PAPER PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSIONS IN CONFERENCE 

Paper Presentations 

Jeevan Baniya, Sadikshya Bhattarai, Arjun Kharel, Nilima Rai. Migration for Employment to South Korea: Socio-economic Characteristics of Aspirant Migrants in Nepal.  Inclusion and Co-existence in an Age of Transition, 22nd International Conference. BK21 Centre for International Migration and Diaspora Innovative Talents, South Korea,  18 February 2022.  

Jeevan Baniya.  Health of Temporary Nepali Migrant Workers in Malaysia: Impacts and Access to Health Care Services. Migration and Health: Current Issues and Challenges. Center for Global Diaspora Studies (Chonnan National University). South Korea, 15 December 2023. 

Inge Adriana, Maria Boudewijn , Katy Jenkins, Matt Baillie Smith , Bianca Lucianne Fadel, Philip Gibby, Egidius Kamanyi , Moses Okech , Jeevan Baniya. Towards A Critical Relationality Framework Of Volunteering In Humanitarian And Development Settings: Learning From Case Studies In Uganda, Tanzania And Nepal. Everyday rhythms of voluntary labour for change: beyond ‘volunteering for development’. EADI CEsA General Conference 2023: Towards New Rhythms of Development. Centre for African and Development Studies (CEsA), ISEG-Lisbon School of Economics and Management/University of Lisbon (Portugal), 10-13 July 2023. 

Jeevan Baniya, Sudeshna Thapa, Amit Gautam and Dipak Basnet. Earthquake, Covid-19 and Human Trafficking: Special Reference to Nepal. Asia Shift: the Wind of Crisis and the Wave of Change. 2021 ACC International Academic Conference on Asia Cultural Research, South Korea. 25-26 November 2021 

With Sara Shneiderman, Bina Limbu , Manoj Suji , Nabin Rawal, Prakash Chandra Subedi, and Cameron Warne. House, Household and Home: Revisiting Social Science and Policy Frameworks through Post-Earthquake Reconstruction Experiences in Nepal. National Symposium on Nepal's Reconstruction (NSNR), 24-27, August 2020.  

With Yangchen D. Gurung, Anisha Bhattarai and Sita Nepali. Politics of Implementation of Scholarships: Evidence from Nepal. International Conference on Resilient Social Protection for an Inclusive Future. Kathmandu Nepal 18-19 September 2019. 

With Tracy Ghale, Nilima Rai, Amit Gautam, Lachhindra Maharjan. Why Children Matter: Vulnerabilities and Needs of Children in Disasters. The Annual Kathmandu Conference on Nepal and the Himalaya. Kathmandu Nepal 24-26 July 2019. 

With Anisha Bhattarai, Sita Nepali. Discourses in Nepali Newspapers Op-eds about Rescue, Relief, Recovery and Reconstruction in the Post-Gorkha Earthquake (the panel 2) From Epicentre to Aftermath: Ethnographic and Historical Views of Post-Earthquake Nepal (double panel) The Annual Kathmandu Conference on Nepal and the Himalaya. Kathmandu Nepal 24-26 July 2019. 

Decent Work Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals: Reflection. Conference, Work, Identity and Livelihood in ‘New Nepal’: Conversation within South Asia. South Asian University, New Delhi, 18-19, July 2019 

Reconstruction and Socio-cultural Ruptures in Post-Nepal Earthquake: A Case Study of Majhi Community, Epicenter to Aftermath: Political Social and Cultural Impacts of Earthquakes in South Asia. SOAS University of London, UK 11-12 January 2019. 

With Sara Shneiderman, Bina Limbu, Nabin Rawal, Prakash Chandra Subedi, Manoj Suji. Householder, Homeowner, or Landowner? Rethinking Ownership and Kinship through Nepal’s Reconstruction Process. Epicenter to Aftermath: Political Social and Cultural Impacts of Earthquakes in South Asia. SOAS University of London, UK 11-12 January 2019. 

With Amrita Gurung, 2018. ‘INGO’s in Humanitarian Responses post-Earthquake: Empirical evidence from Gurkha, Sindhupalchok and Southern Lalitpur.’ The Annual Kathmandu Conference on Nepal and the Himalaya, 25-27 July 2018, Panel B: Reconstruction: Expertise, Politics and Materiality in Nepal’s ongoing Transformation. Kathmandu Nepal.

With Stephen Meserve, Daniel Pemstein, Brigitte Seim. Clientelism and middle class: Evidence from Nepal. European Political Science Association (EPSA), 21-23 June 2018. Vienna, Austria.

The rise and fall of the Citizen’s Movement for Democracy and Peace and its role in democratization in Nepal, Chautari Annual Conference, Organized by Martin Chaurati (MC), 22-23, 2018 April Kathmandu Nepal. 

