Centre for Contemporary Buddhist Studies
The Centre for Contemporary Buddhist Studies (CCBS) is an interdisciplinary research center that brings together scholars, students and stakeholders to explore how contemporary Buddhist ideas and practices influence, and are influenced by, the social, economic, material and more-than-human relations in which they are embedded.
Established in 2016 and based at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, the CCBS generates a fruitful academic environment that brings together scholars from different disciplines to further research in the field of contemporary Buddhism. The research centre provides a supportive environment in which scholars, students, and others can immerse themselves in the questions generated by our four strategic research areas:
- Buddhism and economy
- Buddhism and waste
- Buddhism and infrastructure
- Materials and materiality in Buddhism
Read about our strategic resesearch areas.
Contact
The centre can be contacted at ccbs@hum.ku.dk.
You are also welcome to contact:
Director Trine Brox, trinebrox@hum.ku.dk, and
Research coordinator Dendup Chophel, dch@hum.ku.dk.
Collective research projects
Current postdoc and PhD projects
- REFUSE: Disrupting Buddhist circular economies – excess and abandonment in contemporary Japan
- Sanitary rituals: Experiences of Sanitary waste within Vajrayana Buddhist pilgrimage in Sankhu, Nepal
- Waste: Consumption and Buddhism in the age of garbage
- WIRED: The role of infrastructure in the Tibetan Buddhist revival in contemporary China
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Researchers
| Name | Title | Job responsibilities | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brox, Trine | Associate Professor - Promotion Programme | Centre for Contemporary Buddhist Studies | +4551302965 | |
| Cho, Yasmin | External Researcher | Centre for Contemporary Buddhist Studies | ||
| Dendup, Chophel | Postdoc | Centre for Contemporary Buddhist Studies | +4535325416 | |
| Kolata, Paulina | Marie Curie Fellow | Centre for Contemporary Buddhist Studies | +4535328792 |