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

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Policy Briefs

	Policy Brief 1: Reconstructing Nepal – Law. 2021. Expertise, Labour, and Mobility in Nepal’s Post-Conflict, Post-Disaster Reconstruction: Construction, Finance, and Law as Domains of Social Transformation. Social Science Baha, Kathmandu. Available from: [publication page] [PDF]
	Policy Brief 2: Reconstructing Nepal – Finance. 2021. Expertise, Labour, and Mobility in Nepal’s Post-Conflict, Post-Disaster Reconstruction: Construction, Finance, and Law as Domains of Social Transformation. Social Science Baha, Kathmandu. Available from: [publication page] [PDF]
	Policy Brief 3: Reconstructing Nepal – Construction. 2021. Expertise, Labour, and Mobility in Nepal’s Post-Conflict, Post-Disaster Reconstruction: Construction, Finance, and Law as Domains of Social Transformation. Social Science Baha, Kathamandu. Available from: [publication page] [PDF]
	Policy Brief 4: Reconstructing Nepal – Heritage. 2021. Expertise, Labour, and Mobility in Nepal’s Post-Conflict, Post-Disaster Reconstruction: Construction, Finance, and Law as Domains of Social Transformation. Social Science Baha, Kathamandu. Available from: [publication page] [PDF]

Working Papers

	Limbu, Bina, Manoj Suji, Jeevan Baniya, Prakash Chandra Subedi and Nabin Rawal. 2022. “Reconstructing Nepal: Sindhupalchowk – Hybrid Construction and Financial Flows”. Working Paper, Social Science Baha, Kathmandu. Available from: [publication page] [PDF]
	Rawal, Nabin, Manoj Suji, Bina Limbu, Prakash Chandra Subedi & Jeevan Baniya. 2021. “Reconstructing Nepal: Dhading – Patchwork Policies and Multiple Structures.” Working Paper, Social Science Baha, Kathmandu. Available from: [publication page] [PDF]
	Suji, Manoj, Bina Limbu, Nabin Rawal, Prakash Chandra Subedi & Jeevan Baniya. 2020. “Reconstructing Nepal: Bhaktapur – Heritage and Urban Reconstruction.” Working Paper, Social Science Baha, Kathmandu. Available from: [publication page] [PDF]
	Limbu, Bina, Nabin Rawal, Manoj Suji, Prakash Chandra Subedi & Jeevan Baniya. 2019. “Reconstructing Nepal: Post-Earthquake Experiences from Bhaktapur, Dhading and Sindhupalchowk.” Working Paper, Social Science Baha, Kathmandu. Available from: [publication page] [PDF]

Newspaper Op-Eds

	Shneiderman, Sara, Jeevan Baniya, Philippe Le Billon & Deepak Thapa. “Learning from disasters: Nepal copes with coronavirus pandemic 5 years after earthquake.” The Conversation, 23 April 2020. Available from: https://theconversation.com/learning-from-disasters-nepal-copes-with-coronavirus-pandemic-5-years-after-earthquake-134009
	Limbu, Bina, Jeevan Baniya, Manoj Suji & Sara Shneiderman. “Reconstruction Conundrums.” The Kathmandu Post, 19 February 2019. Available from: https://kathmandupost.com/opinion/2019/02/19/reconstruction-conundrums

Journal Articles

Shneiderman, S., Limbu, B. K., Baniya, J., Suji, M., Rawal, N., Subedi, P. C., & Warner, C. D. (2023). House, Household, and Home: Revisiting Anthropological and Policy Frameworks through Postearthquake Reconstruction Experiences in Nepal. Current Anthropology, 64(5), 475-619. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1086/72736

	Shrestha, Ratna K.; Raunak Shrestha; Sara Shneiderman; Jeevan Baniya (2023) Beyond Reconstruction: What Leads to Satisfaction in Post-Disaster Recovery? Journal of Happiness Studies. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-023-00642-6
	Aijazi, Omer; Amburgey, Emily; Limbu, Bina; Suji, Manoj; Binks, James; Balaz-Munn, Courtney; Rankin, Katharine; Shneiderman, Sara (2021) The Ethnography of Collaboration: Navigating Power Relationships in Joint Research. Collaborative Anthropologies. Available from: Click here to access the article. Click here for full citation details.
	Dinesh Paudel; Katharine Rankin; Philippe Le Billon (2020) Lucrative Disaster: Financialization, Accumulation and Postearthquake Reconstruction in Nepal. Economic Geography. Available from: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/6TSHZN9676DQFNKR6KXC/full?target=10.1080/00130095.2020.1722635
	Le Billon, Philippe; Suji, Manoj; Baniya, Jeevan; Limbu, Bina; Paudel, Dinesh; Rankin, Katharine; Rawal, Nabin; Shneiderman, Sara (2020) Disaster Financialization: Earthquakes, Cashflows and Shifting Household Economies in Nepal. Development and Change. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/dech.12603
	Parajulee, Ramjee; Sara Shneiderman; Ratna K. Shrestha (2020) Forging Community through Disaster Response: Nepali Canadians and the 2015 Earthquakes. BC Studies. Available from: https://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/bcstudies/article/view/191953

Book Chapters

Shneiderman, Sara, Dan Hirslund, Jeevan Baniya, Philippe Le Billon, Bina Limbu, Bishnu Pandey, Katharine Rankin, Nabin Rawal, Prakash Chandra Subedi, Manoj Suji, Deepak Thapa, and Cameron Warner (2021) Expertise, Labour and Mobility in Nepal’s Post-Conflict, Post-Disaster Reconstruction. In Epicentre to Aftermath: Rebuilding and Remembering in the Wake of Nepal’s Earthquakes, eds. Michael Hutt, Mark Liechty, and Stefanie Lotter. Cambridge University Press.

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