Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay
Theorist of Possibilities, Builder of Worlds
Hi! I am Bodhisattva.
My research is on global imaginaries of the future, and how these imaginaries transform our everyday existence in the present and open up new possibilities for the future. I hold a PhD in science fiction.
I work with and train institutions, organizations, and professionals in future readiness, foresight, speculative world-building, and strategic thinking in the fields of climate change, technological change, and demographic change. I have delivered over 100 keynotes and lectures worldwide on science fiction and futures research. If you are interested in my work use the form to contact me.
I am a multiple awardee of top European Research Council (ERC) R&D grants: CoFutures, the first ERC project on contemporary global futurisms, and CoFutures Literacy, the first ERC proof-of-concept award given for humanities based applied research in Norway. In addition to critical, theoretical, and methodological work, I have produced documentary films, software, games, art, fiction, and translation. My work has been translated into ten languages. Along the way, I have won the World Fantasy Award. There’s some more details if you scroll down, but the best place to find my work is to follow CoFutures.
I am Associate Professor in Global Culture Studies at IKOS, University of Oslo.
I am also Fellow of the Imaginary College at Centre for Science and the Imagination, Arizona State University.
CAREER
Associate Professor, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo 2020-
Fellow, Centre for Advanced Study at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters 2018-19
Researcher, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages (IKOS), University of Oslo 2018-19
SAMKUL Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages (IKOS), University of Oslo 2015-18
Assistant Project Scientist, Department of Informatics and Evoke Lab, University of California, Irvine 2015-16
Assistant Professor in English, Ramjas College, University of Delhi 2014-15
Kultrans fellow and ILOS gjennomføringsstipendiat, University of Oslo 2013-14
Kultrans Doctoral Fellow, Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages (ILOS), University of Oslo 2010-13
Assistant Professor, Department of English, St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi 2008-09
Teaching Assistant, Department of English, University of Delhi 2007-08
Guest Lecturer, St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi 2007
Editorial Positions
Series editor (with Taryne Taylor). Studies in Global Genre Fiction (Routledge) 2018-
Editor-in-Chief, Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction & Fantasy Research (FINFAR) 2017-21
Editor, Journal of Science Fiction (Museum of Science Fiction, Washington DC) 2016-18
List Editor, Popular Culture Association network 2014-17
Temporary Positions
Curator and Cataloguer, Tron Øgrim Science Fiction and Fantasy Collections, Litteraturhuset (House of Literature), Oslo 2011
PRIZES, AWARDS & GRANTS
Inter-CircleU Prize for Interdisciplinary Research 2024
European Research Council Proof of Concept Grant “CoFutures Literacy” 2023
Guest Scholar, International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts (Virtual Edition) 2022
World Fantasy Award 2020
European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant, “CoFutures: Pathways to Possible Presents” 2019
Norwegian Research Council (NFR) FRIPRO YRT Grant, “Science Fictionality” 2019
Johannes H. Berg Memorial Prize for SF Fandom & Community Work in Norway 2019
Co-Investigator Fellowships in two Lifetimes projects with NFR 2018
Johannes H. Berg Memorial Prize for SF Fandom & Community Work in Norway 2019
Foundation Essay Prize for article “Speculative Utopianism in Kalpavigyan: Mythologerm and Women’s Science Fiction.” (January 2017) 2017
“Pathways to Possible Worlds” organizing grants by Evoke Lab, Calit2, Newkirk Centre for Science & Society (UC Irvine) & NFR 2016
Jamie Bishop Award Honorable Mention for Best Article, International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts (IAFA) 2016
Overseas Research Grant awarded by The Research Council of Norway 2015
SAMKUL Postdoctoral Fellowship, IKOS, University of Oslo 2015
Article “Recentering Science Fiction and the Fantastic”, Readers’ Poll Award for Best Article in 2013, Strange Horizons 2014
ILOS gjennomføringsstipend for teaching and research 2013
Faculty of Humanities, UiO grant for archival research (Jun ’11 – Jan ’12) 2011
Kultrans doctoral fellowship, Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages, University of Oslo 2010
University Teaching Assistantship, Department of English, University of Delhi 2007
EDUCATION
PhD Literature (Science Fiction), University of Oslo (valedictory) 2013
MPhil English, University of Delhi (1st with Distinction) 2009
MA English, University of Delhi (1st position North Campus) 2007
BA(H) English, Ramjas College, University of Delhi (1st position) 2005