Expertise, Labour, and Mobility in Nepal’s Post-Conflict, Post-Earthquake Reconstruction: Construction, Finance, and Law as Domains of Social Transformation

Expertise, Labour and Mobility in Nepal’s Post-Conflict, Post-Disaster Reconstruction

This website is the home for our research partnership focusing on reconstruction efforts in Nepal after the 2015 earthquakes.

Dolakha, Nepal, December 2016. Photo by Sara Shneiderman. Read More
Op-ed: Reconstruction Conundrums
Several partnership members have published an op-ed in the Kathmandu Post. Read More
This website is the home for our research partnership focusing on reconstruction efforts in Nepal after the 2015 earthquakes.

Photo by Katherine Hacker. Read More
A 20,000 litre water tank being constructed after the previous one was destroyed in the earthquake. This is a community-based project with additional support from the district water utility.
Sindhupalchowk, Nepal. Photo by Prakash Chandra Subedi. Read More
On the way to Borang, men transporting CGI sheets from Dundure. Human labour or mules are required to transport construction materials as there is no road access.

Dhading, Nepal. Photo by Manoj Suji. Read More

Welcome to the website for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)-funded Partnership Development Grant ‘Expertise, Labour, and Mobility in Nepal’s Post-Conflict, Post-Earthquake Reconstruction: Construction, Finance, and Law as Domains of Social Transformation’. We are a team of scholars from Canada, Denmark, Nepal and the US.

Please find basic information here about our objectives, workplan, short bios of team members, information on workshops, records of presentations, reflective blogs, funding, and links to partners’ websites.

Our partnership work began in mid-2017, and this website will be updated as we have more material to share.

Events
News

Partners present at SOAS conference in London & Dr. Sara Shneiderman to give keynote address

Partnership members from our Canada and Nepal teams will be giving presentations during the SOAS (South Asia Institute) conference, “Epicentre to Aftermath: Political, Social and Cultural Impacts of Earthquakes in South Asia“, being held in London from January 11th-12th, 2019. Team members, Jeevan Baniya (Social Science Baha), Omer Aijazi (University of Toronto, Canada), and Sara Shneiderman (University of […]

Annual Conference on Nepal and the Himalaya

Members of our project participated in two panel sessions. Jul 25-27, 2018, Kathmandu.

Catastrophe in Context: Household Recoveries from the 2015 Nepal Earthquakes

Dr. Jeremy Spoon presents findings from his NSF-funded Nepal Critical Transitions Project. Mar 5, 2018, UBC.

Start-Up Workshop

Reconstructing Nepal: Politics and Practice after the 2015 Earthquakes and Constitution. Sep 14-17, 2017, UBC.

Op-ed: Reconstruction Conundrums

Several partnership members have published an op-ed in the Kathmandu Post.

Partners present at SOAS conference in London & Dr. Sara Shneiderman to give keynote address

Nepal Workshop Report Published in HIMALAYA

The workshop report from the first partnership team workshop held at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver in September 2017 has now been published. The report presents an overview of the issues raised during the presentations by team members from Canada, Denmark, US, and Nepal. A full version of the report can be found online […]

Dr. Shneiderman presents context, objectives, and significance of ELMNR partnership project

The presentation discusses the themes and impacts of the partnership's work, both inside and outside of Nepal

Partnership to receive additional grant

New funds will be used to fund the project of 'Nepal's Post-Earthquake Reconstruction Outcomes: A Quantitative Survey'

New publication by partnership members

The article is titled 'Geo-Logics of Power: Disaster Capitalism, Himalayan Materialities, and the Geopolitical Economy of Reconstruction in Post-Earthquake Nepal'

Partnership members visit two field sites

Partnership members learned about reconstruction experiences in Bhaktapur and Sindhupalchowk

Research Seminar Series held at SSB

Four partnership members presented research in July & Aug 2018 in Kathmandu.

Presentations at the Annual Kathmandu Conference on Nepal & The Himalaya

Partnership members presented in three separate panels.

Second Workshop Held in Kathmandu

Workshop discussions launch second phase of research.