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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

  • 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 Bina Limbu. 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.

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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.
New bibliographic resource guide published
The new resource guide is prepared by a project at SOAS, in collaboration with Social Science Baha.
New book publication: The Politics of Change: Reflections on Contemporary Nepal
Partnership member Mr. Thapa has edited this new book, and Dr. Shneiderman has co-authored a chapter on Citizenship and Inclusion in Nepal.
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
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.
Nepal Workshop Report Published in HIMALAYA
The workshop report from the first partnership workshop held at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver in September 2017 has been published.
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.

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