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Our researchers and alumni talk about their personal journey with SANDEE and their association with the network. Read the full accounts here.
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“SANDEE advisors and resource persons have helped shape my passion in the field of environmental valuation towards more concrete actionable ideas.”
Chandan Singha
Associate Professor, Hindu College,
University of Delhi, India
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“With every interaction with the SANDEE community, I am gaining confidence.”
Chogyel Wangmo
Lecturer, Department of Environment and Climate Studies,
College of Natural Resources, Royal University of Bhutan, Bhutan
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“SANDEE provides a mechanism of bringing together researchers − both young and experienced − into a forum of lively discussions.”
DVP Prasada
Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
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“The SANDEE approved project has come as a whole package including funding, training, mentorship, and opportunities for frequent interactions with experts and researchers in environmental economics.”
Lubna Naz
Assistant Professor - Economics, Institute of Business Administration Karachi, Pakistan
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“I have learned from SANDEE reviewers that a good storyline is crucial to prepare an outstanding research proposal.”
Md. Shafiqul Bari
Professor, Department of Agroforestry and Environment, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Bangladesh
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“The grant provided me the opportunity to network with expert professionals from around the world.”
Sony Baral
Associate Professor, Institute of Forestry,
Kathmandu, Nepal
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“My experience with the SANDEE community has made me realize the significance of balancing theoretical knowledge and real-life applications while doing research.”
Yarzar Hein
Associate Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Yezin Agricultural University, Myanmar
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“SANDEE has greatly contributed to developing my research capacity, as well as having connected me with many scholars from South Asia and other parts of the world.”
Yuanyuan Yi
Research Assistant Professor, National School of Development, Peking University, Beijing, China
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SANDEE has approved 19 grants since 2020, where female grantees outnumber male grantees (10 female, 9 male). Below are some of the research grants approved recently, along with names of the researchers.
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Water stress-induced migration in Nepal
Menuka Maharjan, Associate Professor, Institute of Forestry, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Evaluating the Climate Resilient Agricultural Practices by the Farmers: Empirical evidence from India and Nepal
Sabina Yasmin, Research Fellow, LEAD, Krea University, India
Tenurial contracts, women participation and reforestation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan
Nasir Iqbal, Associate Professor, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), Pakistan
A Comparative Assessment of Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) and Community Action using Norms
Thiagu Ranganathan, Associate Professor, Centre for Development Studies (CDS), India
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SANDEE researchers organize dissemination workshops to share their research findings and communicate it with relevant stakeholders and policymakers. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, several of the in-person dissemination workshops were delayed.
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The Sushil Koirala Memorial Foundation organized a public event on 10 April 2021, where Mani Nepal was invited to discuss contemporary environmental issues in South Asia.
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SANDEE organized a dissemination workshop for its project ‘Apple production under climate change: Willingness to pay for weather indexed insurance’ at CSIR-Institute of Bioresource Technology Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India on 16 October 2021. Pawan Kumar Sharma, Scientist (Agri. Economics) and principal investigator presented on the project detailing its rationale, preliminary research findings, future plans, and outcomes.
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The Central Department of Economics, Tribhuvan University organized a dissemination seminar on 27 November 2021 on its recently completed study ‘Natural Disaster and Assets Recovery: Empirical Evidence from Nepal’s Earthquake.’ The principal investigator, Nirmal Kumar Raut, Associate Professor at Tribhuvan University completed this study with a research grant provided by SANDEE.
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Launch of the book “Climate Change and Community Resilience”
One of the highlights of 2021 was the publication and launch of our book – ‘Climate Change and Community Resilience’ with 65+ co-authors and contributors. This open access book published by Springer Nature (Singapore) contains 29 chapters documenting the myriad of ways community-based climate change adaptation and resilience programmes being implemented in South Asian countries. At a time when climate change presents humanity with a gloomy future, the stories of innovation, creativity, grassroots engagement, and locally applicable solutions highlighted in this book provides insights into the hopeful ways of approaching climate solutions. Learn more about the launch event.
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Research methods in environmental and natural resource economics using R
In collaboration with East West University and Goa University, we organized a week-long training workshop on Research Methods in Environmental Economics Using R in May 2021. Over 35 researchers from across the region attended the hands-on training that familiarized researchers with the practical and theoretical aspects, and techniques for conducting research in environmental economics. Vikram Dayal, Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi was the main faculty member for the workshop and was assisted by Heena Gaude, Assistant professor at Goa Business School, Goa University. Other resource persons include AK Enamul Haque, Professor, East West University, Pranab Mukhopadhyay, Professor, Goa University, and Mani Nepal, Programme Coordinator, SANDEE.
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40th, 41st and 42nd RnT virtual workshops
As a part of its research capacity and leadership development programme, SANDEE organizes research and training (RnT) workshops twice a year for making research grants and mentoring and providing technical support to the grantees by a group extremely dedicated faculty advisors and experts. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been organizing all our events virtually, including the flagship RnT workshops. During these RnT workshops, we also organized two public lectures by Sir Partha Dasgupta on “The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review” (July 2021) and Prof. Jeff Vincent on “Restoring Global Forests: Opportunities & Challenges” (December 2021) under the ‘SANDEE-ICIMOD lecture series’ both of which received overwhelming response from the audience.
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Joyashree Roy awarded the 2021 Breakthrough Paradigm Award
Joyashree Roy, Bangabandhu Chair Professor at the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, and SANDEE Fellow was awarded the 2021 Paradigm Award by the Breakthrough Institute for her work on efficiency rebound in emerging economies. The Paradigm Award recognizes the accomplishments and leadership in the effort to make the future secure, free, prosperous, and fulfilling for all the world’s inhabitants on an ecologically vibrant planet. Roy is one of the world’s leading scholars on the role of energy in driving socioeconomic development, and one of the coordinating lead authors of the IPCC WGIII (Chapter 5 on Demand, services and social aspects of mitigation).
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SANDEE contributes to curriculum development for an M.Sc. course at Pokhara University, Nepal
Pokhara University designed a new curriculum for the Master of Science in Environment and Climate Change in 2021. SANDEE has played a major role in its curriculum development and led one of the courses – Climate Change Economics and Finance.
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Highlights from the SANDEE network
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Congratulations to the following SANDEEites for their academic and career successes in various fields!
Jeffrey R Vincent, one of the SANDEE advisors and Korstian Distinguished Professor in Forest Economics and Management in the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, was appointed Chair of the Environmental Science and Policy Division, Duke University, USA.
Khin Thida Nyein, alumni of the research and writing workshop and environmental and energy economics workshop, was appointed Pro-Rector, Yangon University of Economics, Myanmar.
Atonu Rabbani, former grantee and one of the SANDEE technical committee members, was appointed the Mushtaque Chowdhury Chair Professor in Health and Poverty, BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University, Bangladesh.
A. V. Manjunatha, SANDEE grantee, was appointed Director of Karnataka Evaluation Authority in Planning division of Programme Monitoring and Statistics Department at Government of Karnataka, India
Congratulations to Ngawang Dendup, SANDEE grantee and summer school alumni, and Shishir Shakya, summer school alumni on successfully completing your PhD!
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Sangeeta Bansal, Madhu Khanna, Joseph Sydlowski
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Ruchi Badola, Tanveer Ahmed, Amanat Kaur Gill, Pariva Dobriyal, Goura Chandra Das, Srishti Badola, Syed Ainul Hussain
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