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Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay is an Associate Professor at the Department of Culture, Religion, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Oslo. His research focuses on contemporary future fictions, science fiction, and futurism across multiple media platforms including literature, graphic novels, films, video games, and visual arts. He previously pursued a Bachelors in Zoology (2014-15) before shifting to postdoctoral work on medical databases and classification systems.
- Established the Holodeck Games Research Lab (University of Oslo's only dedicated video game research facility)
- Co-founder of the global research collective Theory from the Margins (16,000+ members)
- Producer of the award-winning documentary Kalpavigyan: A Speculative Journey (2021)
His research explores decolonial futures through projects like the ERC-funded CoFutures (2020-24) and CoFutures Literacy (2023-25). Key themes include:
- Technocratic vs. Decolonial Futures
- Composability of Futures across cultural contexts
- Infrastructure Ethics in resource extraction
- Temporal vs. Spatial Futures in global inequality
- Climate Fiction as political intervention
- Video Game Epistemology in future literacy
Awarded European Research Council grants (2020), Norwegian Research Council grants (2018, 2020, 2022), and the World Fantasy Award (2020), he also serves on editorial boards for Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and the Routledge Book Series: Studies in Global Genre Fiction. His recent documentary examines Indian science fiction traditions, particularly Bangla Kalpavigyan.
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