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  • 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

  • New Publication in Collaborative Anthropologies

    We are pleased to announce the publication of a new article in Collaborative Anthropologies titled “The Ethnography of Collaboration: Navigating Power Relationships in Joint Research.” Read More

  • Working paper published: “Reconstructing Nepal: Bhaktapur – Heritage and Urban Reconstruction”

    We are pleased to announce that members of our research team at Social Science Baha (Manoj Suji, Bina Limbu, Nabin Rawal, Prakash Chandra Subedi, and Jeevan Baniya) have just published the second in the working paper series ‘Reconstructing Nepal: Scholarly Approaches’ (edited by Sara Shneiderman and Deepak Thapa). This publication is based on research conducted […] Read More

  • New publication in Development and Change

    We are happy to announce that members of the partnership team have recently published an article in Development and Change titled “Disaster Finacialization: Earthquakes, Cashflows and Shifting Household Economies in Nepal”. Read More

  • New publication in BC Studies

    Project participants Ramjee Parajulee (Capilano University), Sara Shneiderman (UBC), and Ratna K. Shrestha (UBC) have recently published an article in the journal BC Studies. The article, titled “Forging Community through Disaster Response: Nepali Canadians and the 2015 Earthquakes,” explores the community ties that were forged by Nepali-Canadians in British Columbia in the aftermath of Nepal’s […] 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-Disaster 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.

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New Publication in Collaborative Anthropologies
We are pleased to announce the publication of a new article in Collaborative Anthropologies titled “The Ethnography of Collaboration: Navigating Power Relationships in Joint Research” by project participants: Omer Aijazi, Emily Amburgey, Bina Limbu, Manoj Suji, James Binks, Courtney Balaz-Munn, Katharine Rankin and Sara Shneiderman. Abstract: We came together to write a paper on the devaluation […]
New Photo Collection
We are pleased to announce that our fieldwork photo collection of 216 images has now been published by UBC cIRcle, an open-access digital repository for research and teaching materials. The full collection can be viewed here. This collection is a compilation of images taken by members of the Social Science Baha research team located in Kathmandu, […]
National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) Conference Presentation
On August 25th, 2020, Dr. Sara Shneiderman (Associate Professor in Anthropology and School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at UBC) presented a co-authored paper stemming from our SSHRC Partnership Development Grant at the web-based ‘National Symposium on Nepal’s Reconstruction (NSNR-2020) hosted by the Government of Nepal’s National Reconstruction Authority (NRA). The theme of the […]
Kathmandu Conference Presentation
Two members from our partnership team, Manoj Suji (Social Science Baha) and Nabin Rawal (Tribhuvan University) presented at the The Annual Kathmandu Conference on Nepal and the Himalaya on July 31st, 2020 in Kathmandu, Nepal. The paper titled “Discourse of Post-Earthquake Heritage Reconstruction: A Case Study of Bhaktapur Municipality” explores the discourse of post-earthquake heritage […]
New publication in Development and Change
We are happy to announce that project participants Philippe Le Billon (UBC), Manoj Suji (Social Science Baha), Jeevan Baniya (Social Science Baha), Bina Limbu (Social Science Baha), Dinesh Paudel (Appalachian State University), Katharine Rankin (University of Toronto), Nabin Rawal (Tribhuvan University) and Sara Shneiderman (UBC) have just published an article in Development and Change titled […]
New publication in BC Studies
Project participants Ramjee Parajulee (Capilano University), Sara Shneiderman (UBC), and Ratna K. Shrestha (UBC) have recently published an article in the journal BC Studies. The article, titled “Forging Community through Disaster Response: Nepali Canadians and the 2015 Earthquakes,” explores the community ties that were forged by Nepali-Canadians in British Columbia in the aftermath of Nepal’s […]
Working paper published: “Reconstructing Nepal: Bhaktapur – Heritage and Urban Reconstruction”
We are pleased to announce that members of our research team at Social Science Baha (Manoj Suji, Bina Limbu, Nabin Rawal, Prakash Chandra Subedi, and Jeevan Baniya) have just published the second in the working paper series ‘Reconstructing Nepal: Scholarly Approaches’ (edited by Sara Shneiderman and Deepak Thapa). This publication is based on research conducted […]
New essay published in The Conversation
We are pleased to announce that several members of our project (Sara Shneiderman, Jeevan Baniya, Philippe Le Billon, and Deepak Thapa) have produced a short essay that was just published today in The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/learning-from-disasters-nepal-copes-with-coronavirus-pandemic-5-years-after-earthquake-134009 It marks the fifth anniversary of Nepal’s earthquake, which is April 25th, and connects some of the outcomes from our […]
November events on Earthquake and Tsunami Aftermaths
Project lead Sara Shneiderman, Associate Professor in UBC's Department of Anthropology and School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, is organizing and participating in two upcoming discussion forums on earthquake aftermaths.
Working paper published: ‘Reconstructing Nepal: Post-Earthquake Experiences from Bhaktapur, Dhading, and Sindhupalchowk’
The paper examines various forms of expertise and governance practices in relation to house-building processes.
National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) Conference Presentation
On August 25th, 2020, Dr. Sara Shneiderman (Associate Professor in Anthropology and School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at UBC) presented a co-authored paper stemming from our SSHRC Partnership Development Grant at the web-based ‘National Symposium on Nepal’s Reconstruction (NSNR-2020) hosted by the Government of Nepal’s National Reconstruction Authority (NRA). The theme of the […]
Kathmandu Conference Presentation
Two members from our partnership team, Manoj Suji (Social Science Baha) and Nabin Rawal (Tribhuvan University) presented at the The Annual Kathmandu Conference on Nepal and the Himalaya on July 31st, 2020 in Kathmandu, Nepal. The paper titled “Discourse of Post-Earthquake Heritage Reconstruction: A Case Study of Bhaktapur Municipality” explores the discourse of post-earthquake heritage […]
November events on Earthquake and Tsunami Aftermaths
Project lead Sara Shneiderman, Associate Professor in UBC's Department of Anthropology and School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, is organizing and participating in two upcoming discussion forums on earthquake aftermaths.
Joint conference panel with SWAY project in Kathmandu
Several research team members presented at the 7th Annual Kathmandu Conference on Nepal and the Himalaya, 24-26 July 2019, as members of the panel “From Epicentre to Aftermath: Ethnographic and Historical Views of Post-Earthquake Nepal”. This joint panel was organized in cooperation with the project “After the Earth’s Violent Sway: the tangible and intangible legacies […]
May 28th Public Seminar at University of Copenhagen
The public seminar presented findings from our research project in dialogue with scholars working on disasters in other areas of the world.
Partners present at SOAS conference in London & Dr. Sara Shneiderman to give keynote address
Partnership members from our Canada and Nepal teams presented during the SOAS South Asia Institute conference, "Epicentre to Aftermath: Political, Social and Cultural Impacts of Earthquakes in South Asia", in London, January 2019.
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.

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