Hans Hadders is associate professor at Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). He has a background in nursing and his PhD is in social anthropology. He has done research on the mortuary rituals performed by the Jadopatias in the Santal villages of Bengal and Jharkhand, India. Besides his focus on mortuary rituals and standardization of death in Norwegian health care and South Asia, his field of specialization is medical anthropology. Hadders is involved in the collaboration with Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences; Dhulikhel Hospital and Kathmandu Medical College; Sinamangal Hospital in Nepal.

Hadders, H. (2017) ‘Establishment of electric crematorium in Nepal: continuity, changes and challenges’, Mortality, 23:1, 19-34.

Hadders, H. (2021) ‘Hindu urn burial in Norway: an option for the future?’, Mortality, 28:1, 21-36.

Hadders, H. (2022) ‘Temple eye banking: cornea donation practice at Pashupati crematorium in Nepal’, Mortality Online, 18 August 2022.