New Publication: Ghimire Dirgha, Yang Zhang & Nathalie Williams. 2019. “Husbands’ migration: increased burden on or more autonomy for wives left behind?”
Migration of men has important influences on reshaping family and gender roles in left-behind wives. However, it is unclear whether husbands’ out-migration increases the burden on or creates autonomy for...
New Publication: Arland Thornton, Dirgha Ghimire, Linda Young-DeMarco, and Prem Bhandari. 2019. “The Reliability and Stability of Measures about Individual’s Values and Beliefs Concerning Developmental Idealism in Nepal.”
This paper examines the reliability and stability of developmental idealism (DI) measures in Nepal. DI is a set of cultural schemas that contains beliefs and values favoring modern societies and...
New Publication: Nash, N., Capstick, S., Whitmarsh, L., Chaudhary, I. & Manandhar, R. (2019). “Perceptions of local environmental issues and the relevance of climate change in Nepal’s Terai: Perspectives from two communities”. Frontiers in Sociology: Medical Sociology
The direct and indirect impacts of global climate change entail serious consequences for global biophysical and social systems, including the health, well-being and sustainability of communities. These impacts are especially...
New Publication: “Household migration and children’s diet in Nepal: an exploratory study”
Introduction In recent years, the potential for agriculture to influence nutrition of infants and children in rural, low-income circumstances has received much attention [1]. The linkages between agriculture and nutrition...
GLOBAL HEALTH EQUITY SCHOLARS (GHES) FELLOWSHIPS PROGRAM
We are pleased to announce Global Health Equity Scholars (GHES) Fellowships Program The Global Health Equity Scholars (GHES) fellowship is 12-month mentored research fellowship sponsored by the Fogarty International Center...
HEARTFELT CONDOLENCE
We are deeply shocked and saddened by sudden demise of our beloved Executive Officer, Mr. Krishna Ji Ghimire. We, ISER-N family members, offer our prayers and deepest condolences from the...