
Sajag-Nepal
@sajagnepal
Planning and preparedness for the mountain hazard and risk chain in Nepal
Funded by the UK Global Challenges Research Fund
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14-05-2020 14:04:55
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Abstract deadline extended till 5pm GMT on Wednesday, we would really love to have contributions from outside and inside the UK from researchers and practitioners. Please don't hesitate to get in contact. Katie Oven Sajag-Nepal Northumbria Centre for Global Development Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) DevGeogsRG

New article! Sajag-Nepal’s Nyima Dorjee Bhotia ཉི་མ་རྡོ་རྗེ། and JC Gaillard offer some important reflections on post-colonial futures for DRR in South Asia.

Very many congratulations from the Sajag-Nepal team to Sunil Tamang (he/him) on starting his PhD at University of Canterbury. This is wonderful news, Sunil!


Today in our seminar series Katherine Arrell spoke about the Sajag-Nepal project, focusing on #ParticipatoryMapping of Mobility. She explored hazard, exposure & knowledge around landslides in rural #Nepal, challenging the static nature & assumptions of traditional risk mapping 👏


Great first week on the Mountain Hazards trip to Nepal! Trip to NCET, UN Nepal and then an earthquake tour in Kathmandu. Geography at Durham



Mobility mapping...new technique, new knowledge #Temal #Kavre, Sajag-Nepal Social Science Baha



Join members of the Sajag-Nepal team Dipak and Dong Tek Bahadur for Thursday’s livestream event of Disasters: Deconstructed Podcast as they offer reflections on undertaking interdisciplinary and intercultural research on mountain hazards and risks in the Nepal Himalaya

NEW EPISODE!! So pleased to bring you the third and final part of Sajag-Nepal's podcast takeover! In this episode Nyima Dorjee Bhotia ཉི་མ་རྡོ་རྗེ།, Dipak, Anuradha Puri and Dong Tek Bahadur discuss the study of slope movement, in conversation with community members from Bhotekoshi. Enjoy!

Happening today at 1pm BST. Join us via the Disasters: Deconstructed Podcast YouTube channel and hear from Sajag-Nepal’s Dong Tek Bahadur and Dipak

If you are at the #RGSIBG2024 tomorrow come along to our two exciting hybrid sessions on (Counter)-Mapping for Disaster Risk Reduction: Challenging Inequalities in Knowledge Systems in Development Contexts in the RGS-IBG Drayson Room from 9am. DevGeogsRG Geog & Env Sciences Northumbria Centre for Global Development

Giving back pictures taken during the Sajag-Nepal fieldwork. Thankful to happy faces and warmth of the relationship built in these years at Bhotekoshi.


Great first day of Nepal Geotechnical Society (NGS) #Geomandu24 with past and present members of Sajag-Nepal Gopi Krishna Sweata, presenting our research on the spatial and temporal evolution of #landslides in the Gorkha earthquake affected area and nationally. Conference papers out soon!


Fully funded PhD available Geography at Durham in Modelling Landslide Hazard in Aotearoa New Zealand as part of the Hōretireti Whenua Sliding Lands programme. Further details about the project and application process👉tinyurl.com/NZLSPhD25. Deadline is Feb 12th .

Are you thinking about enrolling on a masters programme? Then look no further! We have a suite of programmes available Geography at Durham each of which is tailored to addressing urgent environmental, political, and social challenges. Find out more here: tinyurl.com/4976a3m7

