Knowledge Campus, India
    • 2009-2010: Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral Fellow, Mershon Center for International Security Studies, Ohio State University, USA
    • Education: Ph.D in International Relations (Jadavpur University, India); M.A. in International Relations (Jadavpur University, India), and B.A. in Political Science (Hon.) (St. Xavier's College, University of Calcutta, India)

    Aktuelle Forschung

    • Digital Politics
    • Digital Authoritarianism
    • Disinformation and Counter-Disinformation
    • Online Radicalisation
    • AI and Internet Governance

    Länder und Regionen

    • South and Southeast Asia
    • India

    Dr. Sangeeta Mahapatra

    Research Fellow

    T. +49 40 428874-40[email protected]

    Publikationen

    Kapitel in Sammelband | 2025

    India’s Multi-Platform Election Campaigns for Voter Mobilisation

    This chapter examines multi-platform and multi-discourse political messaging during the 2019 Indian General Elections by India's two largest political parties. It demonstrates how multi-platform partisan messaging enables certain discursive and leadership styles for voter outreach and mobilization.

    Dr. Sangeeta Mahapatra

    Research Fellow

    Policypaper | 07.2024

    Regulation or Repression?: Government Influence on Political Content Moderation in India and Thailand

    Governments and tech companies worldwide periodically clash over what content is acceptable to post online and who gets to decide. As states exert legal, economic, and political pressure on social media platforms and users to control online conversations, the platforms frequently seek to push back.

    Dr. Janjira Sombatpoonsiri

    Research Fellow

    Dr. Sangeeta Mahapatra

    Research Fellow

    GIGA Focus Asien | 3/2024

    India after the 2024 Elections: Trends and Implications

    Indien wählt ein neues Parlament und stellt damit die politischen Weichen für die nächsten fünf Jahre. GIGA-Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler analysieren den Wahlkampf und die innen- und außenpolitischen Folgen des größten Wahlgangs der Welt.

    Mahima Duggal

    Dr. Sangeeta Mahapatra

    Dr. Johannes Plagemann

    Adhiraaj Anand

    Prof. Dr. Joachim Betz

    Prof. Dr. Miriam Prys-Hansen

    GIGA Focus Global | 1/2024

    Repression by Legal Means: Governments’ Anti-Fake News Lawfare

    Die Anti-Fake-News-Gesetzgebung verstärkt die Kontrolle über die Zivilgesellschaft und untergräbt deren demokratische Grundrechte. Die Muster dieser juristischen Repression und die damit verbundenen Gegenstrategien in Süd- und Südostasien werden als Vorreiter globaler Entwicklungen untersucht.

    Dr. Sangeeta Mahapatra

    Dr. Janjira Sombatpoonsiri

    PD Dr. Andreas Ufen

    Kapitel in Sammelband | 10.2021

    COVID-19 Intensifies Digital Repression in South and Southeast Asia

    Dr. Janjira Sombatpoonsiri

    Research Fellow

    Dr. Sangeeta Mahapatra

    Research Fellow

    Forschungsprojekte

    Forschungsprojekt | 01.02.2024 - 31.12.2025

    Digital Transformation Lab (DigiTraL), Phase II: Digitalisierung als Chance für Kooperationen mit globalen Partnern

    Das vom Auswärtigen Amt geförderte Digital Transformation Lab (DigiTraL) des GIGA analysiert die politischen Treiber und Konsequenzen der globalen digitalen Transformation. Dabei ist insbesondere der Globale Süden ein wichtiger Akteur und Gestalter dieses Wandels.
    FFO, 2024-2025

    Forschungsprojekt | 01.02.2023 - 31.01.2025

    Mapping and Strengthening Civil Society Response to Disinformation

    Governments in autocratic and autocratizing contexts may use anti-fake news laws to discredit critical civil society actors as agents of “disinformation” and punish them. Through comparative and cross-learning insights derived from field studies, we seek to map civil society responses against the autocratic use of disinformation laws and strengthen policies for right to information and freedom of speech and expression.
    NED, 2023-2025

    Forschungsprojekt | 01.01.2023 - 31.12.2024

    Strengthening Civil Society Against the Weaponization of Anti-Fake News Laws: A Comparison of Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Thailand

    In an age of proliferating disinformation, governments in South and Southeast Asia have come out with anti-fake news laws. However, the “weaponization" of such laws can lead governments to control online platforms and censor critics. Our project examines the patterns and processes of the weaponization of such laws against civic actors and countermeasures by the latter. We aim for academic and policy outcomes to improve disinformation regulation while safeguarding digital rights.
    Luminate, 2023-2024

    Forschungsprojekt | 01.01.2021 - 30.04.2022

    Digital Surveillance and Understanding Its Chilling Effect on Journalists: Finding Strategies and Solutions to Safely Seek and Share Information Online

    As democracies are getting increasingly digitalized, digital surveillance can impact the freedom of the press and of speech and expression. Surveillance may also shape the creation and flow of information and the formation of public opinion. This project examines how surveillance affects a major information agent: journalists.
    Mozilla Foundation, 2021-2022

    Medienbeiträge

    Boom Live | Kommentar / Gastbeitrag | 05.08.2024

    Mass Surveillance: Indian Railways Use Facial Recognition Tech And AI

    Mass surveillance in public transport systems, touted for safety of passengers, can violate their rights when intrusive AI-enabled Facial Recognition Technology is used. India is deploying such tech in large scale. Dr. Sangeeta Mahapatra comments on the risks and suggests a countermeasure in this article.

    DW News | Interview | 22.12.2022

    DW News, School Surveillance in India Prompts Data Protection Concerns, 22/12/2022

    The interview addresses the need for institutionalisation and standardisation of best parctices of privacy safeguards as digital surveillance through the use of CCTV cameras in schools in New Delhi, India, get routinised.

    The Morning Context | Zitat | 04.09.2021

    How India surveils its citizens

    Vorträge

    Workshop | 03.07.2024 - 05.07.2024

    Paper Presentation at EWIS 2024, WS42 on India's New Developmentalism and Its Discontents

    EWIS 2024: The 11th European Workshops in International Studies (EISA), Istanbul Organisation: European International Studies Association Dr. Sangeeta Mahapatra (Vortragende:r)

    Paper Presentation at EWIS 2024, WS42: India's New Developmentalism and Its Discontents. Paper is on "Datafied Citizenship: How Data Authoritarianism Impacts the Concept of Citizenship in India".

    Dr. Sangeeta Mahapatra

    Research Fellow

    Istituto per gli studi di politica internazionale | 13.06.2024

    India in the Middle East: Looking Westward

    Organisation: Istituto per gli studi di politica internazionale Dr. Sangeeta Mahapatra (Vortragende:r)

    An ISPI-GIGA collaboration event, the panel discussion is part of the Rome MED Dialogues on trends and opportunities of India-Middle East Relations.

    Dr. Sangeeta Mahapatra

    Research Fellow

    Workshop | 03.06.2024

    Capacity-Building Workshop on Anti-Fake News Lawfare, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 3 June 2024

    The interactive sessions of this workshop focused on knowledge sharing, discussions on cross-regional trends and collaboration, and strategies for countering anti-fake news lawfare.

    Dr. Sangeeta Mahapatra

    PD Dr. Andreas Ufen

    Dr. Janjira Sombatpoonsiri

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