Aman Jaswal
Details
College: School of Communication & Design
Department: School of Communication & Design
Campus: Saigon South Campus Vietnam
aman.jaswal@rmit.edu.vn
ORCID: 0009-0006-1956-5409
About
Dr. Aman Jaswal is an academic in Sociology and International Relations, serving as a Lecturer International studies at RMIT Vietnam. He earned his PhD in Sociology and International Relationsfrom the University of Staffordshire, UK, as a UK ESRC-funded doctoral scholar, and received an Alan Turing Grant to support his international fieldwork. Alongside his doctorate, he holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Professional Education Teaching and is a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy, reflecting his commitment to innovative pedagogy and academic excellence.
Dr. Jaswal’s work bridges research, teaching, and policy engagement. He has designed curricula in Political Science, Sociology, and International Relations under India’s NEP 2020 reforms, mentored students across disciplines, and published widely on topics including Kashmir, insurgency, and the shifting contours of global security and governance. His broader perspective integrates globalisation, social change, and interdisciplinary approaches to politics and sociology, while fostering dialogue between academia, media, and policymaking communities.
Research interests
His teaching and research focus on South Asia’s socio-political dynamics, identity politics, global security, and soft power diplomacy, with a strong emphasis on qualitative research interviews as his methodological forte. He has provided specialised teaching to the UK Ministry of Defence, delivering modules on regional and global security for Royal Air Force officers, and has taught extensively at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the UK and India.