Labour Migration and Remittance Economy: The Socio-Political Impact. Socio-Political Impact, BNAC-Nepal Study Days, Bournemouth University UK 12-13 April 2017

Health Workers Migration from Nepal, Annual Kathmandu Conference on Nepal and the Himalaya, Kathmandu 27-29 July 2016

Maoists-led armed movement, their electoral victory and implications for transformation in Nepal, 4th Oslo International Conference on Democracy as Idea and Practice, Oslo 10-12 January 2013

A critical study of the roles of civil society on democratization in Nepal, 2nd International Conference on Democracy as Idea and Practice, University of Oslo January 2011

Issues of improving governance in Nepal: The focus on the local, World Civic Youth Forum (WCYF) 2009 May 5-8, South Korea, jointly hosted by Kyunghee University and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)

What went wrong with liberal democracy? The case study of Nepal, 4th Annual International Graduate Student Conference, June 2-3, Paris 2009

Maoists’ victory in competitive politics of Nepal: Future implications and challenges- Spring Academic Conference organized The Korean Political Science Association, 9th and 10th May 2008

Democratic transition, civil society and regional power struggle in Nepal- Democratization & Civil Society in Developing Countries of Asia, Korea Democracy Foundation- 18 April 2008, Ajou University, Suwon South Korea

Civil society: Its role in conflict resolution and peace building in Nepal, International Forum on ‘Civil Society in Asia: Experiences and Perspectives, Sogang University, Seoul Korea, 7th September 2007


            Moderation and discussion

            Discussant, Session 5: Return Migrants and Diasporas, The 10th South Asia Economic Policy Network Conference on Migration in South Asia,, 07-08 November 2022, Kathmandu Nepal. 

            Moderator, Session VIII: Cross-Border Migration in South Asia, International Conference on Understanding International Migration, 07 February 2021,  Kathmandu, Nepal 

            Moderator, Day 2: Session 1: Session 1: Promoting Practice of Fair and Responsible Recruitment, International Conference on Protection of Rights of the Migrant Workers, 12-14 November 2019, Kathmandu Nepal. 

            Chair and discussant, Inclusion and Governance Policies and Practices in Nepal. Nepal Research Conference on Peace, Justice and Inclusive Society, 27-28 June 2019, Kathmandu Nepal.  

            Moderator, A Panel Presentation and Discussion (Public Event), ‘Collaborative Research Projects in the Wake of the 2015 Earthquakes.’ The Annual Kathmandu Conference on Nepal and the Himalaya, 26 July 2018, Kathmandu Nepal. 

            Moderator, Panel Discussion 9, Panel Discussion on enhancing close links among research, education, implementation and local agencies. Risk to Resilience, an International Conference on Experience of Earthquake Risk: Management, Preparedness and Reconstruction in Nepal, 18-20 June 2018, Kathmandu Nepal. 

            Chair, Day 2: Panel B5: New and Old: Challenges in Education Sector in Nepal, Annual Kathmandu Conference on Nepal and the Himalaya 26-28 June 2017

            Discussant, Day 2: Panel A6, Post-Disaster Relief and Roles: Local Initiatives and Global Norms, The Annual Kathmandu Conference on Nepal and the Himalaya 26-28 June 2017

            Chair, Day 1: Panel B2, Post-disaster Agro-ecological Transition: How the 2015 Nepali Earthquakes Impact Agricultural Adoption in Mid-montane Communities, The Annual Kathmandu Conference on Nepal and the Himalaya 27-29 June 2016

            Discussant, Day 2: Panel B5, Transparency and Disaster: Tales from the Reconstruction of Post-Earthquake Nepal, Annual Kathmandu Conference on Nepal and the Himalaya 27-29 June 2016

            Discussant, Session 2. International Symposium on Education for International Development and Cooperation, 27 March 2009.  Ajou University, South Korea, 27 March 2009

            Volunteer, 2007. International NGO Symposium on ‘Peaceful Resolution of Territorial Issues and International Conflicts’ Seoul Korea, Responsibility: summary writing of a session  organized and participated: East Asia Civil Society Workshop- New Challenges in East Asia Civil Society: Peace, Greens and Grassroots, 2008 April 19 to 2008 April 21, Korea Dialogue   Academy. Supported by Niwano Peace Foundation

Moderator, Elections, Parties and Alliances: Observation from Abroad, by Dr. Karl-Heinz Krämer on 94th Baha Lecture Series, Kathmandu Nepal, 27 November 2017. 

Moderator, Waves of Alterity: Korea-Nepal Engagement and Challenges of Area Studies, by Prof. Heather Hindman at Asian Studies and Anthropology, University of Texas, on 91st Baha   Lecture Series, Kathmandu Nepal, 01 August 2017