Sanjaya Khatri holds a Bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences (BLAS), from Himalayan Whitehouse Int’l College. He is working at SIAS as Research Officer since June 2016. Earlier, he was involved as a research assistant on part-time basis and intern since 2015. His role in SIAS has been in coordinating and carrying out field studies using diverse social science research tools such as household survey, interviews, focus group discussion and participatory exercise. He also compiles field reports and transcribes interviews. He has also been involved in the organization of seminars and workshops for logistic coordination. Prior to joining SIAS, he was involved in ForestAction Nepal (in part-time basis), where he served as Research Assistant under different projects including PECA (Payment for Ecosystem Services Alternatives and Consequences) and CCRI (Climate Change and Rural Institution). He also assisted Masters and PhD students from abroad for their field work and transcriptions. He is building his career towards development analyst and policy researcher and is keen in the issues related to natural resource management and rural development.
Publications
Khatri, D., Paudel, D., Poudyal, B. H., Khatri, S., Poudel, D. P., & Marquardt, K. (2024). Examining socio‐ecological transitions and new human–wildlife relations in farming landscapes of the Nepal Himalaya. Journal of Agrarian Change, e12594. https://doi.org/10.1111/joac.12594
Staddon, S., Barnes, C., Gurung, D. D., Robertson, G., Khatri, S., Kumar, S. P., Lama, S., Neupane, K. R., Rai, M., Shrestha, A., Shrestha, G., Shrestha, S. L., Shrestha, S., Shrestha, S. & Upadhyaya, R., (2024) “Attempting affirmative political ecologies: Collective transformative learning for social justice in Nepal’s community forestry”, Journal of Political Ecology 30(1). https://doi.org/10.2458/jpe.5598
Poudyal, B.H., Khatri, D.B., Paudel, D., Marquardt, K. and Khatri, S., 2023. Examining forest transition and collective action in Nepal’s community forestry. Land Use Policy, 134, p.106872. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106872
Khatri, D., Marquardt, K., Fischer, H., Khatri, S., Singh, D. and Poudel, D.P., 2023. Why is farming important for rural livelihood security in the Global South? COVID-19 and changing rural livelihoods in Nepal’s mid-hills. Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 5, p.8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fhumd.2023.1143700
Policy brief: Wildlife impact on mountain livelihood; need for effective policy response (वन्यजन्तुको चपेटामा पहाडी जनजीवन : प्रभावकारी नीतिको खाँचो) – २०२३ विष्णुहरि पौड्याल, दिलवहादुर खत्री, डिल्लीप्रसाद पौडेल, दिनेश पौडेल र संजय खत्री https://sias-southasia.org/wildlife-issue-policy-brief/ (This policy brief is written in Nepali Language)
Khatri, D., Paudel, D., Pain, A., Marquardt, K., and Khatri, S., 2022. Reterritorialization of community forestry: Scientific forest management for commercialization in Nepal. Journal of Political Ecology, 29(1). https://doi.org/10.2458/jpe.2298
Matthys, M.L., Acharya, S., and Khatri, S., 2021. “Before cardamom, we used to face hardship”: Analyzing agricultural commercialization effects in Nepal through a local concept of the Good Life. World Development, 141, p.105410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105410
