Asmus Randlov Rungby

Asmus Rungby is a Ph.D.-Candidate in anthropology at the University of Copenhagen. His research focuses on civil society work and democratic engagement in the extremely diverse Malaysian state of Sarawak. By interrogating received conceptions of democracy from the otherwise marginalized perspective of post-colonial Sarawak he aims to criticize eurocentric biases in democracy studies and open up the concept of democracy to encompass a wider variety of experiences and subjectivities. He holds a B.A. and M.A. in anthropology from the University of Copenhagen. Prior to pursuing post-graduate studies, he has done extensive student union organizing at both departmental and faculty levels. Beyond the university, he has been engaged in social justice work, Jazz music organizing and societal critique in Denmark. He is also Co-founder and current leader of the Danish Network for Systemic Critique (Systemkritisk Netværk) in which capacity he regularly comments on Danish politics in Danish mass media.