Professor Christiane Brosius is the project leader for the sub-project 'Autonomy' within the HERA SINGLE project. She is a professor of Visual and Media Anthropology at the Karl Jaspers Centre for Transcultural Studies (Heidelberg University) Her research interests are transnational communities, ritual and performance in urban youth cultures in India and Nepal, Hindu nationalism, popular culture and contemporary art, mega-cities and urbanization. Her research topic within SINGLE is 'Experiencing and Imagining Inside and Outside: Autonomy, Safety and Risk'.