Binod Adhikari

My PhD research is a part of a collaborative research project jointly undertaken by the SIAS and SLU, titled “Wild animals – biodiversity or pest? Creating local dialogues for dealing with farming-wildlife conflicts in rural Himalayan landscapes (Wildpest) funded by Formas. 

My current research primarily focuses on the intricate dynamics of interactions between rural farming and wildlife/wild animals within the context of evolving socioecological conditions. 

I grew up in a farming family in the rural village of Nepal, hold an M.Phil. in Development Geography from the University of Bergen, Norway, and a master’s in Geography from Tribhuvan University, Nepal. Since 2020, I have been with the Southasia Institute of Advanced Studies (SIAS), working on different research projects related to natural resource governance and agriculture. 

Poudel, D.P., Blackburn, S., Manandhar, R., Adhikari, B., Ensor, J., Shrestha, A. and Timsina, N.P., 2023. The urban political ecology of ‘haphazard urbanisation’ and disaster risk creation in the Kathmandu valley, Nepal. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, p.103924.

Adhikari, B., Gupta, D., Pandey, P. and Fischer, H., 2022. Learning from adversity: Small-scale commercial farming in Nepal amidst COVID-19 pandemic. New Angle: Nepal journal of social science and public policy, 8(1), pp.1-21.

Timsina, N.P., Poudel, D.P., Manandhar, R., and Adhikari, B., 2022, Political Economy of Urban Change in Kathmandu Valley: A case from Southern Lalitpur Metropolitan City.