Prof Linda Lane is Visiting Professor at IMPRI. Prof Lane is a native of the USA living in Sweden. She defended her doctoral thesis in Economic History titled, “Trying to make a living, the economic lives of Swedish women in the interwar years” in 2004 followed by post-doctoral studies at the Centre for Working Life Studies, London Metropolitan University, London. Since then, she had been employed as a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Social Work, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Her research has focused on gender and intersectionality theory as analytical tools to study empowerment, work and employment, and social policy. Published research includes studies of work, family, and quality of life, disability, sexual harassment prevention, gender equality and gender empowerment. Several research projects were funded by the European Union or by the Nordic Minister Council. Since 2012, She has actively engaged in establishing research contacts with Indian researchers. First through the Swedish Indian Gender Network (SIGN), Nordic Centre India, and through research and collaboration with colleagues at IGNOU, New Delhi. These intitatives have led to several publications in Indian and European academic journals. New joint publications available in 2024 are: “The Role of self-help groups in Rural Odisha – promoting women’s Empowerment” (Lane, Dhal & Srivastava), and “Clean Energy Technology and gender and Empowerment in rural Odisha” (Dhal, Lane & Srivastava). Affiliations of interest are NGO Gender in Development (GADIP), Research Group on Gender-based Violence (KRV) at the University of Gothenburg, and resource person for Impact and Policy Research Institute (IMPRI), New Delhi. She is also a member of ed. Advisory Board for the journal Urdhava Mula.