Asmus Randløv Rungby

Asmus Randløv Rungby is a Postdoc at the Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Copenhagen. His research critically investigates the interplay between human identities and democratic systems, particularly in urbanizing contexts of Borneo, challenging Eurocentric conceptions of democracy through deconstructionist theory.

• Institution: University of Copenhagen
• School: Faculty of Social Sciences
• Department: Department of Anthropology
• Position: Postdoc (Researcher)
• Email: arr@anthro.ku.dk
• ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6627-1696

His research focuses on social identities, citizenship, urbanization, and democratic formations in Southeast Asia, particularly Malaysia and Indonesia. Drawing from Jacques Derrida’s deconstruction, he explores how identity and cohabitation are reconfigured in rapidly urbanizing regions like Sarawak, Borneo.

His recent publications reflect interdisciplinary engagement with sustainability and tourism, including work on energy decarbonization with universal access (2024) and tourism development in Nusa Lembongan, Indonesia (2017). These indicate a trend toward examining societal transformation, green transitions, and critical development studies, often from an anthropological and postcolonial perspective.

Rungby has been actively involved in academic events, including organizing and participating in the 16th EASA Biennial Conference (2020) and co-leading a workshop titled 'The Nonhuman that therefore I am (not).' These activities highlight his engagement with broader theoretical debates in anthropology, particularly around nonhuman agency and critical theory.

He has no listed scientific awards or students at this time. However, his collaborative research output suggests strong network ties within the Department of Anthropology and interdisciplinary teams at UCPH.

Rungby is part of an active research environment in the Department of Anthropology, collaborating with scholars such as Matti Weisdorf and Kristian Hoeck. His work contributes to critical anthropological perspectives on democracy, identity, and societal transformation, particularly in understudied regions of Southeast Asia.